FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFD) Short Interest Down 57.2% in August

FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFD) was the target of a large drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 81,719 shares, a drop of 57.2% from the August 15th total of 190,940 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 262,960 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF Price Performance

BATS:BUFD opened at $30.31 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.51 billion, a PE ratio of 24.83 and a beta of 0.41. FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF has a twelve month low of $27.38 and a twelve month high of $30.64. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $30.08 and its 200 day simple moving average is $29.36.

Institutional Trading of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of BUFD. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its holdings in FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 543,461 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,347,000 after acquiring an additional 35,516 shares during the last quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. lifted its position in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 221,908 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,267,000 after purchasing an additional 5,718 shares during the period. Advisory Services Network LLC lifted its position in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 181,903 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,137,000 after purchasing an additional 1,224 shares during the period. Arkadios Wealth Advisors boosted its stake 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 purchasing an additional 6,945 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF during the third quarter worth $1,182,000.

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.