FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF (BATS:BUFT) Stock Short Interest Report for October

FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF (BATS:BUFT) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 15,997 shares, a drop of 55.1% from the October 15th total of 35,621 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 20,464 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days.

Institutional Trading of FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Arkadios Wealth Advisors increased its holdings in shares of FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF by 100.0% during the first quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 158,415 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,930,000 after buying an additional 79,226 shares in the last quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. acquired a new position in FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF in the third quarter worth $3,661,000. Finally, Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. acquired a new position in FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $40,000.

FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS BUFT traded down $0.02 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $26.47. 13,399 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 23,095. FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF has a fifty-two week low of $24.12 and a fifty-two week high of $26.68. The firm has a market cap of $165.44 million, a PE ratio of 24.87 and a beta of 0.33. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $26.44 and a 200-day simple moving average of $25.76.

FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF Company Profile

The FT Cboe Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF (BUFT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust index. The fund is an actively-managed fund-of-funds that allocates exposure to defined outcome buffer ETFs referencing the SPY. BUFT was launched on Oct 26, 2021 and is managed by First Trust.