Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund (EVG) To Go Ex-Dividend on May 15th

Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund (NYSE:EVG) announced a monthly dividend on Friday, May 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be given a dividend of 0.074 per share on Friday, May 29th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 15th. This is a 0.8% increase from Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund’s previous monthly dividend of $0.07.

Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of NYSE:EVG traded down $0.01 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $10.83. The stock had a trading volume of 5,376 shares, compared to its average volume of 41,752. Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund has a one year low of $10.40 and a one year high of $11.45. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $10.71 and its 200 day simple moving average is $10.90.

Institutional Trading of Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Calamos Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund in the 1st quarter valued at about $527,000. Guggenheim Capital LLC boosted its stake in Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund by 14.7% in the 4th quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC now owns 378,332 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,131,000 after purchasing an additional 48,411 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its stake in Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund by 5.2% in the 4th quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 82,169 shares of the company’s stock worth $897,000 after purchasing an additional 4,093 shares in the last quarter. Equitable Holdings Inc. boosted its stake in Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Equitable Holdings Inc. now owns 53,080 shares of the company’s stock worth $580,000 after purchasing an additional 1,578 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Osaic Holdings Inc. boosted its stake in Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund by 24.0% in the 4th quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 142,927 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,561,000 after purchasing an additional 27,687 shares in the last quarter.

About Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund

The Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund (NYSE: EVG) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that seeks to provide current income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in a global portfolio of fixed-income securities. Under normal market conditions, at least 80% of the fund’s assets are allocated to debt obligations, including investment-grade corporate bonds, high-yield instruments and sovereign, mortgage- and asset-backed securities. The fund’s focus on short-duration issues—generally those with maturities of less than five years—aims to mitigate interest rate risk while capturing income opportunities across diverse market segments.

EVG is actively managed by Eaton Vance Management, a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, utilizing rigorous credit research and sector analysis to identify undervalued and mispriced debt instruments.