FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFD) Stock Short Interest Report for October

FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFD) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest during the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 114,212 shares, a growth of 85.5% from the October 15th total of 61,564 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 396,769 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. CoreCap Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 4.9% during the 3rd quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 13,884 shares of the company’s stock worth $422,000 after acquiring an additional 654 shares during the last quarter. Whittier Trust Co. purchased a new stake in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $94,000. Blue Bell Private Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $112,000. MN Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF by 57.9% in the 3rd quarter. MN Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 12,834 shares of the company’s stock valued at $390,000 after purchasing an additional 4,708 shares during the period. Finally, Arkadios Wealth Advisors raised 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.

FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF Stock Performance

Shares of FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF stock traded down $0.06 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $30.36. 310,737 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 293,512. The stock has a market cap of $2.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.83 and a beta of 0.43. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $30.43 and its 200-day moving average price is $29.52. FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF has a 12 month low of $27.43 and a 12 month high of $30.68.

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.