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XAI Madison Equity Premium Income Fund

AUM
$127M
Inception
8/2/2004
1Y Return
-5.2%6th %ilevs 830 asset-class peers
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XAI Madison Equity Premium Income Fund is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by Madison Investment Holdings, Inc. It is managed by Madison Asset Management, LLC. The fund invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in reasonably priced growth (GARP) stocks of large and mid-cap companies. It also writes covered call options to make its investments. The fund employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach, focusing on such factors as PEG ratios (price-earnings ratio to growth rate), financial strength, and industry leadership to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the CBOE S&P 500 Buy/Write Index. The fund conducts in-house research to make its investments. It was formerly known as Madison/Claymore Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund. XAI Madison Equity Premium Income Fund was formed on May 6, 2004 and is domiciled in the United States.

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Performance

NameCumulative ReturnAnn. ReturnAnn. VolSharpeMax DD
MCN
XAI Madison Equity Premium Income Fund
-5.2%-5.2%10.5%-0.85-8.6%
ⓘ Methodology

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
MCN
XAI Madison Equity Premium Income Fund
-4.2%-0.6%-0.4%-7.2%-3.4%-4.3%-5.2%-2.6%2.1%2.0%5.1%
ⓘ Methodology

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

Annual Returns

Name
2004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025YTD
MCN
XAI Madison Equity Premium Income Fund
1.3%*8.2%11.8%-16.9%-38.5%60.2%10.4%-9.8%11.7%17.2%8.5%-0.6%14.7%9.9%-12.0%20.0%15.3%29.9%6.3%7.0%-1.5%0.7%-4.2%
ⓘ Methodology

* partial year — the series ran for only part of it (its first year, or the year it closed); the figure is the return over the part it did run. ETF performance based on market prices. As of 10/7/2026.

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Factor Regression

Name
Ann. αβ MKTβ SMBβ HMLβ RMWβ CMAβ UMDβ iHMLR²Obs
MCNUS
XAI Madison Equity Premium Income Fund
-7.4%0.55**0.05-0.020.010.27*-0.06-0.020.39226
ⓘ 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

Registrant
Type
ETF
Asset Class
Peer Asset Class
Options
Region
Equity Size & Style
Peer Group Benchmark
Peer Group
Options - Income (295 peers)
1Y Peer Percentile
18
3Y Peer Percentile
1
AUM
$127M
3Y Flow
+0.4%
Inception
8/2/2004
Holdings (Reported)
84
Equity
90%
Derivatives
-2%
Net Equity Exposure
93%
Option Notional
-86%
Strategy Summary

XAI Madison Equity Premium Income Fund is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by Madison Investment Holdings, Inc. It is managed by Madison Asset Management, LLC. The fund invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in reasonably priced growth (GARP) stocks of large and mid-cap companies. It also writes covered call options to make its investments. The fund employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach, focusing on such factors as PEG ratios (price-earnings ratio to growth rate), financial strength, and industry leadership to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the CBOE S&P 500 Buy/Write Index. The fund conducts in-house research to make its investments. It was formerly known as Madison/Claymore Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund. XAI Madison Equity Premium Income Fund was formed on May 6, 2004 and is domiciled in the United States.

ⓘ Methodology

Expense ratio and its components from the prospectus fee table, else the SEC annual shareholder report, else market data. Yield as of 10/6/2026, AUM 6/30/2026. Holdings, asset class, style, peer group and exposures as of 6/30/2026. Summary may be from an older prospectus.

Equity Size & Style Map

LargeMidSmall
26%
27%
8%
17%
5%
5%
12%
1%
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Large
ValueCoreGrowth
Size
Large
61%
Mid
27%
Small
12%
Style
Value
55%
Core
33%
Growth
13%
ⓘ 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 6/30/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Composite FactorsRef: Options Funds

Intangible Value82.1
Traditional Value74.7
Small-Cap46.3
Quality52.6
Momentum10.7
ⓘ 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 6/30/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Factor DetailsRef: Options Funds

Valuation
Book-to-Price (NTM)39.4
Sales-to-Price (NTM)60.7
Earnings-to-Price (NTM)6.6
Innovation/IP
R&D / Mkt Cap2.6
Patents / Mkt Cap0.90
Brand
Sales & Marketing / Mkt Cap3.2
Trademarks / Mkt Cap0.10
Human Capital
PhD Employees / Mkt Cap9.0
Top University Alumni / Mkt Cap14.7
Politics
Lobbying Spend / Mkt Cap39.8
AI
AI Employees / Mkt Cap2.0
ⓘ 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 6/30/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026. Expense ratio, yield, and turnover as of 10/6/2026. AUM as of 6/30/2026.

Asset Class Exposure

Equity92.4%
Cash & Short-Term7.6%
Short positions of 2.0% of net assets are not shown.ⓘ Methodology

Shares of the fund's long book, from the asset category each position is filed under. The short book is stated under the card and never netted into a slice: a pie cannot draw a negative, and folding a hedge into the class it offsets would make it look like more of that class.

Country Exposure

Level
95.3%
95.3%
4.7%
4.7%
ⓘ Methodology

Shares are percentages of the holdings that carry a country, not portfolio weights. Holdings as of 6/30/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Sector Exposure

Level
19.3%
14.4%
13.4%
12.8%
7.8%
7.0%
6.9%
6.3%
4.8%
4.7%
2.6%
ⓘ 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 6/30/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Thematic Exposure

AI Composition

Infrastructure15.7%
Early Adopter33.5%
Laggard50.8%

Magnificent 7

Magnificent 74.4%
Non-Magnificent 795.6%

Old vs New Economy

Old Economy65.3%
New Economy34.7%

Globalization

Multinational59.6%
Exporter2.2%
Importer17.4%
Domestic20.8%

China Exposure

China/HK Domiciled0.0%
Revenue & Operations3.3%
Operations Only14.7%
Revenue Only1.8%
No Material Exposure80.3%

Company Size

Mega (>$500B)9.3%
Large ($70–500B)49.8%
Mid ($10–70B)31.0%
Small ($1–10B)9.9%
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 90% 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 6/30/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Holdings

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

#NameTickerWeight %SectorIndustryCountry
1First American Government Obli-
7.79
--USA
2TransoceanRIG
4.38
EnergyUpstream Oil & GasCHE
3Matador ResourcesMTDR
4.03
EnergyUpstream Oil & GasUSA
4CVS HealthCVS
3.95
HealthcareInsurers & ProvidersUSA
5DanaherDHR
3.62
HealthcareMedical TechnologyUSA
6PepsiCoPEP
3.61
Consumer StaplesFood & BevUSA
7ApaAPA
3.42
EnergyUpstream Oil & GasUSA
8Archer-Daniels-MidlandADM
3.33
Consumer StaplesFood & BevUSA
9CME GroupCME
3.20
FinancialsInvestment ManagementUSA
10Las Vegas SandsLVS
3.20
Consumer DiscHospitalityUSA
ⓘ Methodology

Sector, country and factor detail need a security match; the share of weight that matched is a member figure, so the rows without one appear here with those columns blank. Holdings as of 6/30/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

ConcentrationRef: Options Funds

Total Holdings84
Effective Holdings33.5
Top 10 Weight40.5%
Max Position7.8%
Top Sector (of Net Assets)18%
Top Country (of Net Assets)94%
ⓘ 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 6/30/2026.

Benchmark DifferentiationRef: Options Funds

vs SPYBroad Benchmark
Active Share87.1%
Tracking Error13.5%
Benchmark Correlation0.52
vs IWDStyle Benchmark
Active Share88.2%
Tracking Error11.4%
Benchmark Correlation0.58
ⓘ 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
MCN
XAI Madison Equity Premium Income Fund
Peer Group
295 funds
Peer Asset Class
830 funds
YTD Return
-4.16%6.95%207.62%8
1Y Return
-5.18%10.43%1810.70%6
3Y Return (Ann.)
2.10%14.88%114.10%1
5Y Return (Ann.)
1.96%8.40%09.16%1
Expense Ratiohigher = cheaper
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ⓘ Methodology

Sparkline's own holdings-based peer taxonomy (329 share classes across 295 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 Similarity61
Top Overlap
Top Active Tilt
Top Factor Match
Top Return Corr
Top FF Match
FundPeer Group
1MENAX
Madison Covered Call & Equity Income Fund
Options - Income
Options - Income
61-----
2CVRD
Madison Covered Call ETF
Options - Income
Options - Income
46-----
3MBLAX
Madison Diversified Income Fund
Allocation - Moderate
Allocation - Moderate
27-----
4CAMOX
Cambiar Opportunity Fund
US Large Value
US Large Value
23-----
5JEQIX
JOHNSON EQUITY INCOME FUND
US Large Core
US Large Core
23-----
6FCEF
First Trust Income Opportunities ETF
Allocation - Moderate
Allocation - Moderate
17-----
7BVPIX
BAYWOOD VALUEPLUS FUND
US Large Value
US Large Value
17-----
8SHRY
First Trust Bloomberg Shareholder Yield ETF
US Large Value
US Large Value
17-----
9BHBFX
Madison Dividend Income Fund
US Large Value
US Large Value
17-----
10TCBAX
The Covered Bridge Fund
US Large Value
US Large Value
17-----

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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. Similarity is a percentile among match-grade fund pairs, 0–100 — 87 means the pair is closer than 87% of the strongest matches in the universe, averaged across the methods — so it compares across funds: index clones tie at the top with thousands of other clone pairs, so scores top out in the high 80s to 90s, while a one-of-a-kind fund's best match can score in the 30s. Rows are ordered by the Consensus Rank — the geometric mean of those universe ranks, shown in each cell's tooltip — and the score is held down the list to the level of the closest match above it, so equal scores mean equally close and the number reads as a floor. 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 Similarity is simply the best match's score, 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 6/30/2026. 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.