FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July (BATS:FJUL) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July (BATS:FJUL) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 80,530 shares, an increase of 232.1% from the July 15th total of 24,250 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 70,633 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its stake in FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July by 156.0% during the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 1,808,552 shares of the company’s stock worth $93,574,000 after purchasing an additional 1,102,124 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. grew its stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July by 10.5% during the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 255,851 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,000,000 after buying an additional 24,256 shares during the period. MML Investors Services LLC grew its stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July by 7.3% during the 4th quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 211,890 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,848,000 after buying an additional 14,436 shares during the period. Kestra Advisory Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July by 32.9% during the 1st quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 108,908 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,959,000 after buying an additional 26,972 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Opes Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July by 3.2% during the 4th quarter. Opes Wealth Management LLC now owns 50,488 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,823,000 after buying an additional 1,585 shares during the last quarter.

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July Price Performance

BATS FJUL opened at $61.53 on Friday. FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July has a 12 month low of $53.02 and a 12 month high of $61.60. The company has a 50-day moving average of $59.81 and a 200-day moving average of $57.88. The company has a market cap of $1.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.56 and a beta of 0.63.

About FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July

The FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July (FJUL) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund aims for specific buffered losses and capped gains on the SPY over a specific holdings period. The actively-managed fund holds options and collateral. FJUL was launched on Jul 17, 2020 and is managed by First Trust.