Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (NYSE:EFR) Plans Monthly Dividend of $0.12

Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (NYSE:EFR) announced a monthly dividend on Thursday, May 2nd, Wall Street Journal reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 24th will be paid a dividend of 0.121 per share on Friday, May 31st. This represents a $1.45 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 11.09%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 23rd.

Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust has increased its dividend payment by an average of 17.3% annually over the last three years and has raised its dividend annually for the last 1 consecutive years.

Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of EFR traded down $0.01 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $13.09. 82,133 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 92,516. Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust has a 1-year low of $10.95 and a 1-year high of $13.28. The company has a 50 day moving average of $13.02 and a 200-day moving average of $12.70.

Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust Company Profile

Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Eaton Vance Management. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It primarily invests in senior, secured floating rate loans. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index.