FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFD) Short Interest Update

FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFD) saw a significant decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 61,021 shares, a decline of 69.3% from the April 30th total of 198,584 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 274,231 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BUFD. Parallel Advisors LLC purchased a new position in FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF in the fourth quarter worth $36,000. MN Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF in the fourth quarter worth $258,000. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF in the fourth quarter worth $376,000. CoreCap Advisors LLC grew its position in FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 34.8% in the fourth quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 16,066 shares of the company’s stock worth $454,000 after acquiring an additional 4,147 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Private Trust Co. NA grew its position in FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 26.0% in the fourth quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 17,181 shares of the company’s stock worth $485,000 after acquiring an additional 3,549 shares in the last quarter.

FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BATS:BUFD opened at $29.65 on Friday. FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF has a 52-week low of $25.29 and a 52-week high of $29.67. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $28.83 and a 200 day moving average of $28.45. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.48 billion, a PE ratio of 24.83 and a beta of 0.41.

About FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF

The FT Cboe Vest Fund of Deep Buffer ETFs (BUFD) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund is an actively-managed fund-of-funds that holds a laddered portfolio of FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETFs. BUFD was launched on Jan 20, 2021 and is managed by First Trust.