FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July (BATS:FJUL) Short Interest Down 95.0% in April

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July (BATS:FJUL) was the target of a large drop in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,414 shares, a drop of 95.0% from the April 15th total of 28,149 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 15,534 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold.

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July Price Performance

Shares of FJUL stock traded up $0.12 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $58.67. The company had a trading volume of 8,424 shares, compared to its average volume of 37,667. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $56.37 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $55.98. FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July has a one year low of $48.61 and a one year high of $58.69. The company has a market capitalization of $1.18 billion, a PE ratio of 24.56 and a beta of 0.63.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Faithward Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $556,000. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. bought a new position in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $925,000. REAP Financial Group LLC raised its stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July by 23.9% in the 3rd quarter. REAP Financial Group LLC now owns 146,925 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,041,000 after acquiring an additional 28,319 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC raised its stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July by 35.3% in the 3rd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 236,107 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,922,000 after acquiring an additional 61,629 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July by 15.3% in the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 231,595 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,950,000 after acquiring an additional 30,659 shares in the last quarter.

About FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July

The FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – July (FJUL) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund aims for specific buffered losses and capped gains on the SPY over a specific holdings period. The actively-managed fund holds options and collateral. FJUL was launched on Jul 17, 2020 and is managed by First Trust.