VanEck Social Sentiment ETF (BUZZ)Large Growth | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
36.04 USD
-1.60
(-4.251%) ⇩
(Oct. 14, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 2:48 a.m. EDT
The VanEck Social Sentiment ETF presents a classic case of a resilient business trapped by a hostile options market. Fundamentally, the story is compelling: the asset has delivered a massive +52% cumulative return over the last four years, driven by three consecutive years of double-digit growth. It is clearly not a value trap, having shed its worst year (-48%) years ago. However, the market's reaction to this success is telling. The options chain screams caution, with open interest in protective puts vastly outweighing speculative calls. This disconnect suggests that while the underlying thesis of leveraging crowd wisdom holds up, investors are terrified of the inherent volatility of meme-stock dynamics. The recent price action shows resilience, trading above key moving averages, but the heavy put wall acts as a psychological ceiling. For a long-term holder, the growth trajectory justifies a solid buy, but the short-term outlook remains neutral-to-cautious due to this pervasive fear of a sharp correction. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.103586 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.116100 |
| AutoETS | 0.116914 |
| MSTL | 0.120133 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 37% |
| H-stat | 2.76 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 2.34 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 21.82 |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 2:48 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioning for downside protection, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 30 and 50) compared to negligible call volume. This 'put skew' suggests a fear of volatility or a crash, while the lack of significant call buying indicates a lack of aggressive bullish conviction despite the recent price recovery.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-23 | 0.125 | 0.487710 |
| 2023-12-18 | 0.097 | 0.526888 |
| 2022-12-19 | 0.049 | 0.400327 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 41.23 |
| All Time Low | 11.7 |
| Ask | 0.0 |
| Ask Size | 1,500 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 21,630 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 38,466 |
| Average Volume | 38,466 |
| Average Volume10Days | 21,630 |
| Beta3 Year | 2.04 |
| Bid | 0.0 |
| Bid Size | 1,000 |
| Category | Large Growth |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 36.6 |
| Day Low | 35.94 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.6519217 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | PCX |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 37.3479 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -1.3078995 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.035019357 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -7.280678 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 41.23 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -5.1899986 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.12587918 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 26.93 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 9.110001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.33828446 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 26.93 - 41.23 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,614,868,200,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | 0.0872998 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSEArca |
| Fullday Change | -0.23999786 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.6334069 |
| Fullday Price | 36.04 |
| 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 | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_698510268 |
| Nav Price | 37.65 |
| Net Assets | 102,687,784.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.76 |
| Open | 37.07 |
| Phone | 888-658-8287 |
| Previous Close | 37.64 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -1.6 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -4.25079 |
| Regular Market Day High | 36.6 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 35.94 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 35.94 - 36.6 |
| Regular Market Open | 37.07 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 37.64 |
| Regular Market Price | 36.04 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,007,991 |
| Regular Market Volume | 61,955 |
| Short Name | VanEck Social Sentiment ETF |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | BUZZ |
| Three Year Average Return | 0.35480517 |
| Total Assets | 102,687,784 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing P E | 21.817015 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 3.78481 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 3.78481 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 34.765396 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.2746048 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.03666303 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 61,955 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | 18.23221 |