FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – April (BATS:FAPR) Short Interest Up 75.7% in June

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – April (BATS:FAPR) was the target of a large growth in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 112,052 shares, a growth of 75.7% from the June 15th total of 63,772 shares. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 199,102 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – April by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 10,541 shares of the company’s stock valued at $468,000 after buying an additional 228 shares during the period. Mariner LLC raised its position in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – April by 3.3% in the 4th quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 8,084 shares of the company’s stock worth $359,000 after buying an additional 255 shares during the period. CoreCap Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – April by 1.5% in the second quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 16,708 shares of the company’s stock valued at $781,000 after acquiring an additional 255 shares during the last quarter. Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – April by 52.4% in the fourth quarter. Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC now owns 762 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 262 shares during the last quarter. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc grew its position in FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – April by 20.7% during the fourth quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 1,891 shares of the company’s stock valued at $84,000 after acquiring an additional 324 shares during the period.

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – April Stock Down 0.5%

Shares of FAPR traded down $0.22 on Friday, reaching $46.71. The stock had a trading volume of 19,109 shares, compared to its average volume of 53,050. FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – April has a twelve month low of $42.39 and a twelve month high of $47.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $908.51 million, a PE ratio of 24.36 and a beta of 0.60. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $46.54 and a 200 day moving average of $45.43.

About FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – April

The FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – April (FAPR) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust index. The fund aims for specific buffered losses and capped gains on the SPY over a specific holding period. The actively-managed fund holds options and collateral. FAPR was launched on Apr 16, 2021 and is managed by First Trust.