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Eaton Vance Income Opportunities ETF Overview

Eaton Vance Income Opportunities ETF (XAGG) is an actively managed Taxable Bond Multisector Bond exchange-traded fund (ETF). Eaton Vance ETFs launched the ETF in 1997.

The investment seeks a high level of current income; maximum total return is a secondary consideration but only to the extent consistent with the primary objective. The adviser will allocate the fund's investments among the following asset classes or market segments: (1) corporate securities, (2) agency residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, (3) non-agency residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, (4) asset-backed securities, (5) emerging market securities, (6) convertible securities, (7) U.S. government securities and foreign sovereign debt, and (8) derivatives.

About Eaton Vance Income Opportunities ETF (XAGG)

There are 4 members of the management team with an average tenure of 1.06 years: Brandon Matsui (2025), Justin Bourgette (2025), Andrew Szczurowski (2025) and Brian Shaw (2025). Management tenure is more important for actively managed ETFs than passive index ETFs.

The ETF has 2 primary benchmarks: Bloomberg US Agg Bond TR USD index with a weighting of 100% and Bloomberg Global Aggregate TR Hdg USD index with a weighting of 100%. Eaton Vance Income Opportunities ETF has 967 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 33.0% of the ETF’s assets. The ETF meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a diversified fund. The ETF is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

Eaton Vance Income Opportunities ETF is part of the Fixed Income global asset class and is within the Taxable Bond ETF group. Eaton Vance Income Opportunities ETF has 32.1% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 0.0% There is 0.4% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.5% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 109.9% (78.2% domestic bond, 31.7% foreign bond and 1.5% convertible bond). Eaton Vance Income Opportunities ETF has -12.2% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $1 billion in total assets, which is above the $1 billion average for the Multisector Bond category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

XAGG Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The Eaton Vance Income Opportunities ETF expense ratio is average compared to funds in the Multisector Bond category. Eaton Vance Income Opportunities ETF has an expense ratio of 0.50%, which is 23% lower than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a B. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. Eaton Vance Income Opportunities ETF has a portfolio turnover rate of 304%, which indicates that it holds its assets around / 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 163% for the Multisector Bond category.

Recently, in the month of July 2026, Eaton Vance Income Opportunities ETF returned -0.3%, which earned it a grade of B, as the Multisector Bond category had an average return of -0.5%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all ETFs in that category.

Eaton Vance Income Opportunities ETF has a trailing yield of 6.91%, which is above the 5.63% category average. The fund normally distributes its income monthly and its capital gains annually.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

Eaton Vance Income Opportunities ETF Grades

Year to date, the ETF has returned 2.0%, 0.7 percentage points better than the category, which translates into a grade of A. The fund has returned 7.3% over the past year (grade of A), 7.9% over the past three years (grade of A) and 3.8% per year over the past five years (grade of A) and 4.3% per year over the past 10 years (grade of A).

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