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GDEC — Fundamentals, Valuation & Ownership | QW Research

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FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - December (GDEC)

Neutral

Insufficient data to determine institutional momentum.

Data as of Q1 2026

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Institutional Ownership

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of shares outstanding · 105 funds hold it

Ownership Change

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vs last quarter

Crowding

87ᵗʰ pctl

more crowded than 87% of tracked stocks

Institutional Value

$223.7M

total position value across all 13F filers

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Institutional Holders

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No collected fundamentals to build a valuation model.

No collected fundamentals for a quality & risk analysis.

No collected fundamentals for a dividends & returns analysis.

No collected fundamentals for a capital-allocation analysis.

No collected fundamentals for a debt & leverage analysis.

Buy / Sell Volume by Quarter

Total shares institutions bought (green) vs sold (red) each quarter across all holders.

Inferred from quarter-over-quarter change in each fund's 13F position (new stakes count as buys, exits as sells). Not tick-level trades.

No sector peer set for this ticker (missing sector classification, or too few peers with collected financials).

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Conviction-Weighted Ownership

Median weight: 0.37%Avg weight: 1.90%Max: 11.23%High conviction (>1%): 4

HOLLENCREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

First International Bank of Israel

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL

Ausdal Financial Partners,

Archer Investment

Cetera Investment Advisers

NEW WAVE WEALTH ADVISORS

HARBOUR INVESTMENTS,

COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES,

OSAIC HOLDINGS,

Institutional Trends (8 Quarters)

No trend data available for this metric.

Crowding AnalysisCrowded

Holders105of 5,944

Avg: 68

Uncrowded87th percentileCrowded

Institutional Activity

Buy/Sell Ratio1.04x

66th percentile

48 buying46 selling

+17

New

-16

Closed

+283K

Net shares

Ownership Concentration

Top 5: 53.6%Top 10: 68.9%

HOLLENCREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT17.7%

First International Bank of Israel16.4%

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL7.8%

Ausdal Financial Partners,6.2%

Archer Investment5.4%

Others (100)46.4%

Crowding AnalysisCrowded

Holders105of 5,944

Avg: 68

Uncrowded87th percentileCrowded

Institutional Activity

Buy/Sell Ratio1.04x

66th percentile

48 buying46 selling

+17

New

-16

Closed

+283K

Net shares

Ownership Concentration

Top 5: 53.6%Top 10: 68.9%

HOLLENCREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT17.7%

First International Bank of Israel16.4%

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL7.8%

Ausdal Financial Partners,6.2%

Archer Investment5.4%

Others (100)46.4%

Ownership Map

Top 40 institutional holders — bubble size is position value, color is the move since last quarter. Hover any holder for detail.

Size by

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Ownership Map

Top 40 institutional holders — bubble size is position value, color is the move since last quarter. Hover any holder for detail.

Size by

Drag any bubble to rearrange · size = dollar value of the position

Performance vs. S&P 500

Total return (dividends reinvested) vs the market, from quarter-end prices.

$10,000 invested 2023-12

$13,154

GDEC · +32%

$16,185

S&P 500 · +62%

−$3,031

behind the index

Total return (5Y)

+32%

S&P 500

+62%

vs. market

-30%

underperformed

Annualized

11.6%

mkt 21.2%

Volatility

6%

annualized

Beta

0.47

vs S&P 500

Growth of $10,000

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GDECS&P 500

Year by year

Annual return vs the market

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GDEC (solid)S&P 500 (outline)Green = positive year, red = negative. Number = GDEC's return.

Beat the market

0 / 3 yrs

0% win rate

Best year

+12%

2025

Worst year

+5%

2026

Worst drawdown

-2%

recovered in 1 qtr

Relative strength

Cumulative lead over the S&P 500

Above 0 = ahead of the S&P 500 since the window start; below 0 = behind. Rising means it's pulling ahead.

Downside

Drawdown from peak · max -2%

How far the stock fell below its prior peak. Deeper, longer drawdowns = a rougher ride to the same return.

Quarter-end, dividend-adjusted (total return). Beta & volatility from quarterly returns (annualized). Benchmark is the S&P 500 (SPY total return). Annual returns compound the quarters ending in each calendar year; the first and last years in a window may be partial. Past performance doesn't predict future results.