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FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Mode (BUFS)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
24.60 USD +0.22 (0.902%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 3:59 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 4:13 a.m. EDT

The security offers no income component whatsoever, as there is no history of dividend payments to evaluate. While the underlying business shows a modest one-year price gain and trades at a reasonable multiple, the lack of any payout history prevents any credit for shareholder returns. Technically, the stock is currently trading slightly below its fifty-day average, suggesting a minor near-term headwind, though the recent price action remains relatively flat rather than trending sharply lower.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.008398
AutoARIMA0.008680
AutoETS0.008680
AutoTheta0.010159

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 71%
H-stat 0.80
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.136
Excess Kurtosis -1.07
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 16.29

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 25.61
All Time Low 18.595
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 37,640
Average Daily Volume3 Month 33,282
Average Volume 33,282
Average Volume10Days 37,640
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 400
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 24.6
Day Low 24.41
Display Name Laddered SmCp Moderate ETF
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.5102975
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 25.08152
Fifty Day Average Change -0.4815197
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.019198187
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 8.163261
Fifty Two Week High 25.61
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.0100002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.039437726
Fifty Two Week Low 21.79
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.8099995
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.12895821
Fifty Two Week Range 21.79 - 25.61
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,717,075,800,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change 0.22000122
Fullday Change Percent 0.90238404
Fullday Price 24.6
Fund Family First Trust
Fund Inception Date 1,716,940,800
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 providing investors with small cap equity market exposure while attempting to limit downside risk through a laddered portfolio of four FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETFs (the "Underlying ETFs"). The fund is non-diversified.
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1875108028
Nav Price 24.35
Net Assets 192,401,776.0
Net Expense Ratio 1.01
Open 24.43
Previous Close 24.38
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.220001
Regular Market Change Percent 0.902384
Regular Market Day High 24.6
Regular Market Day Low 24.41
Regular Market Day Range 24.41 - 24.6
Regular Market Open 24.43
Regular Market Previous Close 24.38
Regular Market Price 24.6
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,388
Regular Market Volume 27,262
Short Name FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Mode
Source Interval 15
Symbol BUFS
Total Assets 192,401,776
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 16.288181
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -1.59553
Trailing Three Month Returns -1.59553
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 24.27282
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.32718086
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.01347931
Type Disp ETF
Volume 27,262
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 8.05957