PONAX Mutual Fund — PIMCO Income Fund Class A

PIMCO Income Fund Class A (PONAX)

Updated October 15, 2026.

PONAX is a Mutual Fund. its distribution rate is 5.32%, its trailing-12-month yield is 5.39%, its expense ratio is 0.94%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 86/100 (Safe). Total return is 220.5% over the past 19.5 years, 454.7 points behind SPY at 675.2%.

PIMCO Income Fund Class A is a mutual fund that invests at least 65% of its assets in a diversified portfolio of fixed-income securities across multiple sectors, with maturities varying from short to long term; it may allocate up to 50% of assets to high-yield bonds rated below investment grade. The fund distributes income monthly and carries an expense ratio of 0.94%, with a current distribution rate in the mid-single digits. It appeals to income-focused investors seeking regular monthly cash flow from a professionally managed fixed-income portfolio.

PONAX performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-15.

Total return is 220.5% over the past 19.5 years, 454.7 points behind SPY at 675.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 0.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 4.6%.

PONAX key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

86 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

4.58%

Issuer

PIMCO

Asset type

Mutual Fund

Asset class

Fixed Income

Inception date

03/30/2007

Expense ratio

0.94%

Distribution rate

5.32%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

5.39%

Last close

$10.42 (as of 2026-10-15)

NAV

$10.29 as of 2026-09-30; source eodhd (stale)

Premium / discount

N/A (price 2026-10-15, NAV 2026-09-30) (NAV stale)

AUM

$231,789,920,000

Average volume

0.0

Dividend

$0.045

Ex-dividend date

09/30/2026

Payment date

09/30/2026

Beta

0.86

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (5.32%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (5.39%) 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: PIMCO; 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.

PONAX risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 4.6%.

Who may consider PONAX — and who may not

PONAX 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.

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