# Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest $.01 par value (EIM) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. AMEX, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $9.48, market value $487 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 41.2×** (5-yr avg 43.6×, 3-yr avg 43.6×). Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest $.01 par value trades at 41.2× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 43.6×. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **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: 36.7%** (5-yr avg 33.0%). Free cash flow equals 36.7% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 33.0%. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 2.4%**. The inverse of the P/E: 2.4% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 108.8%**. 108.8% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: -3.4%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on assets: -2.4%**. Each dollar of assets produces -2.4% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -120.3%**. Earnings per share fell 120.3%.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 15.4%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 15.4% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 3/9**. 3 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $332,251**. 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: 6.43%** ($0.61 per share, trailing). Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest $.01 par value yields 6.43%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 0.8%/yr** (1-yr 4.1%). The dividend has grown 0.8% a year over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: 18.3%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 18.3% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 2.4%** (YTD 1.0%, 3-mo -1.3%). The shares are up 2.4% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -10.1%** (0.0% above the low). Trading 10% 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): 35**. An RSI of 35 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.18** (volatility 9%). Beta of 0.18 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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