Short Interest in FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFY) Decreases By 62.6%

FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFY) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 35,965 shares, a decline of 62.6% from the August 15th total of 96,044 shares. Currently, 2.6% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 27,949 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days.

FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of BUFY stock opened at $23.91 on Tuesday. FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF has a 52-week low of $21.45 and a 52-week high of $24.14. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $23.79 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $23.24.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC bought a new stake in shares of FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF during the 1st quarter worth $9,728,000. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $9,213,000. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its stake in shares of FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF by 28.9% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 224,728 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,029,000 after purchasing an additional 50,402 shares in the last quarter. Simplicity Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF by 10.0% during the first quarter. Simplicity Wealth LLC now owns 117,633 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,633,000 after buying an additional 10,650 shares during the period. Finally, Independent Financial Group LLC bought a new position in FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF in the first quarter worth about $1,995,000.

FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF Company Profile

The FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF (BUFY) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an actively managed fund-of-funds that invests in an equal-weighted, laddered portfolio of four FT Vest International Equity Moderate Buffer ETFs. The fund targets specific buffered losses and capped gains on the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA). BUFY was launched on Sep 25, 2024 and is issued by First Trust.