FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFR) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFR) saw a significant growth in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 621,861 shares, a growth of 509.7% from the April 15th total of 101,994 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,095,660 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. GoalVest Advisory LLC bought a new stake in shares of FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF during the fourth quarter worth $57,000. Parallel Advisors LLC bought a new position in FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $89,000. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. grew its position in FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF by 13.7% in the third quarter. Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. now owns 4,478 shares of the company’s stock valued at $150,000 after purchasing an additional 538 shares in the last quarter. Rossby Financial LCC grew its position in FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF by 67.3% in the third quarter. Rossby Financial LCC now owns 4,716 shares of the company’s stock valued at $158,000 after purchasing an additional 1,897 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Gradient Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $219,000.

FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of BUFR stock opened at $36.06 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $34.65 and a 200-day moving average of $34.33. FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF has a 12-month low of $30.24 and a 12-month high of $36.09. The company has a market capitalization of $7.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.43 and a beta of 0.61.

FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF Company Profile

The First Trust Cboe Vest Fund of Buffer ETFs (BUFR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund is an actively managed fund-of-funds which holds a laddered portfolio of FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETFs. BUFR was launched on Aug 10, 2020 and is managed by First Trust.