Summary
FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 13. The ten largest make up 83% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.10%
- Fund size
- $10.9B
- Positions
- 13
- Dividends
- Reinvested
- Running since
- 2020
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.10% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.75%).
- A large fund with $10.9B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $47.3M changes hands a day.
- Average yearly growth over the last five years: 9.7%.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 83% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 40% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
- 100% of the fund is in one country (United States).
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -0.2%
- 3 months
- +2.8%
- This year
- +9.5%
- 1 year
- +11%
- 3 years
- +54%
- 5 years
- +59%
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 FOFT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - October FOCT 8.4%
- 2 FSFT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - September FSEP 8.4%
- 3 FNFT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - November FNOV 8.4%
- 4 FMFT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - March FMAR 8.3%
- 5 FDFT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - December FDEC 8.3%
- 6 FJFT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - January FJAN 8.3%
- 7 FFFT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - February FFEB 8.3%
- 8 FAFT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - April FAPR 8.3%
- 9 FJFT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - July FJUL 8.3%
- 10 FMFT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - May FMAY 8.3%
Positions in the fund: 13. The ten largest make up 83% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Technology 40%
- Financials 11%
- Communication services 9.9%
- Healthcare 9.4%
- Consumer cyclical 8.7%
- Other 21%
By country
- United States 100%
- Other countries 0.05%
Largest sector: Technology (40%). Largest country: United States (100%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $10.00
- Over 20 years
- $501
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $10.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $501.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 5 years
- +9.7%
- Deepest drop
- -14%
- Yearly volatility
- 6.6%
Average yearly growth over the last five years: 9.7%. Deepest drop in these years: 14% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
No, it reinvestsThe fund pays nothing out. What its holdings earn stays inside and shows in the price.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $47.3M
- Shares a day
- 1.3M
On an average day about $47.3M of the fund changes hands.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BU BUFG FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF | United States | 0.20% | $333.8M | +10.0% | Reinvests | 58% |