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AALIX

Hedged Equity Income Fund

Expense Ratio
1.35%
AUM
$34M
Inception
1/5/2021
1Y Return
+9.9%42nd %ilevs 830 asset-class peers
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The fund invests primarily in dividend-paying equity securities, with at least 80% of net assets in income-generating equity securities and equity-related instruments traded on U.S. exchanges. It typically holds 25 to 40 positions across various sectors, with no more than 35% in any one sector, and employs a strategy of writing covered call options to generate income while using put options for downside protection. The minimum market capitalization for common stocks at initial selection is $1 billion, reflecting a focus on strong earnings and growth potential.

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Performance

NameCumulative ReturnAnn. ReturnAnn. VolSharpeMax DD
AALIX
Hedged Equity Income Fund
9.9%9.9%10.8%0.57-8.0%
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ETF performance based on market prices. Drag on chart to select period. Sharpe Ratio uses the one-month T-bill as the risk-free rate. From 10/7/2025 to 10/7/2026.

Trailing Returns

Name
YTD1D5D1M3M6M1Y2Y3Y5YMAX
AALIX
Hedged Equity Income Fund
8.4%-0.6%1.9%0.3%2.7%11.8%9.9%13.5%13.8%7.9%7.9%
ⓘ Methodology

ETF performance based on market prices. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. As of 10/7/2026.

Annual Returns

Name
20212022202320242025YTD
AALIX
Hedged Equity Income Fund
7.2%-1.9%5.0%10.4%16.9%8.4%
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ETF performance based on market prices. As of 10/7/2026.

Correlation Matrix

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Factor Regression

Name
Ann. αβ MKTβ SMBβ HMLβ RMWβ CMAβ UMDβ iHMLR²Obs
AALIXUS
Hedged Equity Income Fund
-4.2%0.85**-0.010.09**0.13**0.040.03-0.010.90226
ⓘ Methodology

ETF performance based on market prices. US factor set. Daily OLS of excess return (fund − T-bill) on factor spread returns over the selected date range, intersected with each series' history. Bold with * |t| ≥ 1.96, ** |t| ≥ 2.58. Cell shading tracks each loading's t-stat. Betas are returns-based — compare with the holdings-based factor scores below. Factor returns are long-short spread returns (© Ken French, Dartmouth). From 10/7/2025 to 8/31/2026.

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Fund Profile

Fund Documents(opens the fund company’s site in a new tab)
Family
Registrant
Type
Mutual Fund
Asset Class
Peer Asset Class
Options
Region
Equity Size & Style
Peer Group Benchmark
Prospectus Benchmark
SP500 Total Return Index
Peer Group
Options - Buffer/Defined Outcome (525 peers)
1Y Peer Percentile
39
3Y Peer Percentile
49
Expense Ratio
1.35%
AUM
$34M
3Y Flow
+27.4%
Yield
0.53%
Inception
1/5/2021
Holdings (Reported)
77
Turnover
18%
Equity
95%
Derivatives
0%
Net Equity Exposure
94%
Option Notional
-13%
Strategy Summary

The fund invests primarily in dividend-paying equity securities, with at least 80% of net assets in income-generating equity securities and equity-related instruments traded on U.S. exchanges. It typically holds 25 to 40 positions across various sectors, with no more than 35% in any one sector, and employs a strategy of writing covered call options to generate income while using put options for downside protection. The minimum market capitalization for common stocks at initial selection is $1 billion, reflecting a focus on strong earnings and growth potential.

ⓘ Methodology

Expense ratio and its components from the fund's prospectus fee table. Turnover from the SEC annual report (10/31/2025). Yield as of 10/6/2026, AUM 9/30/2026. Holdings, asset class, style, peer group and exposures as of 5/31/2026. Strategy summary from the fund's prospectus.

Equity Size & Style Map

LargeMidSmall
15%
32%
40%
5%
2%
2%
-
4%
-
Large
ValueCoreGrowth
Size
Large
87%
Mid
8%
Small
4%
Style
Value
20%
Core
38%
Growth
42%
ⓘ Methodology

Equity size and style definitions. Size: each holding is scored against its own market's size curve — Large above $61.7B in the US and $21.4B elsewhere, Small below $10.8B worldwide — and a fund sits at the weighted average of its holdings. Style: each holding's Traditional Value score is ranked against stocks of the same region and size, and a fund sits at the weighted average of those ranks. Both are relative measures — where a holding stands among comparable stocks, not an absolute threshold. The dollar lines are recomputed from total market capitalisation each time the data is refreshed; the shares of the market they mark are what stay fixed. Cell shading and percentages: share of classified holdings weight per box. The grid and the dot are built from one set of per-holding scores — the dot is their weighted average — so they describe the same book at two levels of detail. The Size and Style bars are the grid's row and column totals. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Composite FactorsRef: Options Funds

Intangible Value84.0
Traditional Value35.6
Small-Cap21.0
Quality67.4
Momentum48.7
ⓘ Methodology

Hover or click for factor definitions. Weighted average of underlying company-level values with weights equal to position size. Ranked within the clean equity fund universe, one entry per fund series (lowest: 0, highest: 100; the middle of the range is denser than the ends). Blue dots mark the fund; the shaded band spans the Options Funds class 25th–75th percentile of scores, notched at the median. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Factor DetailsRef: Options Funds

Valuation
Book-to-Price (NTM)21.4
Sales-to-Price (NTM)34.5
Earnings-to-Price (NTM)5.1
Innovation/IP
R&D / Mkt Cap1.9
Patents / Mkt Cap0.77
Brand
Sales & Marketing / Mkt Cap1.4
Trademarks / Mkt Cap0.05
Human Capital
PhD Employees / Mkt Cap3.3
Top University Alumni / Mkt Cap8.9
Politics
Lobbying Spend / Mkt Cap16.4
AI
AI Employees / Mkt Cap0.73
ⓘ Methodology

Hover or click for factor definitions. Weighted average of underlying company-level values with weights equal to position size. Solid blue dots mark the fund's position within the clean equity fund universe (5th–95th percentile scale); the shaded band spans the fund's broad class (Options Funds) 25th–75th percentile, notched at the median. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026. Expense ratio, yield, and turnover as of 10/6/2026. AUM as of 9/30/2026.

Country Exposure

Level
91.3%
91.3%
8.7%
3.4%
2.9%
2.4%
ⓘ Methodology

Shares are percentages of the holdings that carry a country, not portfolio weights. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Sector Exposure

Level
29.5%
12.5%
11.7%
10.4%
8.7%
8.5%
5.4%
4.4%
3.8%
3.3%
1.8%
ⓘ Methodology

Shares are percentages of the fund's classified holdings — every position we can identify, with cash and unidentified positions excluded — not portfolio weights. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Thematic Exposure

AI Composition

Infrastructure38.4%
Early Adopter31.9%
Laggard29.7%

Magnificent 7

Magnificent 725.3%
Non-Magnificent 774.7%

Old vs New Economy

Old Economy50.2%
New Economy49.8%

Globalization

Multinational63.1%
Exporter4.5%
Importer14.4%
Domestic18.0%

China Exposure

China/HK Domiciled0.0%
Revenue & Operations16.3%
Operations Only14.0%
Revenue Only9.1%
No Material Exposure60.6%

Company Size

Mega (>$500B)33.9%
Large ($70–500B)48.0%
Mid ($10–70B)13.7%
Small ($1–10B)4.3%
Micro (<$1B)0.0%
ⓘ Methodology

Shares are percentages of the fund's classified equity book, renormalized so each split sums to 100% (the equity book is 95% of net assets) — they are not portfolio weights. China exposure: domiciled = incorporated in China or Hong Kong, falling back to the filing's country for holdings outside the stock model. Among the rest, revenue = ≥15% of revenue derived from China; operations = ≥3% of LinkedIn-tracked workforce in China, or ≥2 identified Chinese suppliers making up ≥12% of those identified. China revenue is estimated where segment reporting is absent. Company size bands by holding market cap: Mega >$500B, Large $70–500B, Mid $10–70B, Small $1–10B, Micro <$1B. Old vs New Economy partitions Sparkline's 48 industries: New = technology, internet platforms and entertainment, e-commerce, payments, pharma/biotech/medtech, and renewable energy; Old = everything else. Shares are of classified holdings and sum to 100%. China shares are of total equity weight. Size shares are of scored holdings weight. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Holdings

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72 positions (top 10 shown, create for full holdings)

#NameTickerWeight %SectorIndustryCountry
1AlphabetGOOG
7.05
CommunicationInternet PlatformsUSA
2AppleAAPL
6.03
TechnologyTechnology HardwareUSA
3NvidiaNVDA
5.44
TechnologySemiconductorsUSA
4Cisco SystemsCSCO
5.28
TechnologyTechnology HardwareUSA
5BroadcomAVGO
4.52
TechnologySemiconductorsUSA
6Morgan StanleyMS
4.28
FinancialsInvest BankingUSA
7Amazon.comAMZN
4.24
Consumer DiscE-CommerceUSA
8Phillips 66PSX
4.05
EnergyOil MajorsUSA
9MicrosoftMSFT
4.01
TechnologySoftwareUSA
10NXP SemiconductorsNXPI
3.25
TechnologySemiconductorsNLD
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Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

ConcentrationRef: Options Funds

Total Holdings77
Effective Holdings29
Top 10 Weight48.1%
Max Position7.0%
Top Sector (of Net Assets)32%
Top Country (of Net Assets)92%
ⓘ Methodology

Hover or click for definitions. Solid blue dots mark the fund: percentage rows on a 0–100% scale, holdings counts log-scaled across the clean-universe 5th–95th percentile range. The shaded band spans the fund's broad class (Options Funds) 25th–75th percentile, notched at the median. Holdings as of 5/31/2026.

Benchmark DifferentiationRef: Options Funds

vs SPYBroad Benchmark
Active Share61.5%
Tracking Error5.8%
Benchmark Correlation0.93
ⓘ Methodology

One sub-card per benchmark: the market primary, then the style secondary — the gap between them is the style sleeve itself. Both anchors are Sparkline-inferred (market from asset class and region, style from the holdings size-and-style map), not the fund's official prospectus benchmark. Solid blue dot marks the fund; the shaded band spans the reference set's 25th–75th percentile, notched at the median (band follows the Peer Universe selector). Active Share compares the fund's book with the benchmark's, share for share; Tracking Error is the annualized daily deviation over the trailing two years (ruler runs to just past the universe's 95th percentile, or past the fund's own figure where that is larger); Benchmark Correlation is the plain daily correlation over the trailing year. Hover the labels for full definitions.

Peer Group Rank

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Metric
AALIX
Hedged Equity Income Fund
Peer Group
525 funds
Peer Asset Class
830 funds
YTD Return
8.40%8.10%547.62%56
1Y Return
9.92%10.85%3910.70%42
3Y Return (Ann.)
13.77%13.79%4914.10%47
5Y Return (Ann.)
7.87%9.34%249.16%27
Expense Ratiohigher = cheaper
1.35%0.79%20.79%3
ⓘ Methodology

Sparkline's own holdings-based peer taxonomy (582 share classes across 525 funds). One share class shown per fund — the exchange-listed class where the SEC series has one, else its longest-history class; percentile ranks and medians are computed against the same deduped set. Quartile chips fill the layer the fund's rank falls in (top layer = best quartile). Funds without a full return history rank only on the horizons they cover.

Similar Funds

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Nearest funds across the whole universe, by holdings and behavior — the peer taxonomy is ignored, so matches can come from any category.

Top Consensus Rank#42.2
Top Overlap
Top Active Tilt
Top Factor Match
Top Return Corr
Top FF Match
FundPeer Group
1ABLOX
Alger Balanced Portfolio
Allocation - Aggressive
Allocation - Aggressive
#42.2-----
2OARDX
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US Large Core
US Large Core
#48.0-----
3HNDDX
Horizon Equity Premium Income Fund
Options - Income
Options - Income
#67.7-----
4HCKAX
THE HARTFORD CHECKS AND BALANCES FUND
Allocation - Aggressive
Allocation - Aggressive
#75.1-----
5WMBLX
WesMark Balanced Fund
Allocation - Aggressive
Allocation - Aggressive
#89.5-----
6SDVGX
Sit Dividend Growth Fund
US Large Core
US Large Core
#90.3-----
7ALBAX
ALGER GROWTH & INCOME FUND
US Large Core
US Large Core
#94.1-----
8SCJAX
Steward Covered Call Income Fund
Options - Income
Options - Income
#96.2-----
9AIGOX
Alger Growth & Income Portfolio
US Large Core
US Large Core
#102-----
10NOIEX
Income Equity Fund
US Large Core
US Large Core
#106-----

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ⓘ Methodology

Rows are the consensus top matches (a fund must place in at least two methods' top 250 to qualify, and matches missing more than one of this fund's own methods are not ranked — a row scored on fewer methods is a noisier estimate, not a better match). Click a method column to see that method's own top matches across the whole universe instead. Gray (N) beside each method's metric is that fund's rank in the whole universe on that method. Consensus Rank is the geometric mean of those universe ranks (#1.0 = the top match on every method). A dash means that method has no figure for the pair at all (one of them lacks the holdings or return history it needs). Hover a column header for each method's definition. The “Top…” strips above compare against every fund's own top match across the whole universe (they deliberately don't follow the Peer Universe selector); Top Consensus Rank is simply the #1 row's figure, with no reference band; the Holdings and Active Tilt strips carry no reference band because computing every fund's best book overlap would require a full holdings scan per fund — the dot stands alone on its natural 0–100% scale. One share class shown per fund, and a fund's own sister share classes are excluded from its Top-match strips. Holdings as of 5/31/2026. Consensus Rank is the geometric mean of the match's universe-wide rank across the methods (#1.0 = top match on every one). Holdings Overlap = common-holdings weight (sum of the minimum weight across shared positions, long only). Active Tilt Overlap = the same statistic on active weights (holdings minus the fund's own default benchmark, floored at 0), which strips the benchmark ballast that dominates raw overlap. Factor Similarity = 100 − a signature-weighted RMS gap across the composite factor scores (0–100 ranks within the clean equity fund universe), each axis weighted by how far this fund sits from the universe median of 50. Return Correlation = correlation of market-hedged daily returns over the trailing two years (CAPM residuals), so only market-beta co-movement is removed; requires ~18 months of daily history (378 of the window's 504 trading days). Fama-French Similarity = 1/(1+d), where d is the Euclidean distance between factor betas (market, size, value, profitability, investment, momentum, intangible value) from up to three years of daily returns (min 378 daily observations and regression R² of at least 0.25); 1.00 = identical loadings.