FT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF holds 13 positions and $9.6B in net assets as of May 31, 2026. The largest: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII 99.9%, Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds 0.1%.

What is the expense ratio of BUFR?

BUFR costs 0.95% a year, from its prospectus.

BUFRFT Vest Laddered Buffer ETF

ETF · First Trust Exchange-traded FUND VIII

$37.56close Nov 11, 2026

The fund

Holdings as of May 31, 2026, filed with the SEC.

$9.6B

net assets, all share classes

0.95%

yearly cost, from the prospectus

positions on file

Growth of $100

Total return with dividends reinvested, month by month since August 2020.

$100$182

20202026

+18.6%

last 12 months

+15.3%

a year, over 3 years

+10.0%

a year, over 5 years

Largest holdings

The top 2 issuers of 13 positions, by share of the fund.

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII: 99.9%
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity FundsCash and short-term: 0.1%

Countries

Where the holdings are, by share of the fund.

United States100.0%

What it holds

By kind of asset.

Stocks99.9%

From the fund’s Form N-PORT for May 2026 (filed Jul 22, 2026) and its prospectus, via the SEC’s public data sets. Shares of net assets can sum above 100% where a fund holds cash collateral or derivatives.