FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF – April (BATS:DAPR) Short Interest Update

FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF – April (BATS:DAPR) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 113,795 shares, a growth of 170.7% from the April 15th total of 42,031 shares. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 100,506 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days.

Institutional Trading of FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF – April

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Commonwealth Financial Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF – April by 6.7% during the 1st quarter. Commonwealth Financial Services LLC now owns 56,386 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,242,000 after buying an additional 3,527 shares during the period. Spartan Wealth Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF – April during the 1st quarter worth about $6,329,000. Fifth Third Bancorp bought a new stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF – April during the 1st quarter worth about $72,000. SMART Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF – April by 10.8% during the 1st quarter. SMART Wealth LLC now owns 35,629 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,417,000 after buying an additional 3,481 shares during the period. Finally, RFG Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF – April by 3.1% during the 1st quarter. RFG Advisory LLC now owns 13,387 shares of the company’s stock worth $532,000 after buying an additional 398 shares during the period.

FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF – April Stock Performance

Shares of DAPR stock opened at $40.54 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $270.81 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.58 and a beta of 0.41. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $39.93 and a 200 day simple moving average of $39.48. FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF – April has a 52 week low of $36.68 and a 52 week high of $40.74.

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

The FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETF – April (DAPR) 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 SPY shares over a specific holding period. The actively-managed fund holds options and collateral. DAPR was launched on Apr 16, 2021 and is managed by First Trust.