APRP vs GMAR: Cap, Buffer & Days Left
As of Oct 13, 2026 APRP can fall 10.5% before its buffer engages and GMAR 9.5%, and GMAR resets 12 days sooner. Net assets: $32m on Oct 13, 2026 for PGIM S&P 500 Buffer 12 ETF - April, and $428m on Oct 12, 2026 for FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - March.
APRP costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.4 points; GMAR is 13.2 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| APRP | GMAR | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.50% | 0.85% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026 | $32m | $428m |
| Total return, 1 year | +16.4% | +14.0% |
| What it tracks | SPY | SPY |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| Index fall to the buffer | 16.3% | 16.5% |
APRP: reference +19.5% since period start, fund +11.2%; buffer 0 to −12; cap +16.6%; At its cap. Figures to Oct 13, 2026.
APRP: reference +19.5% since period start, fund +11.2%; buffer 0 to −12; cap +16.6%; At its cap. Figures to Oct 13, 2026.
GMAR: reference +19.8% since period start, fund +9.5%; buffer 0 to −15; cap +14.1%; At its cap. Figures to Oct 13, 2026.
GMAR: reference +19.8% since period start, fund +9.5%; buffer 0 to −15; cap +14.1%; At its cap. Figures to Oct 13, 2026.
A percentile among the 292 buffer ETFs on stocks with a live outcome period. Today's position against one 20% fall; it ignores smaller falls, and stock buffers are never ranked against bond or commodity ones. All buffer ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →
Both are already at their cap, so neither gains from more rise in the index before the period ends.
Where each one stands today
GMAR resets first, on Mar 19, 2027, 157 days from now; APRP runs to Mar 31, 2027, 169 days. APRP can still gain 4.4% before its cap, GMAR 3.4%. A fall from here reaches APRP’s buffer after 10.5% and GMAR’s after 9.5%. Both track SPY, so what separates them is where each is in its own period.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Gap to the reference's price return | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | APRP | GMAR | APRP | GMAR |
| 3 months | +3.0% | +2.5% | −0.8 pts | −1.3 pts |
| 6 months | +7.3% | +6.2% | −6.1 pts | −7.2 pts |
| 1 year | +16.4% | +14.0% | −2.7 pts | −5.2 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +42.8% | not published | −37.6 pts |
| Since launch Not the same days: APRP Apr 2024 · GMAR Mar 2023 | +34.4% | +52.5% | −14.6 pts | −45.2 pts |
Each fund's gap is to its reference's price return, dividends left out: the basis the outcome period uses. Source: ETFIQ. Open this comparison in the app →
On the same fields
As of Oct 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
About APRP
SPY had already risen past this fund's cap of +16.6% for the period on Oct 13, 2026, so in index terms there is no more upside to collect. The fund's own price can still drift up to about 4.4% as the period runs out. The fund's price can fall 10.5% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 16.3% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 12.0% of the 12.0% buffer still sits below today's SPY level. 169 days remained on Oct 13, 2026. On Mar 31, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.
About GMAR
SPY had already risen past this fund's cap of +14.1% for the period on Oct 13, 2026, so in index terms there is no more upside to collect. The fund's own price can still drift up to about 3.4% as the period runs out. The fund's price can fall 9.5% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 16.5% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 15.0% of the 15.0% buffer still sits below today's SPY level. 157 days remained on Oct 13, 2026. On Mar 19, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.
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