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T. Rowe Price Core Municipal Bond Fund Advisor Class PATAX Fund Analysis

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Morningstar’s Analysis PATAX

Will PATAX 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 PATAX’s performance objective and investment process is for both security selection and portfolio construction.

  • People Pillar

    The People Pillar is our evaluation of the PATAX 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 PATAX’s parent organization’s priorities and whether they’re in line with investors’ interests.

A compelling and repeatable approach to the long end of the muni market.

Associate Director Elizabeth Foos

Elizabeth Foos

Associate Director

Summary

T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Income’s approach remains thoughtful and collaborative despite several changes over the past three years. Those included the retirements of veteran portfolio managers, notably Dino Mallas, a former manager of this strategy, at the end of 2023, and the loss of several analysts and a trader. Mallas managed this strategy since 2007, and to prepare for that transition, the firm named Tim Taylor to this fund and Austin Applegate to its sibling, T. Rowe Price Summit Municipal Income, in January 2023. Both managers came with significant experience at the firm. To recognize their close collaboration, the firm named the two managers to both strategies in May 2025. The firm’s team-based approach to managing its muni suite and the consistency of the team’s process mean that these changes are not expected to shift the priorities of the strategies.

by Elizabeth Foos
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