FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFD) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Down 67.7% in September

FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFD) was the target of a large drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 54,128 shares, a drop of 67.7% from the September 15th total of 167,641 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 404,552 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days.

FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF Price Performance

FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF stock opened at $30.67 on Tuesday. FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF has a 1-year low of $27.43 and a 1-year high of $30.67. The company has a market cap of $1.53 billion, a PE ratio of 24.83 and a beta of 0.41. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $30.35 and its 200 day moving average price is $29.68.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of BUFD. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 296.3% during the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 23,135 shares of the company’s stock worth $703,000 after purchasing an additional 17,297 shares in the last quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new position in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $463,000. Arkadios Wealth Advisors grew its stake in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 13.8% during the 1st quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 57,321 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,605,000 after purchasing an additional 6,945 shares during the period. CoreCap Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 41.2% during the 2nd quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 13,230 shares of the company’s stock worth $393,000 after purchasing an additional 3,860 shares during the period. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its holdings in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 10.4% in the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 28,549 shares of the company’s stock valued at $799,000 after purchasing an additional 2,680 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.