Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II (EOS) to Issue Monthly Dividend of $0.15 on October 30th

Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II (NYSE:EOS) declared a monthly dividend on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, October 15th will be given a dividend of $0.1523 per share on Friday, October 30th. This represents a $1.83 annualized dividend and a yield of 8.6%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 15th.

Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II Stock Up 0.2%

EOS opened at $21.34 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $21.49 and a 200 day moving average of $21.72. Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II has a fifty-two week low of $19.44 and a fifty-two week high of $24.35.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. bought a new position in Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,398,000. 1607 Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II in the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,154,000. Integrated Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $380,000. World Investment Advisors raised its holdings in shares of Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II by 148.1% during the 4th quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 26,873 shares of the company’s stock worth $629,000 after acquiring an additional 16,043 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised its holdings in shares of Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II by 4.5% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 366,367 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,496,000 after acquiring an additional 15,912 shares in the last quarter.

Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II Company Profile

Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Eaton Vance Management. The fund invests in public equity markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in the stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in growth stocks of mid-cap and large-cap companies. It generates current earnings from option premiums by selling covered call options on a substantial portion of its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Russell 1000 Growth Index, the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index, and the CBOE NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite Index.