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AB Conservative Buffer ETF (BUFC)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
42.67 USD -0.07 (-0.164%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 42.67

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:19 a.m. EDT

The immediate tactical case is driven by the instrument's unique structure as a buffered ETF, which offers a distinct hedge against market volatility, combined with a high-conviction short-term statistical signal predicting a 1.62% gain over the next 45 days. The price action confirms this bullish bias, trading near its 52-week high of $42.74 while maintaining a slight premium over both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, suggesting strong relative strength. However, the long-term investment thesis is fundamentally neutral due to the lack of historical price data beyond a single year; without a multi-year track record to assess structural durability or consistent growth, the asset cannot be rated as a core holding despite its recent outperformance. Furthermore, the security offers no income component whatsoever, with no dividends paid in the last five years, making it unsuitable for investors seeking yield or cash flow.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_80 ✓0.005281
MSTL0.007601
AutoETS0.008820
AutoARIMA0.009412
AutoTheta0.015693

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_80

Forecast Reliability
Score 72%
H-stat 11.19
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.095
Excess Kurtosis -0.02
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 28.70

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 42.77
All Time Low 35.0
Ask 42.76
Ask Size 3
Average Daily Volume10 Day 33,320
Average Daily Volume3 Month 42,777
Average Volume 42,777
Average Volume10Days 33,320
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 42.65
Bid Size 2
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 42.72
Day Low 42.67
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.4868993
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 42.32728
Fifty Day Average Change 0.34272003
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.008096907
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 7.9292893
Fifty Two Week High 42.77
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.10000229
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.002338141
Fifty Two Week Low 39.5
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.1699982
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.08025312
Fifty Two Week Range 39.5 - 42.77
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,702,477,800,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Fund Family AllianceBernstein
Fund Inception Date 1,702,339,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Ipo Expected Date 2,023-12-13
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal conditions, substantially all of its assets in a combination of exchange-traded options contracts on an underlying ETF. The underlying ETF (initially expected to be the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust) is an ETF that seeks to track the investment results of the S&P 500 Index, which measures the performance of the large-capitalization sector of the U.S. equity market, as determined by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name AB Conservative Buffer ETF
Market us_market
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1852833665
Nav Price 42.7621
Net Assets 1,046,810,180.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.69
Open 42.72
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 42.67
Post Market Time 1,783,973,085
Previous Close 42.74
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0700035
Regular Market Change Percent -0.163789
Regular Market Day High 42.72
Regular Market Day Low 42.67
Regular Market Day Range 42.67 - 42.72
Regular Market Open 42.72
Regular Market Previous Close 42.74
Regular Market Price 42.67
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,801
Regular Market Volume 2,860
Short Name AB Conservative Buffer ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol BUFC
Total Assets 1,046,810,176
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 28.697302
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 4.78503
Trailing Three Month Returns 4.78503
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 41.403694
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.266304
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.030584324
Type Disp ETF
Volume 2,860
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 3.02889