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Eventide Balanced Fund Class I Overview

Eventide Balanced Fund Class I (ETIMX) is an actively managed Allocation Moderate Allocation fund. Eventide Funds launched the fund in 2015.

The investment seeks current income while maintaining the potential for capital appreciation. The fund has significant flexibility to achieve its investment objective by primarily investing in a broad universe of income-producing securities. These securities include debt and equity securities of companies in the U.S. and other markets around the world. It's investments in foreign securities may be made without limitation, directly or through American Depository Receipts.

About Eventide Balanced Fund Class I (ETIMX)

There are 3 members of the management team with an average tenure of 6.21 years: Faina Rozental‑Behrer (2026), David Dirk (2015), Dolores Bamford (2019). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 2 primary benchmarks: Bloomberg US Agg Bond TR USD index with a weighting of 100% and Russell Mid Cap TR USD index with a weighting of 100%. Eventide Balanced Fund Class I has 163 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 19.2% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a diversified fund. The fund is considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

Eventide Balanced Fund Class I is part of the Allocation global asset class and is within the Allocation fund group. Eventide Balanced Fund Class I has 3.8% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 48.8%. There is 3.1% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.0% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 46.2% (45.5% domestic bond, 0.7% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). Eventide Balanced Fund Class I has 2.0% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $306 million in total assets, which is below the $2 billion average for the Moderate Allocation 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.

ETIMX 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 Eventide Balanced Fund Class I expense ratio is high compared to funds in the Moderate Allocation category. Eventide Balanced Fund Class I has an expense ratio of 0.82%, which is 17% lower than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a C. 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. Eventide Balanced Fund Class I has a portfolio turnover rate of 55%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 52% for the Moderate Allocation category.

Recently, in the month of July 2026, Eventide Balanced Fund Class I returned -3.5%, which earned it a grade of F, as the Moderate Allocation category had an average return of -0.3%. 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 funds in that category.

Eventide Balanced Fund Class I has a trailing yield of 2.01%, which is above the 1.97% category average. The fund normally distributes its income monthly and its capital gains quarterly.

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.

Eventide Balanced Fund Class I Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 8.1%, 1.6 percentage points better than the category, which translates into a grade of A. The fund has returned 10.5% over the past year (grade of D), 10.0% over the past three years (grade of F) and 5.0% per year over the past five years (grade of F) and 7.4% per year over the past 10 years (grade of F).

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