Financial snapshot: 2026-04-30. Research reviewed 2026-09-18. Source dates are retained with each measure; historical results are not a forecast.
The income-producing business
Portfolio dividends and interest, realized investment results and any option activity contribute to distribution resources after expenses. A declared distribution can include gains or return of capital as well as investment income; its amount is not an earnings figure.
The earnings available to shareholders depend on the cash generated by these activities after operating and financing costs. Portfolio gains, financing proceeds and recurring income should be evaluated separately.
Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund: financial report supporting reported earnings
Financing can amplify income and losses
The portfolio information checked September 11, 2026 reports effective leverage of 12.40%.
Financing can increase earning assets, but its cost reduces income available to common shareholders. When borrowing costs rise or portfolio income falls, the distribution can become harder to sustain.
Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund: net assets and portfolio information, checked 2026-09-11
What the reported earnings support
Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund reported $0.3000 per share for 2025-11-01 through 2026-04-30, measured as Fund net investment income per common share; actual reporting period, not annualized.
Actual per-share reporting period, without annualisation. Net investment income, realized gains, unrealized changes and cash distributions are different measures. This comparison is not the Fly High forward Dividend Coverage Ratio.
Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund: financial report supporting reported earnings
Portfolio risk
Losses or weaker cash generation in floating-rate loans, mortgages and international debt can reduce the resources available for future distributions.
Watch for changes in the underlying exposure and the next reported results before treating the current payment as evidence of continuing earnings support.
Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund: financial report supporting reported earnings
Distribution sustainability
A maintained payment can exceed investment results. Review NAV and reported income together rather than treating distribution yield as total return.
Watch for changes in the underlying exposure and the next reported results before treating the current payment as evidence of continuing earnings support.
Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund: financial report supporting reported earnings
What would change the earnings picture?
Check the next matching income and distributions, then look at loan credit, mortgage results, currency exposure, financing and NAV.