XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (XFLT) and Its Competitors Head-To-Head Review

Insider & Institutional Ownership

30.6% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.2% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust Competitors	270.61%	78.17%	3.57%

Dividends

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.8%. XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust pays out 531.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.1% and pay out 28.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust	-$49.23 million	N/A	22.27
XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust Competitors	$29.32 billion	$396.44 million	23.15

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust. XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust peers beat XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust on 8 of the 9 factors compared.

About XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust invests in a dynamically managed portfolio of floating-rate credit instruments and other structured credit investments within the private markets. Under normal market conditions, the Trust will invest at least 80% of managed assets in senior secured loans, CLO debt and CLO equity.

The Trust seeks attractive total return with an emphasis on income generation across multiple stages of the credit cycle. There can be no assurance that the Trust will achieve its investment objective, and you could lose some or all of your investment.