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First Trust·Defined Outcome·BUFS · Cboe BZX
FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF (BUFS)
- Price
- $24.84
- —30 Oct 2026
- Assets
- $192.4M
- Total net assets
- Expense ratio
- 1.01%
- Category 0.76%
- Yield
- 0.00%
- Trailing distributions
- 1Y return
- 9.9%+1.5%
- Category 8.3%
- 3Y CAGR
- —
- Category 13.9%
- 5Y CAGR
- —
- Category 8.4%
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FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate 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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- Maximum drawdown
- —
- Sharpe ratio
- —
- Sortino ratio
- —
- Beta
- —
- Alpha
- —
- R²
- —
- Information ratio
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- Upside capture
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- Downside capture
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- Tracking error
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| Period | 1M | 3M | 6M | YTD | 1Y | 3YCAGR | 5YCAGR | 10YCAGR | LaunchCAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETF | +0.6% | -0.9% | +2.5% | +8.8% | +9.9% | — | — | — | +9.5% |
| Defined Outcome average | -0.6% | 1.0% | 3.2% | 7.0% | 8.3% | 13.9% | 8.4% | — | 8.0% |
| Difference | +1.2% | -1.9% | -0.6% | +1.7% | +1.5% | — | — | — | +1.4% |
Holdings
The 4 largest positions make up 99.9% of the fund.
Top holdings
| Ticker | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| SNOV | FT Vest U.S. Sm Cp Mod Buf ETF -Nov | 25.39% |
| SAUG | FT Vest U.S. Sm Cp Mod Buf ETF -Aug | 24.85% |
| SMAY | FT Vest US Sm Cp Mod Buffr ETF- May | 24.85% |
| SFEB | FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Mod Buf ETF-Feb | 24.82% |
Portfolio valuation
Weighted averages of what the fund holds.
- P/E
- 16.3
- P/B
- 2.0
- P/S
- 1.2
- P/CF
- —
Sector allocation
Share of the equity the fund holds.
- Financial services38.7%
- Health care15.6%
- Technology10.8%
- Industrials10.0%
- Consumer discretionary6.5%
- Real estate4.8%
- Energy4.7%
- Materials3.2%
- Utilities2.0%
- Consumer staples1.9%
- Communication services1.8%
Asset mix
- Stocks98.7%
- Cash1.3%
ETF details
- Issuer
- First Trust
- Category
- Alternatives · Defined Outcome
- Ticker
- BUFS
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX
- Inception
- 29 May 2024 (2.4 years)
- Structure
- Exchange Traded Fund
- Expense ratio
- 1.01% (category 0.76%)
- Holdings turnover
- 2% (category 4%)
- Distribution yield
- 0.00%
- Beta, 3 years
- 0.00
- Total net assets
- $192.4M
Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.
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