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 |
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 | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL_80 ✓ | 0.005281 |
| MSTL | 0.007601 |
| AutoETS | 0.008820 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.009412 |
| AutoTheta | 0.015693 |
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 |
| 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 |