FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – April (BATS:GAPR) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – April (BATS:GAPR) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 82,054 shares, an increase of 182.0% from the April 15th total of 29,098 shares. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 150,021 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days.

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

Shares of BATS:GAPR opened at $41.43 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $245.68 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.64 and a beta of 0.38. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $40.59 and a 200 day moving average price of $40.12. FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – April has a fifty-two week low of $37.25 and a fifty-two week high of $41.46.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in GAPR. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – April by 22.5% in the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 448,394 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,178,000 after buying an additional 82,473 shares in the last quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – April by 1.4% in the 1st quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 269,281 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,898,000 after acquiring an additional 3,764 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp increased its stake in FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – April by 2.2% in the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 163,404 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,535,000 after acquiring an additional 3,486 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – April by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 97,866 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,914,000 after acquiring an additional 5,124 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Susquehanna International Group LLP boosted its position in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – April by 43.8% during the 3rd quarter. Susquehanna International Group LLP now owns 40,458 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,588,000 after acquiring an additional 12,328 shares during the last quarter.

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

The FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – April (GAPR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund aims for specific buffered losses and capped gains on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust over a specific holdings period. The actively managed fund holds options and collateral. GAPR was launched on Apr 21, 2023 and is managed by First Trust.