First TrustDefined OutcomeBUFQ · Cboe BZX
FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF (BUFQ)
- Price
- $39.80
- —11 Sept 2026
- Assets
- $1.6B
- Total net assets
- Expense ratio
- 1.00%
- Category 0.76%
- Yield
- 0.00%
- Trailing distributions
- 3Y CAGR
- 15.8%+3.2%
- Category 12.7%
- 5Y CAGR
- —
- Category 8.8%
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FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer ETF
Calendar-year returns
Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.
Risk statistics
Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.
- Standard deviation
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- Sharpe ratio
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- Sortino ratio
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- Beta
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- Upside capture
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Holdings
The 5 largest positions make up 100.0% of the fund.
Top holdings
| Ticker | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| QSPT | FT Vest Nasdaq-100® Buffer ETF Sep | 25.18% |
| QDEC | FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – Dec | 25.03% |
| QMAR | FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – Mar | 25.02% |
| QJUN | FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF - Jun | 24.73% |
| MISXX | Morgan Stanley Instl Lqudty Trs Instl | 0.04% |
Portfolio valuation
Weighted averages of what the fund holds.
- P/E
- 29.1
- P/B
- 8.6
- P/S
- 6.2
- P/CF
- 22.9
Sector allocation
Share of the equity the fund holds.
- Technology57.5%
- Communication services12.6%
- Consumer discretionary10.9%
- Consumer staples6.1%
- Health care3.9%
- Industrials3.8%
- Financial services2.6%
- Utilities1.1%
- Materials1.0%
- Energy0.5%
Asset mix
- Stocks99.2%
- Cash0.8%
ETF details
- Issuer
- First Trust
- Category
- Alternatives · Defined Outcome
- Ticker
- BUFQ
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
- Inception
- 15 Jun 2022 (4.2 years)
- Structure
- Exchange Traded Fund
- Expense ratio
- 1.00% (category 0.76%)
- Holdings turnover
- 1% (category 4%)
- Distribution yield
- 0.00%
- Beta, 3 years
- 0.63
- Total net assets
- $1.6B
Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.
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