FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December (BATS:FDEC) Short Interest Down 55.8% in April

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December (BATS:FDEC) saw a large decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 8,231 shares, a decrease of 55.8% from the April 15th total of 18,641 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 12,602 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December in the 1st quarter worth about $345,000. Assetmark Inc. grew its stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December by 10.7% in the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 281,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,019,000 after buying an additional 27,216 shares during the period. Kestra Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December by 4.5% during the 1st quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 135,271 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,726,000 after purchasing an additional 5,857 shares during the last quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC acquired a new position in FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December during the 1st quarter valued at about $225,000. Finally, Catalina Capital Group LLC boosted its stake in FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December by 1.1% during the 1st quarter. Catalina Capital Group LLC now owns 19,061 shares of the company’s stock valued at $948,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter.

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of BATS:FDEC opened at $53.75 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $1.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.01 and a beta of 0.65. FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December has a 12-month low of $44.36 and a 12-month high of $54.01. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $51.52 and a 200 day simple moving average of $51.09.

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

The FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December (FDEC) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund aims for specific buffered losses and capped gains on SPY ETF over a specific holdings period. The actively-managed fund holds options and collateral. FDEC was launched on Dec 18, 2020 and is managed by First Trust.