ESIIX Mutual Fund — Eaton Vance Strategic Income Fund Class I

Eaton Vance Strategic Income Fund Class I (ESIIX)

Updated October 16, 2026.

ESIIX is a Mutual Fund. its distribution rate is 7.92%, its trailing-12-month yield is 7.58%, its expense ratio is 1.24%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 95/100 (Safe). Total return is 149.9% over the past 17.5 years, 970.2 points behind SPY at 1120.1%.

ESIIX performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 149.9% over the past 17.5 years, 970.2 points behind SPY at 1120.1%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 4.0%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 2.4%.

ESIIX key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

95 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

7.52%

Issuer

Eaton Vance

Asset type

Mutual Fund

Asset class

Fixed Income

Inception date

05/25/1994

Expense ratio

1.24%

Distribution rate

7.92%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

7.58%

Last close

$6.65 (as of 2026-10-16)

NAV

$6.42 as of 2026-09-30; source eodhd (stale)

Premium / discount

N/A (price 2026-10-16, NAV 2026-09-30) (NAV stale)

AUM

$20,017,550,000

Average volume

0.0

Dividend

$0.039

Ex-dividend date

09/29/2026

Payment date

09/30/2026

Beta

0.68

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (7.92%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (7.58%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Eaton Vance; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

ESIIX risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 2.4%.

Who may consider ESIIX — and who may not

ESIIX may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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