FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFD) Stock Short Interest Rises 105.1%

FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFD) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 167,641 shares, a growth of 105.1% from the August 31st total of 81,719 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 240,666 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days.

FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF Stock Performance

Shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF stock opened at $30.40 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $30.21 and a 200-day moving average of $29.53. The stock has a market cap of $1.52 billion, a PE ratio of 24.83 and a beta of 0.41. FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF has a 52-week low of $27.38 and a 52-week high of $30.64.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. CoreCap Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 41.2% in the second quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 13,230 shares of the company’s stock valued at $393,000 after buying an additional 3,860 shares during the period. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. bought a new position in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF in the second quarter worth $463,000. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its position in FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 10.4% during the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 28,549 shares of the company’s stock worth $799,000 after purchasing an additional 2,680 shares during the period. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 123.9% during the fourth quarter. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 30,568 shares of the company’s stock worth $872,000 after buying an additional 16,915 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Arkadios Wealth Advisors raised its position in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 13.8% in the 1st quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 57,321 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,605,000 after buying an additional 6,945 shares in the last quarter.

FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF Company Profile

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.