Issuer and category are assigned by StocksXray rules from the fund name. Expense ratio and net assets come from SEC filings; where a fund does not file them (for example grantor trusts) the field stays empty.
Returns and risk
1 month
−0.1%
3 months
+3.2%
6 months
+5.9%
Year to date
+9.9%
1 year
+11.7%
3 years a year
+16.5%
5 years a year
+9.8%
10 years a year
n/a
Volatility (1 year)
6.6%
Largest drop, last year
−4.6%
Largest drop in our data
−13.7%
Total return includes distributions, from end-of-day prices adjusted for splits and distributions, to 26 Oct 2026. Periods of 3 years and longer are annualised and shown only when the fund's history is long enough. Volatility is the standard deviation of daily returns over the last year, annualised. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Cost: expense ratio
0.95% a year
On $10,000 invested that is about $95 a year in fund costs, taken out of the fund's assets.
Source: the fund's prospectus, as filed with the SEC on 29 Dec 2025 (risk/return summary data). Brokerage commissions and the bid-ask spread are separate costs.
Income: distributions
BUFR paid no distributions in the last 12 months. Its return comes from price change only.
Cash paid per current share (restated for share splits), before tax, from our market-data provider.
BUFR top holdings
#
Holding
Weight
1
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.34%
2
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.34%
3
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.34%
4
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.33%
5
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.33%
6
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.33%
7
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.33%
8
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.33%
9
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.32%
10
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII
8.32%
The top 10 make up 83.3% of the fund, out of 13 holdings.
Positions as of 31 Aug 2026, from the fund's Form N-PORT filed with the SEC. Public N-PORT holdings are quarter-end positions published about 60 days later, so they can be months old and the fund may have changed since.
Institutional holders of BUFR (Form 13F)
At 30 June 2026, 535 institutional managers reported owning BUFR shares to the SEC. Against 31 March 2026:
61 new232 added156 reduced79 unchanged26 sold out
Among the 554 managers that filed in both quarters and held BUFR in at least one of them, the shares they report changed by +6.5%, about +$502M at the 30 Jun 2026 price (share counts restated for splits).
#
Manager
Shares
Value
Change in the quarter
1
LPL Financial LLC
47.46M
$1.7B
+0.8%
2
Cetera Investment Advisers
14.07M
$514M
+4.5%
3
Envestnet Asset Management Inc
9.55M
$349M
+7.4%
4
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC
9.48M
$346M
−4.4%
5
Osaic Holdings, Inc.
8.18M
$299M
+6.0%
6
Raymond James Financial Inc
7.70M
$281M
+26.8%
7
Morgan Stanley
7.28M
$266M
+32.7%
8
Royal Bank of Canada
5.07M
$185M
+7.4%
9
Wells Fargo & Company
3.89M
$142M
+29.3%
10
Mml Investors Services, LLC
3.77M
$138M
+25.5%
Sold out since 31 March 2026, largest first: Independent Advisor Alliance (held $47M), Jane Street Group, LLC (held $22M), Old Mission Capital LLC (held $8M).
Quarter end
Managers reporting
Reported shares, change vs the quarter before
30 Jun 2026
535
+6.5%
31 Mar 2026
504
+5.8%
31 Dec 2025
498
+5.7%
30 Sep 2025
437
+3.5%
30 Jun 2025
439
–
Quarter-end positions, filed with the SEC up to 45 days later, so managers may have bought or sold since. Filings in this data run to 31 Aug 2026. Form 13F covers US institutional managers with at least $100 million in reportable securities and lists long positions only: options, short positions and smaller or non-US holders are not in it. A manager is a filer, not necessarily the final owner, and shares held for clients can be reported by more than one manager, so the lists overlap and are not a split of the fund; for the same reason we show no share of shares outstanding. Value is shares times the quarter-end close; change compares with the quarter before and is restated for splits. 2 filing rows were left out because the value did not fit shares times price or exceeded the whole fund. "Smart money" is a label some analysts put on large institutions: these figures show who reported holding the fund, not that they were right, and they say nothing about where the price goes next. Source: SEC Form 13F data sets, updated when the SEC publishes the next quarter.
BUFR: frequently asked questions
What is BUFR?
BUFR is the FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF, listed on BATS. By our rules it is classed as "Equity". Its latest SEC filing lists 13 holdings.
What is the expense ratio of BUFR?
BUFR charges 0.95% a year, according to its prospectus filed with the SEC on 29 Dec 2025. On $10,000 that is about $95 a year in fund costs.
Does BUFR pay dividends?
No. We found no distributions for BUFR in the last 12 months.
What does BUFR hold?
The largest holdings in the latest SEC filing are First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (8.3%), First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (8.3%), First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII (8.3%). The top 10 together make up 83.3% of the fund.
How has BUFR performed?
Total return including distributions to 26 Oct 2026: 1 year +11.7%, 3 years +16.5% a year, 5 years +9.8% a year. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Where the numbers come from
Prices and distributions end-of-day data from our market-data provider; returns are our own calculations from it.
Expense ratio and holdings SEC filings (prospectus risk/return data and Form N-PORT).
Category, issuer and leverage assigned by StocksXray rules from the fund name.
X-Ray look-through our scores applied to the SEC holdings.
Institutional holders SEC Form 13F data sets: quarter-end positions of US institutional managers, our own arithmetic on them.
StocksXray is for education only and is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Past performance does not guarantee future results; funds can lose value.
