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Eaton Vance Balanced Fund Class R6 ESIFX

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  • NAV / 1-Day Return 12.75  /  −0.08 %
  • Total Assets 1.0B
  • Adj. Expense Ratio
    0.670%
  • Expense Ratio 0.670%
  • Distribution Fee Level Above Average
  • Share Class Type Retirement, Large
  • Category Moderate Allocation
  • Investment Style Large Blend
  • Credit Quality / Interest Rate Sensitivity Medium/Moderate
  • Status Open
  • TTM Yield 1.41%
  • Turnover 4%

USD | NAV as of Jul 21, 2026 | 1-Day Return as of Jul 21, 2026, 12:11 AM GMT+0

Morningstar’s Analysis ESIFX

Will ESIFX outperform in the future?

Get our overall rating based on a fundamental assessment of the pillars below.

  • Process Pillar

    The Process Pillar is our assessment of how sensible, clearly defined, and repeatable ESIFX’s performance objective and investment process is for both security selection and portfolio construction.

  • People Pillar

    The People Pillar is our evaluation of the ESIFX management team’s experience and ability. We find that high-quality management teams deliver superior performance relative to their benchmarks and/or peers.

  • Parent Pillar

    The Parent Pillar is our rating of ESIFX’s parent organization’s priorities and whether they’re in line with investors’ interests.

A straightforward balanced strategy driven by security selection.

Analyst Mahi Roy

Mahi Roy

Analyst

Summary

Eaton Vance Balanced is guided by an experienced team and follows a straightforward asset-allocation strategy, but it lacks a clear competitive advantage. A trio of managers takes a sensible approach to this strategy’s allocation. The portfolio tends to stay close to its standard split of 60% US equities and 40% US bonds, though managers can move within 5 percentage points of the strategic allocation. Keeping the strategy’s overall allocation fairly static means bottom-up security selection within its underlying sleeves drives performance.

by Mahi Roy
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Portfolio Holdings ESIFX

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  • % Assets in Top 10 Holdings 32.7
Top 10 Holdings
% Portfolio Weight
Market Value USD
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Alphabet Inc Class C

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Communication Services

Microsoft Corp

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Technology

Apple Inc

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Federal National Mortgage Association 5%

3.49 39M
Securitized

Morgan Stanley Inst Lqudty Gov Sec Ins

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Cash and Equivalents

Amazon.com Inc

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Consumer Cyclical

Broadcom Inc

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Technology

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1.77 20M
Financial Services

Meta Platforms Inc Class A

1.69 19M
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