BUFG — FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF
Data updated: 2026-07-22
BUFG — FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Growth Equity · $312.34M AUM · 1.13% expense ratio · 18.6% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
BUFG Fund Overview
BUFG — FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII, categorised as United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Growth Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
- Category: United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Growth Equity
- Assets under management: $312.34M
- 1-year return: 18.6%
- Ticker: BUFG
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000074006
- Share class ID: C000231328
BUFG Holdings
Top 8 holdings of FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 14.71% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 14.64% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 14.43% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 14.32% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 14.12% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 14.05% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 13.71% |
| Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds | 0.03% |
BUFG Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 100.0% |
BUFG Performance
Total returns for BUFG (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 6.5% |
| 1 year | 18.6% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 15.0% |
BUFG Risk Information
Risk metrics for BUFG, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 7.8%
BUFG Costs and Fees
BUFG costs about $113 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.13%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.13%
- Portfolio turnover: 190%
- Brokerage commissions: 8.21 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
BUFG Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-02, FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF had net inflows of $5.37M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | −$1.40M |
| 2026-01 | −$1.38M |
| 2025-12 | $5.29M |
| 2025-11 | −$37.10K |
| 2025-10 | $1.35M |
| 2025-09 | $88.44K |
BUFG Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
BUFG Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FT Vest Buffered Allocation Growth ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.