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

Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund (NYSE:EVG) announced a monthly dividend on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, October 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.0711 per share on Friday, October 30th. This represents a $0.85 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 15th. This is a 2.6% decrease from Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund’s previous monthly dividend of $0.0730.

Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund Price Performance

Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund stock opened at $10.09 on Friday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $10.46 and its 200 day simple moving average is $10.63. Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund has a fifty-two week low of $9.77 and a fifty-two week high of $11.34.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in 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 $527,000. Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund by 25.0% during the second quarter. Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. now owns 34,607 shares of the company’s stock worth $373,000 after acquiring an additional 6,924 shares in the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund by 9.4% during the second quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 11,650 shares of the company’s stock worth $126,000 after acquiring an additional 1,000 shares in the last quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC grew its stake in Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund by 38.9% in the second quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 5,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,000 after acquiring an additional 1,400 shares during the period. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers grew its stake in Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund by 49.6% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 122,950 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,314,000 after acquiring an additional 40,781 shares during the period.

About Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund

Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund (NYSE: EVG) is a closed-end investment fund managed by Eaton Vance Management, an investment-management subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. The fund seeks to provide a high level of current income while maintaining a relatively short duration, which is intended to reduce sensitivity to changes in interest rates compared with longer-duration fixed-income portfolios.

The fund invests in a diversified portfolio of income-producing securities.