EIBRX
Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston
Eaton Vance Series Trust II
Expense ratio1
0.62%
Net assets2
$4.29B
Holdings2
424
Category
Taxable Bond
2025 return3
8.54%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Feb. 26, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. The Funds investment objective is to provide a high level of current income. The Funds secondary objectives are to seek growth of income and capital.

Strategy. The Fund currently invests primarily in high yield, high risk corporate bonds (commonly referred to as junk bonds) which are rated lower than investment grade (i.e., bonds rated lower than Baa by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys) or lower than BBB by S&P Global Ratings (S&P) or Fitch Ratings (Fitch)) or are unrated and of comparable quality as determined by the investment adviser. Bonds rated BBB and Baa have speculative characteristics, while lower rated bonds are predominantly speculative. The Fund may hold securities that are unrated or in the lowest rating categories (rated ?C by Moodys or D by S&P or Fitch). Bonds rated C by Moodys are regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment … The Fund currently invests primarily in high yield, high risk corporate bonds (commonly referred to as junk bonds) which are rated lower than investment grade (i.e., bonds rated lower than Baa by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys) or lower than BBB by S&P Global Ratings (S&P) or Fitch Ratings (Fitch)) or are unrated and of comparable quality as determined by the investment adviser. Bonds rated BBB and Baa have speculative characteristics, while lower rated bonds are predominantly speculative. The Fund may hold securities that are unrated or in the lowest rating categories (rated ?C by Moodys or D by S&P or Fitch). Bonds rated C by Moodys are regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment standing. Bonds rated D by S&P or Fitch are in payment default or a bankruptcy petition has been filed and debt service payments are jeopardized. The Fund may utilize short sales. The Fund invests a substantial portion of its assets in bonds issued in connection with mergers, acquisitions and other highly leveraged transactions. The Fund may invest in a wide variety of other income-producing debt instruments (including senior floating rate loans and secured and unsecured subordinated (junior) floating rate loans, second lien loans and bridge loans) (loans), as well as preferred stocks and other hybrid securities that pay dividends. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its net assets in municipal obligations, including shares of affiliated investment companies which invest in municipal obligations. Some securities acquired by the Fund do not pay current income or do not make regular interest payments, while others may pay interest in the form of additional debt securities. The Fund may invest in zero coupon bonds, deferred interest bonds and bonds or preferred stocks on which the interest is payable-in-kind (PIK). The Fund may also invest in money market instruments. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will generally expect to hold approximately 100 securities, which may help reduce investment risk. The Fund may invest up to 25% of total assets in foreign and emerging market securities, which are predominantly ?U.S. dollar denominated. With respect to non-dollar denominated securities, the Fund may hedge currency fluctuations by entering into forward foreign currency exchange contracts. The Fund may purchase or sell derivative instruments for hedging purposes, to seek return, to manage certain investment risks and/or as a substitute for the purchase or sale of securities. Transactions in derivative instruments may include: the purchase or sale of futures contracts on securities, indices or other financial instruments or currencies; options on futures contracts; exchange-traded and over-the-counter options on securities, indices, currencies and other instruments; interest rate, credit default, inflation and total return swaps; forward rate contracts and credit linked notes as well as instruments that have a greater or lesser credit risk than the security underlying that instrument. The Fund may use interest rate swaps for risk management purposes and not as a speculative investment and would typically use interest rate swaps to shorten the average interest rate re-set time of its holdings. Except as required by applicable regulation, there is no stated limit on the Funds use of derivatives for such purposes. The Funds investments are actively managed and securities may be bought and sold on a daily basis. Preservation of capital is considered when consistent with the Funds objective. The investment advisers and sub-advisers staff monitors the credit quality of securities held by the Fund and other securities available to the Fund. Although the investment adviser and sub-adviser consider security ratings when making investment decisions, they perform their own credit and investment analysis utilizing various methodologies including bottom up/top down analysis and consideration of macroeconomic and technical factors, and do not rely primarily on the ratings assigned by the rating services. The portfolio managers attempt to improve yield and preserve and enhance principal value through timely trading. The portfolio managers also consider the relative value of securities in the marketplace in making investment decisions. When deemed by the investment adviser to be relevant to its evaluation of creditworthiness and when applicable information is available, the investment adviser considers environmental, social and/or governance issues (referred to as ESG) which may impact the prospects of an issuer (or obligor) or financial performance of an obligation. When considered, one or more ESG issues are taken into account alongside other factors in the investment decision-making process and are not the sole determinant of whether an investment can be made or will remain in the Funds portfolio.

Top holdings

As of Jan. 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
MSILF-GOVT-INS MVRXX $117.77M 2.74%
SKX 10 07/15/33 144a SKX $62.78M 1.46%
ABC Technologies Inc Term Loan B $37.66M 0.88%
Medline Borrower, L.P. $36.23M 0.84%
SUN V7.875 PERP 144A SUN $36.22M 0.84%
MINERVA MERGER SUB INC ATHENA $31.40M 0.73%
SOLEIN 7.25 02/15/33 144* SOLEIN $30.97M 0.72%
BAUSCH HEALTH TERM B 1LN 10/08/2030 BHCCN $28.61M 0.67%
CELANESE US HLDS $26.70M 0.62%
METIS MERGER SUB EOCGRO $25.30M 0.59%
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Allocation by sector

As of January 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Oct 31, 2025 → Jan 31, 2026
Opened
48
Exited
50
Increased
18
Decreased
345
Unchanged
18

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of October 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd Sub-adviser
Boston Management and Research Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of February 26, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of January 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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