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FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF (BUFG)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
28.29 USD -0.07 (-0.250%) ⇩ (April 21, 2026, 1:50 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:35 p.m. EDT

BUFG shows a modest technical uptick and low volatility, but lacks a catalyst for a near-term bullish breakout; combined with a naive 27x P/E and zero historical dividends, this is a moderate hold that fails to outperform risk-free rates, warranting a neutral rating from both short-term and long-term perspectives.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.014023
AutoARIMA0.020529
AutoETS0.020558
MSTL0.021233

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 44%
H-stat 10.25
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.117
Excess Kurtosis -0.27
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 27.08

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 28.48
All Time Low 16.55
Ask 28.33
Ask Size 600
Average Daily Volume10 Day 35,210
Average Daily Volume3 Month 42,586
Average Volume 42,586
Average Volume10Days 35,210
Beta3 Year 0.66
Bid 28.29
Bid Size 500
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 28.43
Day Low 28.29
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.0448539
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 27.46744
Fifty Day Average Change 0.82256126
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.029946776
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 23.955418
Fifty Two Week High 28.48
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.18999863
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0066713
Fifty Two Week Low 22.61
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.6800003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2512163
Fifty Two Week Range 22.61 - 28.48
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,635,341,400,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,635,206,400
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a portfolio of ETFs that seek to provide investors with returns (before fees and expenses) based on the price return of the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust (“SPY”), up to a predetermined cap, while providing a defined buffer against losses of SPY over a defined one-year period. The investment objective of SPY is to seek to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500® Index.
Long Name FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF
Market us_market
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1684699023
Nav Price 28.37
Net Assets 286,055,616.0
Net Expense Ratio 1.13
Open 28.5
Previous Close 28.3609
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.07089996
Regular Market Change Percent -0.24999192
Regular Market Day High 28.43
Regular Market Day Low 28.29
Regular Market Day Range 28.29 - 28.43
Regular Market Open 28.5
Regular Market Previous Close 28.3609
Regular Market Price 28.29
Regular Market Time 1,776,793,827
Regular Market Volume 27,244
Short Name FT Vest Buffered Allocation Gro
Source Interval 15
Symbol BUFG
Three Year Average Return 0.1418481
Total Assets 286,055,616
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 27.075556
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -2.50454
Trailing Three Month Returns -2.50454
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 27.030855
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.2591457
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.046581794
Type Disp ETF
Volume 27,244
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return -2.50454