SMAY — FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - May
Data updated: 2026-07-23
SMAY — FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - May data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity · $100.46M AUM · 0.90% expense ratio · 19.7% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
SMAY Fund Overview
SMAY — FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - May is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII, categorised as United States Small 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 Small Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $100.46M
- 1-year return: 19.7%
- Ticker: SMAY
- SEC CIK: 0001667919
- SEC series ID: S000079075
- Share class ID: C000239915
SMAY Holdings
Top 2 holdings of FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - May by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 98.90% |
| Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds | 1.17% |
SMAY Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - May by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Derivatives | 98.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.2% |
SMAY Performance
Total returns for SMAY (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 7.2% |
| 1 year | 19.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 11.8% |
SMAY Risk Information
Risk metrics for SMAY, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 4.5%
SMAY Costs and Fees
SMAY costs about $90 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.90%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.90%
- Portfolio turnover: 0%
- Brokerage commissions: 4.50 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
SMAY Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-02, FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - May had net inflows of $2.28M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | −$2.66M |
| 2026-01 | −$6.61M |
| 2025-12 | −$6.54M |
| 2025-11 | $0 |
| 2025-10 | −$2.57M |
| 2025-09 | −$2.54M |
SMAY Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - May's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
SMAY Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official FT Vest U.S. Small Cap Moderate Buffer ETF - May 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.