XAI Octagon FR & Alternative Inc Trust Stock Price, News & Analysis

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (NYSE:XFLT) has declared its monthly distribution of $0.070 per common share, maintaining the same amount as the previous month. The distribution will be payable on September 2, 2025, to shareholders of record as of August 15, 2025.

The Trust, which focuses on generating attractive total returns with an emphasis on income across credit cycles, invests primarily in floating rate credit instruments and structured credit investments. Under normal conditions, at least 80% of its Managed Assets are allocated to these instruments. The distribution may come from various sources including net investment income, capital gains, or return of capital.

XA Investments (NYSE:XFLT) has released its Second Quarter 2025 Market Update, revealing significant growth in the non-listed closed-end fund (CEF) market. The report shows total managed assets reaching $227 billion, with 288 interval and tender offer funds in operation. Key highlights include a 17% increase in funds reaching over $1 billion in AUM, with 50 funds crossing this milestone.

The market now comprises 144 interval funds managing $132.8 billion (59% of total assets) and 144 tender offer funds managing $93.9 billion (41%). Q2 2025 saw 23 new fund launches, up from 10 in Q2 2024, with market-wide net assets increasing by $15 billion from the previous quarter. The report also highlights a trend toward reduced investor suitability restrictions and the emergence of Specialty Structures within the market.

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (NYSE: XFLT) has announced its monthly distribution and quarterly preferred shares dividend. The Trust declared a regular monthly distribution of $0.070 per common share and a quarterly dividend of $0.40625 per share for its 6.50% Series 2026 Term Preferred Shares (NYSE: XFLTPRA).

Both distributions maintain their previous declaration amounts with no changes. The common share distribution will be payable on August 1, 2025, while the preferred shares dividend is scheduled for payment on July 31, 2025. Both share classes have an ex-dividend and record date of July 15, 2025.

The Trust focuses on generating attractive total returns with an emphasis on income generation across credit cycles. It maintains a portfolio primarily invested in floating rate credit instruments and structured credit investments, with at least 80% of its Managed Assets allocated to these securities under normal market conditions.

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (XFLT) has announced a monthly distribution of $0.070 per common share, payable on July 1, 2025, representing a 9.09% decrease from the previous month's $0.077 distribution. The trust's annualized distribution rates as of May 30, 2025, were 14.51% on market price and 13.86% on NAV. The reduction comes amid market volatility and interest rate spread compression in loan and CLO asset classes. The trust will host a Q1 Webinar on June 4, 2025, featuring key executives from XA Investments and Octagon Credit Investors. XFLT's investment strategy focuses on floating rate credit instruments and structured credit investments, maintaining at least 80% of managed assets in these categories under normal market conditions.

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (NYSE: XFLT) has announced its upcoming Q1 2025 Quarterly Webinar, scheduled for June 4, 2025, at 12:00 pm Eastern Time. The webinar will feature a Q&A session moderated by Kevin Davis, Managing Director at XAI, with participation from Kimberly Flynn, President at XAI, and Lauren Law, Senior Portfolio Manager at Octagon Credit Investors.

XFLT is a trust focused on generating attractive total returns with an emphasis on income generation across credit cycles. The Trust maintains at least 80% of its Managed Assets in floating rate credit instruments and structured credit investments under normal market conditions. The Trust's shares trade on NYSE under "XFLT," while its 6.50% Series 2026 Term Preferred Shares trade under "XFLTPRA."

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (XFLT) has declared its monthly distribution of $0.077 per share on its common shares, maintaining the same amount as the previous month. The distribution will be payable on June 2, 2025, to shareholders of record as of May 15, 2025. The Trust focuses on generating attractive total returns with an emphasis on income generation across credit cycles, investing primarily in floating rate credit instruments and structured credit investments. Under normal conditions, at least 80% of its Managed Assets are invested in floating rate credit instruments and other structured credit investments.

XA Investments reports strong growth in non-listed closed-end funds (CEFs) during Q1 2025. The market reached a new peak with 270 interval and tender offer funds, managing total assets of $220 billion. The quarter saw 14 new fund launches, up from 10 in Q1 2024, with market-wide net assets increasing by $9 billion.

Key highlights include the launch of the XAI Interval Fund Index™ (INTVL), the first index tracking the interval and tender offer fund market. The market now comprises 134 interval funds ($132.1B in managed assets) and 136 tender offer funds ($88.3B). In 2024, funds recorded positive net flows of over $38 billion, with 67% of funds showing positive performance. Private Credit funds led capital raising with over $20 billion in net assets.

The sector shows continued momentum with 58 funds in SEC registration, representing a 53% increase in new filings compared to Q1 2024. Notably, 49% of interval and tender offer funds have no suitability restrictions for investors at the fund level.

XA Investments has launched the XAI Interval Fund Index (INTVL), the first-ever index tracking the interval and tender offer fund market. The total return index monitors funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 with assets exceeding $100 million.

As of March 2025, the Index includes 77 constituents representing over $103 billion in total net assets, approximately 60% of the entire interval and tender offer fund market. INTVL features funds across seven asset classes: credit, real estate/real assets, hedge funds, specialty, multi-asset, tax-free bonds, and venture/private equity.

The Index, which has a January 2023 base date with two years of historical performance, is calculated daily and rebalanced quarterly. Indxx, Inc. serves as the index calculation agent. The index is available on Bloomberg under the ticker INTVL.

XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (XFLT) has announced its quarterly preferred shares dividend of $0.40625 per share for its 6.50% Series 2026 Term Preferred Shares (XFLTPRA). The dividend will be paid on April 30, 2025, with an ex-dividend and record date of April 14, 2025.

The Trust maintains its focus on generating stable monthly distributions while investing primarily in floating rate credit instruments and structured credit investments, comprising at least 80% of its Managed Assets under normal market conditions. The Trust's distributions may exceed net investment income, potentially resulting in a return of capital to shareholders.