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YMAR

GradeCChicago Board Options Exchange

FT Vest International Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – March

Buffered · First Trust · Inception 2021-03-19 · SEC filings

$29.14−0.19 (−0.65%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 3:08 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 43 prints from 29.33 to 29.14. Range 29.12 to 29.23. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$29.15$29.18$29.20$29.2310 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.90%
Fund size
$164M
1Y return
+11.8%
Yield · Last 12 months
—
Holdings
4
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$29.29
52W range
low $25.86high $29.50

The ETF.net YMAR Grade

C

41/ 100

Rank 17 of 26 in Developed International Buffer 15%⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for YMAR. Scores out of 100: Cost 6, Risk 70, Mission not scored, Tradability 69, Holdings 65, Durability 83. Strongest: Durability (83). Weakest: Cost (6). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 41 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    FScore 6
    Category rank25/26 · bottom quartile

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    Not scored
    —

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    AScore 70
    Category rank3/23 · top 13%

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    BScore 69
    Category rank6/26 · top 23%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    BScore 65
    Category rank3/9 · top 33%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 83
    Category rank6/26 · top 23%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 5 of 6 pillars

Our read on YMAR

ETF.net Research

CMost buffer ETFs aim at the S&P 500. This one points the same machinery overseas: it tracks the price move of the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF with a 15% downside buffer and a preset cap over each March-to-March year.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to match the pre-expense price return of the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, subject to a 15.82% upside cap and protection against the first 15% of losses during the March 23, 2026–March 19, 2027 outcome period.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Buffer funds cluster around US large caps. This one runs the trade abroad: the price return of the iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, first 15% of losses absorbed, upside capped.ftportfolios.com
  2. 02Terms are written down in advance: a 15% buffer, a cap set each March, a one-year period. First Trust posts where the cap and remaining buffer stand as the period runs.ftportfolios.com
  3. 03March is one of four start months in the series (June, September and December fill the rest), so entry dates can be laddered instead of hinging on one reset.ftportfolios.com

Worth knowing

  1. 01At 0.90% it sits above the 0.85% cohort median, and Innovator's same-index March buffer fund (IMAR) charges 0.85%.
  2. 02Buffer and cap are before fees and apply to a full March-to-March period. Buy or sell mid-period and both the cushion and the remaining upside differ.ftportfolios.com
  3. 03It follows price return only, so EAFE dividends don't pass through, and it trades lightly next to the biggest buffer funds, which can widen spreads.

YMAR Holdings

As of Sep 21, 2026, 5:47 PM
Asset class
Other
Holdings
4
Top-10 weight
104%
Largest holding
2027-03-19 iShares MSCI EAFE ETF C 0.94102.0%

Sectors

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—2027-03-19 iShares MSCI EAFE ETF C 0.94102.01%16,104$167M1
002—2027-03-19 iShares MSCI EAFE ETF P 93.591.34%16,104$2M1
003—US Dollar0.71%1,156,695$1M394

Showing 1–3 of 3 holdings

YMAR Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

YMAR$11,184
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. YMAR $11,184. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,353$10,646$11,940Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 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.

Trailing total return for YMAR. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodYMAR
Year to date+8.5%
1 month−0.1%
3 months+2.1%
1 year+11.8%
3 years+12.5%per year
5 years+6.9%per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for YMAR
YearReturn barYMAR
2026 YTD+8.5%
2025+18.6%
2024+3.1%
2023+16.3%
2022−8.5%
2021+3.2%

History from Mar 22, 2021

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YMAR Dividends

This fund pays no distributions.
—Last 12 months
Payout per share
—Last 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

YMAR Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
7.2%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.96
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−22.6%
Trough Sep 2022
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.40
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

YMAR Cost

Expense ratio0.90%
  • The middle half of Developed International Buffer 15% funds
  • Median 0.85%

22 of the 26 Developed International Buffer 15% funds charge less.

YMAR costs $90.00 a year on $10,000. The median Developed International Buffer 15% fund costs $85.00.