FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December (BATS:FDEC) Sees Large Increase in Short Interest

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December (BATS:FDEC) saw a significant increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 49,149 shares, an increase of 345.2% from the August 15th total of 11,040 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 117,037 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Catalina Capital Group LLC boosted its stake in FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December by 1.1% in the first quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC now owns 19,061 shares of the company’s stock worth $948,000 after buying an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December by 2.4% during the first quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 8,911 shares of the company’s stock worth $443,000 after acquiring an additional 210 shares in the last quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC raised its stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December by 5.3% during the fourth quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC now owns 7,808 shares of the company’s stock worth $400,000 after acquiring an additional 390 shares in the last quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December by 2.9% in the 2nd quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 14,593 shares of the company’s stock worth $795,000 after acquiring an additional 412 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December by 14.0% in the 4th quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 5,565 shares of the company’s stock worth $285,000 after acquiring an additional 685 shares during the last quarter.

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December Trading Down 0.4%

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December stock opened at $55.43 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $55.20 and its 200 day simple moving average is $53.44. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.21 billion, a PE ratio of 25.01 and a beta of 0.65. FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December has a 1-year low of $48.63 and a 1-year high of $56.19.

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

The FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December (FDEC) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund aims for specific buffered losses and capped gains on SPY ETF over a specific holdings period. The actively-managed fund holds options and collateral. FDEC was launched on Dec 18, 2020 and is managed by First Trust.