BUFT — FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF
Data updated: 2026-07-22
BUFT — FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
BUFT Fund Overview
BUFT — FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive 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: $144.85M
- 1-year return: 12.0%
- Ticker: BUFT
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000074008
- Share class ID: C000231330
BUFT Holdings
Top 8 holdings of FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive 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 | 20.51% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 15.47% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 14.79% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 14.50% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 12.66% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 11.34% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 10.72% |
| Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds | 0.02% |
BUFT Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 100.0% |
BUFT Performance
Total returns for BUFT (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.2% |
| 1 year | 12.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 10.3% |
BUFT Risk Information
Risk metrics for BUFT, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 3.2%
BUFT Costs and Fees
BUFT costs about $121 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.21%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.21%
- Portfolio turnover: 293%
- Brokerage commissions: 16.21 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
BUFT Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF had net inflows of $9.67M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | $1.29M |
| 2026-04 | −$2.51M |
| 2026-03 | −$118.33K |
| 2026-02 | $299 |
| 2026-01 | $2.47M |
| 2025-12 | $2.43M |
BUFT Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
BUFT Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETF filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-12-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2023-12-29
- 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.