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ETX CEF — Eaton Vance Municipal Income 2028 Term Trust
Eaton Vance Municipal Income 2028 Term Trust (ETX)
Updated November 6, 2026.
Verdict as of November 6, 2026 close
ETX's distribution is rated safe by the Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ (85/100, high confidence). It pays monthly and its distribution rate is 5.33%. The latest total cash payment per current share, $0.078 with an ex-date of October 15, 2026, was unchanged from the previous payment.
Sources: Eaton Vance, Section 19a-1 notices, scoring methodology.
ETX is a CEF. Its distribution rate is 5.33%, its trailing-12-month yield is 5.32%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 85/100 (Safe). Total return is 60.3% over the past 13.6 years, 429.5 points behind SPY at 489.8%.
ETX dividend yield and income
Price as of 2026-11-06.
The distribution rate (5.33%) has no calculation basis on file. Trailing-12-month yield (5.32%) is the last year of cash distributions by ex-date divided by the current price. The dividend amount is $0.0782. The ex-dividend date is 11/16/2026. The payment date is 11/30/2026.
| Ex-date | Amount | Change from previous payment |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2026-09-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2026-08-14 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2026-07-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2026-06-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2026-05-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2026-04-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2026-03-16 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2026-02-17 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2026-01-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-12-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-11-14 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-10-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-09-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-08-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-07-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-06-16 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-05-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-04-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-03-14 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-02-14 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2025-01-15 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-12-23 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-11-21 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-10-23 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-09-20 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-08-22 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-07-23 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-06-21 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-05-23 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-04-22 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-03-20 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-02-21 | $0.078 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2024-01-22 | $0.078 | 34.5% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-12-21 | $0.058 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-11-21 | $0.058 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-10-20 | $0.058 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-09-21 | $0.058 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-08-21 | $0.058 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-07-21 | $0.058 | -6.5% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-06-21 | $0.062 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-05-19 | $0.062 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-04-21 | $0.062 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-03-21 | $0.062 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-02-21 | $0.062 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2023-01-23 | $0.062 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-12-22 | $0.062 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-11-22 | $0.062 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-10-21 | $0.062 | -12.7% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-09-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-08-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-07-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-06-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-05-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-04-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-03-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-02-17 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2022-01-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-12-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-11-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-10-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-09-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-08-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-07-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-06-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-05-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-04-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-03-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-02-18 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2021-01-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-12-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-11-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-10-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-09-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-08-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-07-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-06-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-05-21 | $0.071 | 10.9% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-04-22 | $0.064 | -9.9% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-03-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-02-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2020-01-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-12-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-11-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-10-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-09-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-08-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-07-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-06-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-05-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-04-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-03-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-02-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2019-01-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-12-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-11-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-10-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-09-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-08-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-07-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-06-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-05-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-04-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-03-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-02-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2018-01-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-12-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-11-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-10-23 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-09-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-08-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-07-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-06-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-05-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-04-19 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-03-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-02-16 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2017-01-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-12-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-11-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-10-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-09-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-08-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-07-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-06-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-05-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-04-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-03-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-02-18 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2016-01-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-12-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-11-19 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-10-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-09-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-08-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-07-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-06-19 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-05-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-04-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-03-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-02-18 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2015-01-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2014-12-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2014-11-19 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2014-10-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2014-09-19 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2014-08-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2014-07-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2014-06-19 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2014-05-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2014-04-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2014-03-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2014-02-19 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2014-01-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2013-12-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2013-11-20 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2013-10-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2013-09-19 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2013-08-21 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2013-07-22 | $0.071 | 0.0% Total cash (unclassified) |
| 2013-06-19 | $0.071 | — |
| 2013 total (partial launch year) | $0.497 | — |
| 2014 total | $0.852 | — |
| 2015 total | $0.852 | 0.0% |
| 2016 total | $0.852 | 0.0% |
| 2017 total | $0.852 | 0.0% |
| 2018 total | $0.852 | 0.0% |
| 2019 total | $0.852 | 0.0% |
| 2020 total | $0.845 | -0.8% |
| 2021 total | $0.852 | 0.8% |
| 2022 total | $0.825 | -3.2% |
| 2023 total | $0.72 | -12.7% |
| 2024 total | $0.936 | 30.0% |
| 2025 total | $0.936 | 0.0% |
| 2026 YTD total | $0.78 | 0.0% vs prior-year YTD |
ETX dividend growth
Trailing-12-month distributions versus the preceding 12 months changed +0.0%. The 1Y row below uses this same adjacent TTM cash-window comparison. The deepest trailing-12-month payout decline in the past five years is -16.90%.
| Window | Change |
|---|---|
| 1Y | +0.0% |
| 3Y | 28.6% |
| 5Y | 9.9% |
| 10Y | 9.9% |
ETX performance versus SPY
Total return is 60.3% over the past 13.6 years, 429.5 points behind SPY at 489.8%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -3.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 8.8%.
| Window | Total return | CAGR |
|---|---|---|
| 1M | 2.3% | — |
| 3M | -3.1% | — |
| 6M | -4.7% | — |
| YTD | -2.6% | — |
| 1Y | -3.4% | — |
| 2Y CAGR | — | 2.00% |
| 3Y CAGR | — | 5.70% |
| 5Y CAGR | — | -0.20% |
| 10Y CAGR | — | 3.30% |
| Since inception 2013-03-26 · 13.6 years | 60.3% | 3.50% |
ETX key facts
- Distribution Safety Score™
- 85 · Safe
- Safety-Adjusted Yield
- 4.53%
- Issuer
- Eaton Vance
- Asset type
- CEF
- Asset class
- Fixed Income
- Inception date
- 03/26/2013
- Distribution rate
- 5.33%
- Distribution frequency
- Monthly
- Trailing yield
- 5.32%
- 5-year average yield
- 4.58
- Last close
- $17.60 (as of 2026-11-06)
- NAV
- N/A
- Premium / discount
- Premium not shown · NAV date unknown
- Market cap
- $190,683,808
- Average volume
- 4,370
- Dividend
- $0.0782
- Ex-dividend date
- 11/16/2026
- Payment date
- 11/30/2026
Expense ratio and AUM unavailable in this published snapshot. Missing values do not mean zero or complete coverage.
How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns
Distribution rate (5.33%) has no calculation basis on file. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (5.32%) 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.
ETX risks and drawbacks
Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 8.8%.
Who may consider ETX — and who may not
ETX may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.
More on ETX
Frequently asked questions
Does ETX pay monthly?
Yes. ETX currently pays monthly.
What is ETX's dividend yield?
ETX's distribution rate is 5.33%, paid monthly — no calculation basis on file.
How has ETX's dividend grown?
Trailing-12-month distributions versus the preceding 12 months changed +0.0%. That is the same adjacent TTM cash-window comparison used in the dividend-history table.
When does ETX pay a dividend?
ETX pays monthly. The dividend amount is $0.0782. The ex-dividend date is 11/16/2026. The payment date is 11/30/2026.
How has ETX performed?
Total return is 60.3% over the past 13.6 years, 429.5 points behind SPY at 489.8%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -3.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 8.8%.
Is ETX a good investment?
ETX's Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score is 85 (Safe). That is a risk signal, not investment advice. Its distribution rate is 5.33% (no calculation basis on file). Compare peers below rather than treating any single figure as a buy or sell.
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ETX's distribution is rated safe by the Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ (85/100, high confidence). It pays monthly and its distribution rate is 5.33%. The latest total cash payment per current share, $0.078 with an ex-date of October 15, 2026, was unchanged from the previous payment.
Sources: Eaton Vance, Section 19a-1 notices, scoring methodology.
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