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FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF BUFZ

Issuer: First Trust SEC registrant: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII Equity · US
Last price 28.71 USD Change: Up +0.02 Percent change: Up +0.07%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.95%
Prospectus 2 Jan 2026
Net assets
$961.2M
As of 31 May 2026
Holdings
13
As of 31 May 2026
12-month distribution yield
Unavailable
None in 12 months
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF (BUFZ) is an exchange-traded fund listed on Cboe BZX in the United States, issued by First Trust. Its category is Equity · US (equity). Its last price was US$28.71 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.95% a year, from its prospectus dated 2 Jan 2026. It reported net assets of US$961.22 million as of 31 May 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 13 holdings as of 31 May 2026. No distributions are recorded for it over the last 12 months.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.95%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.10%
Prospectus date
2 Jan 2026
Filed with the SEC
29 Dec 2025

Size and reporting

Net assets
$961,224,509
Total assets
$961,308,210
Holdings as of
31 May 2026
Report made public
22 Jul 2026 (52 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Top holdings

Largest 13 of 13 positions, as of 31 May 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

BUFZ top holdings as of 31 May 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - May US33740F4413 8.36% $80.4M Equity (common) United States USD
2 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - April US33740F4587 8.34% $80.2M Equity (common) United States USD
3 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - January US33740F5162 8.34% $80.1M Equity (common) United States USD
4 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - October US33740U6955 8.34% $80.1M Equity (common) United States USD
5 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - December US33740U6799 8.33% $80.1M Equity (common) United States USD
6 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - November US33740U6872 8.33% $80.0M Equity (common) United States USD
7 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - February US33740U7375 8.32% $80.0M Equity (common) United States USD
8 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - September US33740U7110 8.32% $80.0M Equity (common) United States USD
9 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - August US33740U6534 8.32% $80.0M Equity (common) United States USD
10 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - March US33740F4827 8.32% $79.9M Equity (common) United States USD
11 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - July US33740U6617 8.30% $79.8M Equity (common) United States USD
12 First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - June US33740F4330 8.28% $79.6M Equity (common) United States USD
13 DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS SH BEN INT US2620062081 0.11% $1.1M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 99.90%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 0.11%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
United States 100.01%

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
US dollar (USD) 100.01%

Sector

No sector data

None of this fund's holdings matched a stock listed on this site, so no sector is shown.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

No distributions in the last five years

Yahoo Finance lists no distributions for BUFZ since October 2021. Funds that reinvest income, and new funds, may have none.

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