Eaton Vance Short Duration Income ETF
$50.13−0.20 (−0.39%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.24%
- Fund size
- $1.5B
- 1Y return
- +2.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 4.63%
- Holdings
- 620
- Volume · 30D
- 0.2M sh
- NAV per share
- $50.29
- 52W range
The ETF.net EVSD Grade
Score 52 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.BScore 55Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 44Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 63Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 31Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 70Category rank
Our read on EVSD
CA 1992-vintage short-duration credit strategy wearing an ETF wrapper: it measures itself against the Bloomberg 1-5 Year U.S. Credit Index and can hold up to a quarter of assets in high yield, at below the typical cost in its bond peer group.
The proposed ETF was designed to have the same investment objective and a similar principal strategy as the predecessor short-duration income portfolio, while allowing up to 25% of net assets in high-yield debt instruments.
Why people hold it
- Costs 0.24% a year against a 0.36% median for its aggregate-bond peer group.
- Its yardstick is the Bloomberg 1-5 Year U.S. Credit Index, so the portfolio works the short end of the curve rather than the full maturity ladder.
- Not a startup idea in a new box: the fund carries the objective and core approach of a predecessor short-duration income portfolio dating to 1992.
- Pays monthly, and it is a billion-dollar-plus fund that sits in the upper half of a crowded bond cohort.
Worth knowing
- Up to 25% of net assets can go into high-yield debt, so credit risk sits alongside rate risk in the mix.
- The index heavyweights in this cohort (BND, SPAB, SCHZ) charge 0.03%. You pay up here for the short-duration credit tilt.
- Moderately traded rather than one of the busiest tickers on the tape, so spreads can widen when bond markets get choppy.
EVSD Holdings
- Other
- 620
- 41%
- TUZ6
Geography
- United States98.48%
- Denmark1.01%
- Ireland0.40%
- Romania0.11%
EVSD Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | EVSD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.8% |
| 1 month | −0.7% |
| 3 months | −0.0% |
| 1 year | +2.1% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | EVSD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.8% | |
| 2025 | +6.8% | |
| 2024 | +4.9% |
EVSD in the news
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EVSD Dividends
- 4.63%
- $2.33
- $0.19 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.19 |
| May 29, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 | $0.23 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.18 |
EVSD Risk
- 1.7%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.58
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −1.3%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.25
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EVSD Cost
- The middle half of Short-Term Core Bond funds
- Median 0.25%
5 of the 12 Short-Term Core Bond funds charge less.