FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFY) Short Interest Down 62.6% in August

FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFY) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 35,965 shares, a decline of 62.6% from the August 15th total of 96,044 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 27,949 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Approximately 2.6% of the company’s stock are sold short.

FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BUFY opened at $23.97 on Monday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $23.78 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $23.24. FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF has a fifty-two week low of $21.45 and a fifty-two week high of $24.14.

Institutional Trading of FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC bought a new position in FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $9,728,000. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. purchased a new stake in FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $9,213,000. Independent Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF in the first quarter worth about $1,995,000. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its position in shares of FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF by 28.9% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 224,728 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,029,000 after purchasing an additional 50,402 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kovack Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $827,000.

FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF Company Profile

The FT Vest Laddered International Moderate Buffer ETF (BUFY) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an actively managed fund-of-funds that invests in an equal-weighted, laddered portfolio of four FT Vest International Equity Moderate Buffer ETFs. The fund targets specific buffered losses and capped gains on the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA). BUFY was launched on Sep 25, 2024 and is issued by First Trust.