FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – October (BATS:GOCT) Short Interest Update

FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – October (BATS:GOCT) saw a large drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,216 shares, a drop of 76.7% from the June 30th total of 5,210 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 89,119 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – October by 1.2% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 156,085 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,029,000 after purchasing an additional 1,803 shares in the last quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC grew its stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – October by 82.1% in the 4th quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 128,835 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,062,000 after buying an additional 58,088 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its stake in shares of FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – October by 112.8% in the 4th quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 34,925 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,372,000 after buying an additional 18,513 shares in the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada increased its holdings in FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – October by 83.6% in the fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 30,319 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,192,000 after buying an additional 13,804 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its holdings in FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – October by 11.8% in the fourth quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 7,203 shares of the company’s stock worth $283,000 after buying an additional 759 shares during the last quarter.

FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – October Trading Up 0.1%

BATS GOCT opened at $41.57 on Friday. FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – October has a 1-year low of $36.67 and a 1-year high of $41.80. The company has a market capitalization of $258.98 million, a PE ratio of 24.43 and a beta of 0.35. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $41.42 and its 200-day simple moving average is $40.25.

FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – October Company Profile

The FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF – October (GOCT) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund aims for specific buffered losses and capped gains on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust over a specific holdings period. The actively managed fund holds options and collateral. GOCT was launched on Oct 20, 2023 and is issued by First Trust.