# Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $10.62, market value $424 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 11.4×** (5-yr avg 17.5×, 3-yr avg 17.5×). Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust trades at 11.4× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 17.5×: cheap by its own standards. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 187.9×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 187.9×, a level that requires very high margins or very fast growth to justify.
- **Price / book: 1.0×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -1.3%** (5-yr avg 12.6%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.
- **Earnings yield: 8.8%**. The inverse of the P/E: 8.8% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 18.8%**. 18.8% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 0.1%**. 0.1% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 0.1%**. Each dollar of assets produces 0.1% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -94.1%**. Revenue fell 94.1% over the last year.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 1/9**. 1 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 5.80%** ($0.31 per share, trailing). Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust yields 5.80%, an income-level yield.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 1.7%/yr** (1-yr 5.2%). The dividend has grown 1.7% a year over five years.
- **Shareholder yield: 5.3%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 5.3% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 7.1%** (YTD 2.0%, 3-mo -0.2%). The shares are up 7.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -5.7%** (5.3% above the low). Trading 6% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 44**. An RSI of 44 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.26** (volatility 11%). Beta of 0.26 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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