FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF
$30.670.00 (0.00%)
- 0.10%
- $2.2B
- +11.9%
- 0.3M sh
- $30.64
- low $27.43high $30.67
The ETF.net BUFD Grade
A
Score 74 out of 100
- 1 of 18
Score 74 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A82 out of 100Rank 1 of 18Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B55 out of 100Rank 8 of 18Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A78 out of 100Rank 2 of 18Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A72 out of 100Rank 3 of 18Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A88 out of 100Rank 2 of 18
Our read on BUFD
ATwelve First Trust deep buffer funds in one ticker, one resetting every month, so you never have to time an outcome period. The trade: a deeper cushion means a lower ceiling, and the ladder wrapper runs 0.95% a year.
The Fund seeks capital appreciation by providing U.S. large-cap equity exposure while limiting downside risk through a laddered portfolio of twelve FT Vest U.S. Equity Deep Buffer ETFs.
Why people hold it
- One ticker holds twelve deep buffer funds on a monthly ladder, so there's no start month to pick and no buying in with a cushion that's already half spent.ftportfolios.com
- Laddering spreads reset risk across twelve staggered outcome periods instead of one all-or-nothing 12-month window tied to a single entry date.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund running since 2021, with U.S. large-cap exposure referenced to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.
Worth knowing
- At 0.95%, it prices above the 0.79% median in its buffer peer group, and rival laddered wrappers charge less: BUFP at 0.50%, PSFF at 0.10%.
- Each underlying fund sets its own buffer and cap at its reset, for its own outcome period, so the protection and ceiling you hold shift month to month.ftportfolios.com
- Income isn't part of the mandate. The stated objective is capital appreciation, and the fund has not been making distributions.
BUFD Holdings
- Other
- 13
- 83%
- DSEP
Sectors
- Technology40.1%
- Financials11.3%
- Communication9.9%
- Health Care9.4%
- Consumer Discretionary8.7%
- Industrials7.6%
- Consumer Staples4.4%
- Energy3.4%
- Utilities1.9%
- Real Estate1.7%
- Materials1.6%
Geography
- United States100.00%
BUFD Performance
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BUFD$11,189
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | BUFD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +8.6% |
| 1 month | +1.2% |
| 3 months | +2.6% |
| 1 year | +11.9% |
| 3 years | +12.7% |
| 5 years | +8.0% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | BUFD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +8.6% | |
| 2025 | +10.7% | |
| 2024 | +12.4% | |
| 2023 | +15.4% | |
| 2022 | −7.7% | |
| 2021 | +6.0% |
BUFD in the news
BUFD Dividends
No distributions in the last 12 months.
BUFD Risk
- 6.0%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.28
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −10.8%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.42
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BUFD Cost
0.10%
BUFD0.10%
- The middle half of S&P 500 Laddered Buffer funds
- Median 0.25%
No S&P 500 Laddered Buffer fund charges less.
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- BBUFBInnovator Laddered Allocation Buffer ETFExpense ratio 0.10%1 year return +15.7%
- BBUFTFT Vest Buffered Allocation Defensive ETFExpense ratio 0.20%1 year return +10.3%