# Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (EFR) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $10.47, market value $309 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 20.5×** (5-yr avg 10.3×, 3-yr avg 10.3×). Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest trades at 20.5× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 10.3×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×. Forward P/E is 104.7×, higher than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to fall.
- **Price / sales: 13.2×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 13.2×, a level that requires very high margins or very fast growth to justify.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 18.3%** (5-yr avg 11.9%). Free cash flow equals 18.3% of the market value, above its five-year average of 11.9%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 4.9%**. The inverse of the P/E: 4.9% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 96.7%**. 96.7% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 5.1%**. 5.1% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 3.9%**. Each dollar of assets produces 3.9% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -55.3%**. Revenue fell 55.3% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -62.6%**. Earnings per share fell 62.6%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 3/9**. 3 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $8 million**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 7.91%** ($0.97 per share, trailing). Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest yields 7.91%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 166%** (66% of free cash flow). The dividend exceeds earnings (166% payout), though free cash flow still covers it.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 5.5%/yr** (1-yr -15.0%). The dividend has grown 5.5% a year over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: 7.2%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 7.2% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -3.2%** (YTD -1.6%, 3-mo 0.7%). The shares are down 3.2% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -10.6%** (3.6% above the low). Trading 11% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 38**. An RSI of 38 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.26** (volatility 8%). Beta of 0.26 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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