Ex-Dividend Date Insight: Eaton Vance Duration

On July 1, 2021, Eaton Vance Duration EVV announced shareholders can expect to receive a dividend payable on July 19, 2021. The stock will then go ex-dividend 1 business day(s) before the record date. Eaton Vance Duration has an ex-dividend date planned for July 9, 2021. The company's current dividend payout sits at $0.1. That equates to a dividend yield of 9.05% at current price levels.

What Is An Ex-Dividend Date?

Ex-dividend dates signal when company shares cease to trade with their current dividend payouts. There is a small intermission period before companies announce new dividends. Usually, a company's ex-dividend date falls one business day before its record date. Investors should keep this in mind when purchasing stocks because buying them on or after ex-dividend dates does not qualify them to receive the declared payment. Newly declared dividends go to shareholders who have owned that stock before the ex-dividend date. Typically, companies will announce and implement new dividend yields on a quarterly basis.

Understanding Eaton Vance Duration's Dividend History

Over the past year, Eaton Vance Duration has experienced no change regarding its dividend payouts and a downward trend regarding its yields. Last year on March 10, 2021 the company's payout was $0.1, which has returned to its value today. Eaton Vance Duration's dividend yield last year was 9.58%, which has since decreased by 0.53%.
Companies use dividend yields in different strategic ways. Some companies may opt to not give yields altogether to reinvest in themselves. Other companies may opt to increase or decrease their yield amounts to control how their shares circulate throughout the stock market.

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