BUFS — FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF
Data updated: 2026-07-22
BUFS — FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
BUFS Fund Overview
BUFS — FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII, categorised as United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core 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 Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $161.58M
- 1-year return: 20.6%
- Ticker: BUFS
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000085089
- Share class ID: C000249954
BUFS Holdings
Top 5 holdings of FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer 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 | 25.08% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 25.03% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 24.91% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 24.89% |
| Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds | 0.09% |
BUFS Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.1% |
BUFS Performance
Total returns for BUFS (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 8.1% |
| 1 year | 20.6% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 11.0% |
BUFS Risk Information
Risk metrics for BUFS, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 6.3%
BUFS Costs and Fees
BUFS costs about $101 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.01%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.01%
- Portfolio turnover: 2%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.14 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
BUFS Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF had net inflows of $48.98M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | $15.85M |
| 2026-04 | $3.56M |
| 2026-03 | $5.79M |
| 2026-02 | $5.89M |
| 2026-01 | $7.05M |
| 2025-12 | $3.44M |
BUFS Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
BUFS Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FT Vest Laddered Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-12-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-30
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2024-05-30
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-22
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-04-23
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-01-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-11-12
- Annual census, amended (N-CEN/A) — filed 2025-07-24
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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.