FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFR) Stock Short Interest Report for October

FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF (BATS:BUFR) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 653,474 shares, an increase of 112.9% from the September 30th total of 306,975 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,118,299 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.6 days. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold.

FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF Stock Performance

FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF stock opened at $37.40 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.43 and a beta of 0.61. FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF has a 52-week low of $33.03 and a 52-week high of $37.95. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $37.56 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $36.04.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Bank of New Hampshire grew its stake in shares of FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF by 31.6% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of New Hampshire now owns 1,145 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 275 shares during the period. Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. bought a new stake in FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $56,000. BOKF NA bought a new stake in FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $112,000. MTM Investment Management LLC increased its position in FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF by 138.3% in the 1st quarter. MTM Investment Management LLC now owns 7,150 shares of the company’s stock valued at $241,000 after buying an additional 4,150 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Compass Financial Management LLC acquired a new position in FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $554,000.

About FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF

The First Trust Cboe Vest Fund of Buffer ETFs (BUFR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund is an actively managed fund-of-funds which holds a laddered portfolio of FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETFs. BUFR was launched on Aug 10, 2020 and is managed by First Trust.