FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July (BATS:FJUL) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Up 87.7% in September

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July (BATS:FJUL) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 54,351 shares, an increase of 87.7% from the September 15th total of 28,963 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 150,780 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days.

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July Stock Performance

Shares of FJUL opened at $61.75 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $61.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of $59.61. FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July has a 52-week low of $53.53 and a 52-week high of $62.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.24 billion, a PE ratio of 24.56 and a beta of 0.63.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC acquired a new position in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July in the second quarter valued at approximately $56,000. Continuum Advisory LLC bought a new stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July during the second quarter worth $120,000. Diesslin Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July during the second quarter worth $214,000. Avidian Wealth Enterprises LLC acquired a new stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July during the third quarter worth $219,000. Finally, Independent Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July during the first quarter worth $251,000.

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July Company Profile

The FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July (FJUL) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund aims for specific buffered losses and capped gains on the SPY over a specific holdings period. The actively-managed fund holds options and collateral. FJUL was launched on Jul 17, 2020 and is managed by First Trust.