Fund · FT Vest Laddered Moderate Buffer ETF · measured from SEC filings
BUFZ holdings
BUFZ reports 13 holdings and behaves like 12 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-05-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 11 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-05-31Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 100% at a quoted market price (level 1), one issuer country.
What stands out
as of 2026-05-31The largest line in BUFZ's filing is not a stock but FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - May, a equity position at 8.36% of net assets. Ten companies are 83.31% of the fund; the other 3 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, BUFZ behaves like 12 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 3.6 times more concentrated than the median. Across 11 quarterly filings BUFZ has become less concentrated: it behaved like 4 at 2023-11-30 and 12 at 2026-05-31.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2023
11Between 2023-11-30 and 2026-05-31, BUFZ went from behaving like 4 equally weighted positions to 12 — 200% more, while its top ten went from 100% to 83.31% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.31% | 8.36% |
| 2026-02-28 | 13 | 12 | 83.33% | 8.36% |
| 2025-11-30 | 13 | 12 | 83.31% | 8.34% |
| 2025-08-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.36% | 8.34% |
| 2025-05-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.33% | 8.34% |
| 2025-02-28 | 13 | 12 | 83.32% | 8.35% |
| 2024-11-30 | 13 | 12 | 83.41% | 8.36% |
| 2024-08-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.34% | 8.35% |
Earlier filings (3 more, back to 2023-11-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | 13 | 12 | 83.34% | 8.35% |
| 2024-02-29 | 13 | 12 | 83.39% | 8.36% |
| 2023-11-30 | 4 | 4 | 100% | 25.02% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-05-31The 13 largest of 13 positions in BUFZ's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: BUFZ.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.36% | 8.4% |
| 2 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.34% | 16.7% |
| 3 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.34% | 25.0% |
| 4 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.34% | 33.4% |
| 5 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.33% | 41.7% |
| 6 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.33% | 50.0% |
| 7 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.32% | 58.4% |
| 8 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.32% | 66.7% |
| 9 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.32% | 75.0% |
| 10 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.31% | 83.3% |
| 11 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.30% | 91.6% |
| 12 | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.28% | 99.9% |
| 13 | DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS | 0.11% | 100.0% |
Returns the fund reported
2023-10 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of BUFZ's own filings, 32 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference — percentage points over 0 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: BUFZ.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-28 → 2026-05-3113 positions became 13: 0 added (0.0% of the fund at the later date), 0 dropped (0.0% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 0.1%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of BUFZ compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 | Largest decreases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DREYFUS GOVERNMENT CASH MANAGEMENT FUNDS | 0.03% | 0.11% | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.34% | 8.28% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.34% | 8.36% | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.33% | 8.30% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.32% | 8.34% | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.34% | 8.31% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.32% | 8.34% | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.36% | 8.34% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.32% | 8.33% | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.33% | 8.32% |
| First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.32% | 8.33% | First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII | 8.32% | 8.32% |
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-3199.89% equity, 0.11% short-term investment as filed; 100.0% carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of BUFZ (12). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EWP iShares MSCI Spain ETF | 25 | 11.8 | 73.78% | 2026-05-31 |
| IHI iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF | 49 | 11.9 | 74.66% | 2026-06-30 |
| FENY Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF | 103 | 11.9 | 65.1% | 2026-07-31 |
| QAI NYLIM Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF | 60 | 11.9 | 69.96% | 2026-07-31 |
| BUFD FT Vest Laddered Deep Buffer ETF | 13 | 12 | 83.3% | 2026-05-31 |
| SOXL Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares | 38 | 12.1 * | 63.99% | 2026-07-31 |
| EWH iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF | 31 | 12.1 | 66.65% | 2026-05-31 |
| EPHE iShares MSCI Philippines ETF | 38 | 12.1 | 61.95% | 2026-05-31 |
| VDE Vanguard Energy Index Fund | 106 | 12.3 | 63.95% | 2026-05-31 |
| LIT Global X Lithium and Battery Tech ETF | 41 | 12.3 | 66.07% | 2026-07-31 |
Essays that examine BUFZ
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