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VanEck Social Sentiment ETF (BUZZ)

Large Growth | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
34.07 USD +0.38 (1.128%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 33.37 -0.70 (-0.700%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:19 p.m. EDT)

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

Despite the technical uptrend breaking resistance near the 50-day average, BUZZ represents a niche 'meme-sector' sentiment play where the underlying economics are insufficient for a long-term hold. The bullish options positioning is sentiment-driven rather than fundamental, relying on the continuation of social media trends with no dividend safety net.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.121051
MSTL0.126338
AutoTheta0.141064
AutoARIMA0.163004

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 58%
H-stat 2.03
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.536
Excess Kurtosis 0.67
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 33.39

As of April 18, 2026, 11:11 p.m. EDT: Options flow reveals a distinctly bullish skew for the next month (July expiration). Implied volatility is significantly higher for puts (0.63) than calls (0.47), creating a negative IV-bleed environment long strategies. Speculators are notably positioning high strike OTM calls ($45, $36), while put OI is sparse and concentrated near ATM, indicating a low probability of downside rescue bets. The 2026-05-15 expiration shows near-zero liquidity, reflecting the scarcity of short-dated flow data.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2024-12-23 0.125 0.487710
2023-12-18 0.097 0.529465
2022-12-19 0.049 0.404422
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 0.0

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 39.585
All Time Low 11.7
Ask 34.06
Ask Size 8,400
Average Daily Volume10 Day 259,860
Average Daily Volume3 Month 210,991
Average Volume 210,991
Average Volume10Days 259,860
Beta3 Year 1.85
Bid 33.0
Bid Size 8,000
Category Large Growth
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 34.405
Day Low 33.94
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.020251
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 30.6272
Fifty Day Average Change 3.4428005
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.112409905
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 61.929657
Fifty Two Week High 39.585
Fifty Two Week High Change -5.5149994
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.13932043
Fifty Two Week Low 20.76
Fifty Two Week Low Change 13.309999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.64113677
Fifty Two Week Range 20.76 - 39.585
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,614,868,200,000
Five Year Average Return 0.0664394
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fund Family VanEck
Fund Inception Date 1,614,643,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Ipo Expected Date 2,021-03-04
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund's benchmark index. The index is comprised of common stocks of U.S. companies selected by a rules-based quantitative methodology developed by the index Provider, which is designed to identify the U.S. common stocks with the most "positive insights" collected from online sources including social media, news articles, blog posts and other alternative datasets. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name VanEck Social Sentiment ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_698510268
Nav Price 34.06
Net Assets 86,328,088.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.76
Open 34.16
Phone 888-658-8287
Post Market Change -0.70000076
Post Market Change Percent -2.0545957
Post Market Price 33.37
Post Market Time 1,776,464,341
Previous Close 33.69
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.380001
Regular Market Change Percent 1.12793
Regular Market Day High 34.405
Regular Market Day Low 33.94
Regular Market Day Range 33.94 - 34.405
Regular Market Open 34.16
Regular Market Previous Close 33.69
Regular Market Price 34.07
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 257,414
Short Name VanEck Social Sentiment ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol BUZZ
Three Year Average Return 0.32634398
Total Assets 86,328,088
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 33.39374
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -11.36434
Trailing Three Month Returns -11.36434
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 33.11587
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.95412827
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.028811812
Type Disp ETF
Volume 257,414
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return -11.36434