FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF (BUFT)

Assets	$163.13M
Expense Ratio	1.21%
PE Ratio	n/a
Forward PE	n/a
Shares Out	6.15M
Dividend	n/a
Ex-Dividend Date	n/a
Payout Frequency	n/a
Payout Ratio	n/a

Volume	17,046
Open	26.47
Previous Close	26.48
Day's Range	26.44 - 26.53
52-Week Low	24.05
52-Week High	26.68
Beta	0.33
Holdings	8
Inception Date	Oct 26, 2021

About BUFT

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The FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF (BUFT) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in downside hedge alternatives. 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 issued by First Trust.

• Asset Class: Alternatives
• Category: Defined Outcome
• Stock Exchange: Cboe BZX
• Ticker Symbol: BUFT
• ETF Provider: First Trust

Top Holdings

Name	Symbol	Weight
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - March	XMAR	16.57%
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - December	XDEC	16.29%
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - January	XJAN	14.29%
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - February	XFEB	13.99%
FT Vest US Equity Deep Buffer ETF - March	DMAR	13.79%
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - March	GMAR	13.40%
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - April	XAPR	11.60%
Morgan Stanley Instl Lqudty Trs Instl	MISXX	0.07%

Performance

BUFT had a total return of 9.93% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 5.83%.

Data Sources: S&P Global Market Intelligence, CBOE, and more

Historical data is provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Real-time stock price data is provided by CBOE and 15-minute delayed consolidated tape pricing data is provided by Nasdaq UTP. Several fund data points are also provided by Finnhub.

Last checked:

Oct 16, 2026

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