Eaton Vance Balanced Fund Class C (ECIFX) Fund Details & Analysis

Fund Information

Fund Category Allocation--50% to 70% Equity

Fund Family Eaton Vance

Fund Style Large Growth

ISIN US2779058401

CUSIP 277905840

Inception Date 1932-04-01

Domicile United States

Country USA

Fiscal Year End December

NAV Chart

Fund Metrics

Net Assets $1.08 Billion

Share Class Net Assets $117.58 Million

Expense Ratio 1.72%

Expense Ratio Date 2025-05-01

Dividend Yield 0.00%

Morning Star Rating -

Morning Star Risk Rating -

Morning Star Category -

Performance

YTD Return 0.64%

1-Year Return 12.11%

3-Year Return 13.67%

5-Year Return 7.61%

NAV $12.52

Previous Close Price $12.43

Last Update 2025-12-31

Dividend Information

Dividend Yield 0.00%

Dividend (ttm) 0.17

Dividend Growth -58.12%

Payout Frequency Annual

Ex-Dividend Date n/a

Ratings

Morning Star Rating -

Morning Star Risk Rating -

Morning Star Category -

Beta (5Y) 1.23

About Eaton Vance Balanced Fund Class C

The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective and strategies primarily by allocating assets between common stocks and fixed-income securities through investment of substantially all of its assets in two other registered investment companies managed by Eaton Vance Management or its affiliates (the "Portfolios"). Under normal market conditions, the fund invests between 50% and 75% of its net assets in equity securities by investing in Stock Portfolio and between 25% and 50% of its net assets in fixed-income securities by investing in Core Bond Portfolio.

Detailed Metrics

Market Cap Distribution

AverageMarketCap 453465.80%

Giant 31.72%

Large 15.56%

Medium 13.79%

Micro 0.00%

Small 0.35%

Value & Growth Metrics

Book-Value Growth % 12.03%

Cash-Flow Growth % 9.12%

Dividend Yield % 0.67%

Historical Earnings % 10.48%

Long-Term Earnings % 11.45%

Asset Allocation

Type	Net %	Long %	Short %	Category Average	benchmark
Bond	34.61%	34.62%	0.02%	42.35%	35.37%
Cash	3.85%	3.86%	0.00%	12.77%	0.00%
Non US Stock	1.71%	1.71%	0.00%	8.75%	8.03%
Not Classified	0.11%	0.11%	0.00%	0.66%	0.00%
Other	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	8.25%	4.52%
US Stock	59.71%	59.71%	0.00%	53.77%	52.06%

Top Holdings

Name	Weight	Owned	Change
Stock Portfolio	63.82%	-	-
Core Bond Portfolio	36.23%	-	-

See the full breakdown of ECIFX fund's asset allocation and top holdings .

Sector Weights

Category	Subcategory	Amount %	Category Avg	Stocks %	Benchmark
Bond Sector	Cash and Equivalents	0.00%	15.88%	9.96%	0.01%
Bond Sector	Corporate	0.00%	19.62%	22.21%	27.47%
Bond Sector	Derivative	0.00%	6.52%	0.00%	0.00%
Bond Sector	Government	0.00%	40.60%	18.64%	49.10%
Bond Sector	Municipal	0.00%	0.16%	0.44%	0.03%
Bond Sector	Securitized	0.00%	17.23%	48.75%	23.39%
Cyclical	Basic Materials	0.00%	2.83%	0.00%	2.56%
Cyclical	Consumer Cyclical	9.81%	10.42%	0.00%	10.55%
Cyclical	Financial Services	12.84%	15.67%	0.00%	14.67%
Cyclical	Real Estate	1.97%	1.76%	0.00%	2.24%
Defensive	Consumer Defensive	3.99%	4.96%	0.00%	4.70%
Defensive	Healthcare	9.99%	10.74%	0.00%	9.66%
Defensive	Utilities	0.00%	3.08%	0.00%	2.34%
Sensitive	Communication Services	14.88%	9.41%	0.00%	9.67%
Sensitive	Energy	2.45%	3.23%	0.00%	3.05%
Sensitive	Industrials	7.51%	9.83%	0.00%	9.66%
Sensitive	Technology	36.57%	28.07%	0.00%	30.89%

World Regions

Region	Subregion	Category Average	Stocks Percent	Benchmark
Americas	Latin America	0.33%	-	0.29%
Americas	North America	87.25%	99.14%	87.95%
Greater Asia	Asia Developed	1.82%	-	0.94%
Greater Asia	Asia Emerging	1.03%	-	0.95%
Greater Asia	Australasia	0.42%	-	0.70%
Greater Asia	Japan	1.84%	-	2.46%
Greater Europe	Africa/Middle East	0.25%	-	0.29%
Greater Europe	Europe Developed	5.12%	0.87%	4.93%
Greater Europe	Europe Emerging	0.06%	-	0.08%
Greater Europe	United Kingdom	1.88%	-	1.42%

Dividend History

Date	Amount	Unadjusted Amount	Currency	Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Period
2024-12-10	$0.013	$0.013	USD	-	-	-	-
2024-09-10	$0.020	$0.020	USD	-	2024-09-09	2024-09-11	Quarterly
2024-06-11	$0.013	$0.013	USD	-	2024-06-10	2024-06-12	Quarterly
2024-03-11	$0.016	$0.016	USD	-	2024-03-10	2024-03-12	Quarterly
2023-12-11	$0.022	$0.022	USD	-	2023-12-08	2023-12-11	Quarterly
2023-09-11	$0.018	$0.018	USD	-	2023-09-08	2023-09-12	Quarterly
2023-06-09	$0.017	$0.017	USD	-	2023-06-08	2023-06-12	Quarterly
2023-03-09	$0.020	$0.020	USD	-	2023-03-08	2023-03-10	Quarterly
2022-12-09	$0.021	$0.021	USD	2022-12-08	2022-12-08	2022-12-12	Quarterly
2022-09-09	$0.015	$0.015	USD	-	2022-09-08	2022-09-12	Quarterly
2022-06-09	$0.010	$0.010	USD	2022-06-09	2022-06-08	2022-06-10	Quarterly
2022-03-09	$0.005	$0.005	USD	2022-03-09	2022-03-08	2022-03-10	Quarterly
2021-12-09	$0.033	$0.033	USD	2021-12-09	2021-12-08	2021-12-10	Quarterly
2021-06-09	$0.003	$0.003	USD	2021-06-09	2021-06-08	2021-06-10	Quarterly
2021-03-09	$0.006	$0.006	USD	2021-03-09	2021-03-08	2021-03-10	Quarterly
2020-09-09	$0.009	$0.009	USD	2020-09-09	2020-09-08	2020-09-10	Quarterly
2020-06-09	$0.016	$0.016	USD	2020-06-09	2020-06-08	2020-06-10	Quarterly
2020-03-10	$0.020	$0.020	USD	2020-03-10	2020-03-09	2020-03-11	Quarterly
2019-12-17	$0.010	$0.010	USD	2019-12-17	2019-12-16	2019-12-18	Quarterly
2019-09-10	$0.015	$0.015	USD	2019-09-09	2019-09-09	2019-09-11	Quarterly
2019-06-11	$0.015	$0.015	USD	2019-06-11	2019-06-10	2019-06-12	Quarterly
2019-03-11	$0.015	$0.015	USD	2019-03-11	2019-03-08	2019-03-12	Quarterly
2018-12-11	$0.025	$0.025	USD	2018-12-11	2018-12-10	2018-12-12	Other
2018-09-11	$0.020	$0.020	USD	2018-09-11	2018-09-10	2018-09-12	Quarterly
2018-06-11	$0.017	$0.017	USD	2018-06-11	2018-06-08	2018-06-12	Quarterly
2018-03-09	$0.015	$0.015	USD	2018-03-09	2018-03-08	2018-03-12	Quarterly
2017-12-12	$0.015	$0.015	USD	2017-12-12	2017-12-11	2017-12-13	Other
2017-09-11	$0.017	$0.017	USD	2017-09-11	2017-09-08	2017-09-12	Quarterly
2017-06-09	$0.020	$0.020	USD	2017-06-09	2017-06-08	2017-06-12	Quarterly
2017-03-09	$0.020	$0.020	USD	2017-03-09	2017-03-08	2017-03-10	Quarterly
2016-12-13	$0.012	$0.012	USD	2016-12-13	2016-12-12	2016-12-14	Other
2016-09-09	$0.014	$0.014	USD	2016-09-09	2016-09-08	2016-09-12	Quarterly
2016-06-09	$0.016	$0.016	USD	2016-06-09	2016-06-08	2016-06-10	Quarterly
2016-03-09	$0.024	$0.024	USD	2016-03-09	2016-03-08	2016-03-10	Quarterly
2015-12-15	$0.012	$0.012	USD	2015-12-15	2015-12-14	2015-12-16	Other
2015-09-09	$0.016	$0.016	USD	2015-09-09	2015-09-08	2015-09-10	Quarterly
2015-06-09	$0.023	$0.023	USD	2015-06-09	2015-06-08	2015-06-10	Quarterly
2015-03-10	$0.012	$0.012	USD	2015-03-10	2015-03-09	2015-03-11	Quarterly
2014-12-16	$0.009	$0.009	USD	2014-12-16	2014-12-15	2014-12-17	Other
2014-09-09	$0.009	$0.009	USD	2014-09-09	2014-09-08	2014-09-10	Other
2014-06-10	$0.008	$0.008	USD	2014-06-10	2014-06-09	2014-06-11	Quarterly
2014-03-11	$0.021	$0.021	USD	2014-03-11	2014-03-10	2014-03-12	Quarterly
2013-12-19	$0.007	$0.007	USD	2013-12-19	2013-12-18	2013-12-20	Other
2013-09-10	$0.006	$0.006	USD	2013-09-10	2013-09-09	2013-09-11	Quarterly
2013-06-11	$0.011	$0.011	USD	2013-06-11	2013-06-10	2013-06-12	Quarterly
2013-03-11	$0.016	$0.016	USD	2013-03-11	2013-03-08	2013-03-12	Quarterly
2012-12-19	$0.014	$0.014	USD	2012-12-19	2012-12-18	2012-12-20	Quarterly
2012-09-11	$0.013	$0.013	USD	-	2012-09-10	2012-09-12	Quarterly
2012-06-11	$0.017	$0.017	USD	-	2012-06-08	2012-06-12	Quarterly
2012-03-09	$0.030	$0.030	USD	-	2012-03-08	2012-03-12	Quarterly
2011-12-28	$0.014	$0.014	USD	-	2011-12-27	2011-12-28	Quarterly
2011-09-09	$0.019	$0.019	USD	-	2011-09-08	2011-09-12	Quarterly
2011-06-09	$0.020	$0.020	USD	-	2011-06-08	2011-06-10	Quarterly
2011-03-09	$0.015	$0.015	USD	-	2011-03-08	2011-03-10	Quarterly
2010-12-29	$0.013	$0.013	USD	-	2010-12-28	2010-12-30	Quarterly
2010-09-09	$0.011	$0.011	USD	-	2010-09-08	2010-09-10	Quarterly
2010-06-09	$0.016	$0.016	USD	-	2010-06-08	2010-06-10	Quarterly
2010-04-30	$0.017	$0.017	USD	-	-	-	-
2010-03-09	$0.010	$0.010	USD	-	2010-03-08	2010-03-10	Quarterly
2009-12-30	$0.005	$0.005	USD	-	2009-12-29	2009-12-31	Quarterly
2009-09-09	$0.005	$0.005	USD	-	2009-09-08	2009-09-10	Quarterly
2009-06-09	$0.018	$0.018	USD	-	2009-06-08	2009-06-10	Quarterly
2009-03-10	$0.021	$0.021	USD	-	2009-03-09	2009-03-11	Quarterly
2008-12-30	$0.005	$0.005	USD	-	2008-12-29	2008-12-31	Quarterly
2008-09-09	$0.010	$0.010	USD	-	2008-09-08	2008-09-10	Quarterly
2008-06-10	$0.049	$0.049	USD	-	2008-06-09	2008-06-11	Quarterly
2008-03-11	$0.018	$0.018	USD	-	2008-03-10	2008-03-12	Other
2007-12-24	$0.045	$0.045	USD	-	2007-12-21	2007-12-26	Other
2007-09-11	$0.016	$0.016	USD	-	2007-09-10	2007-09-12	Other
2007-06-11	$0.065	$0.065	USD	-	2007-06-08	2007-06-12	Quarterly
2007-03-09	$0.031	$0.031	USD	-	2007-03-08	2007-03-12	Quarterly
2006-12-27	$0.016	$0.016	USD	-	2006-12-26	2006-12-28	Other
2006-09-11	$0.016	$0.016	USD	-	2006-09-08	2006-09-12	Quarterly
2006-06-09	$0.018	$0.018	USD	-	2006-06-08	2006-06-12	Quarterly
2006-03-09	$0.012	$0.012	USD	-	2006-03-08	2006-03-10	Quarterly
2005-12-09	$0.010	$0.010	USD	-	2005-12-08	2005-12-12	Quarterly
2005-06-09	$0.003	$0.005	USD	-	2005-06-08	2005-06-10	Quarterly
2004-12-09	$0.001	$0.002	USD	-	2004-12-08	2004-12-10	Quarterly
2004-09-14	$0.008	$0.014	USD	-	2004-09-13	2004-09-15	Quarterly
2004-06-09	$0.003	$0.006	USD	-	2004-06-08	2004-06-10	Quarterly
2004-03-09	$0.003	$0.006	USD	-	2004-03-08	2004-03-10	Quarterly
2003-12-09	$0.002	$0.003	USD	-	2003-12-08	2003-12-10	Quarterly
2002-05-09	$0.008	$0.015	USD	-	2002-05-08	2002-05-10	Quarterly
2002-02-12	$0.011	$0.020	USD	-	2002-02-11	2002-02-13	Quarterly
2001-11-16	$0.006	$0.010	USD	-	2001-11-15	2001-11-28	Quarterly
2001-08-16	$0.006	$0.010	USD	-	2001-08-15	2001-08-29	Quarterly
2001-05-16	$0.022	$0.040	USD	-	2001-05-15	2001-05-29	Quarterly
2001-02-14	$0.022	$0.040	USD	-	2001-02-13	2001-02-20	Quarterly
2000-12-13	$0.826	$1.484	USD	-	2000-12-11	2000-12-20	Other
2000-11-16	$0.017	$0.030	USD	-	2000-11-14	2000-11-22	Quarterly
2000-08-16	$0.020	$0.035	USD	-	2000-08-14	2000-08-22	Quarterly
2000-05-17	$0.022	$0.040	USD	-	2000-05-15	2000-05-22	Quarterly
2000-03-01	$0.058	$0.105	USD	-	2000-02-28	2000-03-03	Other
2000-02-29	$0.028	$0.050	USD	-	-	-	-
1999-11-17	$0.042	$0.075	USD	-	1999-11-15	1999-11-22	Quarterly
1999-08-18	$0.025	$0.045	USD	-	1999-08-16	1999-08-23	Quarterly
1999-05-19	$0.025	$0.045	USD	-	1999-05-17	1999-05-28	Quarterly
1999-02-24	$0.100	$0.180	USD	-	1999-02-22	1999-02-26	Other
1999-02-23	$0.025	$0.045	USD	-	-	-	-
1998-12-23	$0.815	$1.463	USD	-	1998-12-21	1998-12-28	Other
1998-11-18	$0.039	$0.070	USD	-	1998-11-16	1998-11-23	Quarterly
1998-08-19	$0.028	$0.050	USD	-	1998-08-17	1998-08-24	Quarterly
1998-05-19	$0.028	$0.050	USD	-	1998-05-15	1998-05-22	Quarterly
1998-02-25	$0.028	$0.050	USD	-	1998-02-24	1998-02-27	Other
1997-11-18	$0.014	$0.025	USD	-	1997-11-17	1997-11-24	Quarterly
1997-08-18	$0.017	$0.030	USD	-	1997-08-15	1997-08-22	Quarterly
1997-05-16	$0.017	$0.030	USD	-	1997-05-15	1997-05-22	Other

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Eaton Vance Balanced Fund Class C NMFQS:ECIFX