FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF (BUFT)

Assets	$160.30M
Expense Ratio	1.21%
PE Ratio	n/a
Shares Out	6.10M
Dividend (ttm)	n/a
Dividend Yield	n/a
Ex-Dividend Date	n/a
Payout Frequency	n/a
Payout Ratio	n/a

Volume	11,211
Open	26.33
Previous Close	26.32
Day's Range	26.32 - 26.36
52-Week Low	23.90
52-Week High	26.38
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: BATS
• Ticker Symbol: BUFT
• ETF Provider: First Trust

Top Holdings

Name	Symbol	Weight
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - September	XSEP	17.28%
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - October	XOCT	15.69%
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - November	XNOV	15.09%
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - March	XMAR	14.17%
FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - December	XDEC	13.21%
FT Vest US Equity Deep Buffer ETF - March	DMAR	12.38%
FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September	GSEP	12.14%
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Treasury Portfolio Institutional Class	MISXX	0.04%

Performance

BUFT had a total return of 9.71% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 5.84%.

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:

Aug 29, 2026

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