AB Conservative Buffer ETF (BUFC)Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
43.25 USD
-0.04
(-0.092%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 43.25 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:47 a.m. EDT
The AB Conservative Buffer ETF presents a classic case of a specialized tool with no immediate income utility. On the short end, the price action is remarkably flat, trading within a tight range just above its 50-day moving average, which suggests a lack of explosive momentum despite a very high-confidence statistical model predicting a slight upward drift. However, this technical stability does not translate to investment conviction because the asset lacks a dividend stream entirely, rendering it useless for income-focused strategies. Looking further out, the one-year trajectory shows a modest 5.5% gain, but this is insufficient to justify a premium valuation given the trailing P/E of nearly 29x. Without a history of payouts or a proven track record of compounding beyond simple market beta, the security remains a neutral hold suitable only for specific buffer-seeking portfolios, offering neither yield nor exceptional growth. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.002939 |
| AutoETS | 0.004040 |
| MSTL | 0.004952 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.005044 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 81% |
| H-stat | 1.32 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.004 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.412 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.88 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 29.09 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 43.38 |
| All Time Low | 35.0 |
| Ask | 43.27 |
| Ask Size | 4 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 35,100 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 38,569 |
| Average Volume | 38,569 |
| Average Volume10Days | 35,100 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.0 |
| Bid | 43.1 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Category | Defined Outcome |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 43.31 |
| Day Low | 43.25 |
| 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 | 42.83038 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.4196205 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.009797264 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 8.07097 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 43.38 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.13000107 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.0029967972 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 39.99 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.2599983 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.081520334 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 39.99 - 43.38 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,702,477,800,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Fullday Change | -0.0400009 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.0924022 |
| Fullday Price | 43.25 |
| 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 | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1852833665 |
| Nav Price | 43.2667 |
| Net Assets | 1,046,589,630.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.69 |
| Open | 43.27 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 43.25 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,947,453 |
| Previous Close | 43.29 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0400009 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.0924022 |
| Regular Market Day High | 43.31 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 43.25 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 43.25 - 43.31 |
| Regular Market Open | 43.27 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 43.29 |
| Regular Market Price | 43.25 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 36,652 |
| Short Name | AB Conservative Buffer ETF |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | BUFC |
| Total Assets | 1,046,589,632 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing P E | 29.087378 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 2.14092 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 2.14092 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 41.799343 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.4506569 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.034705255 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 36,652 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | 3.53323 |