ECSEX Performance — Eaton Vance Special Equities Fund, Class C

Data updated: 2023-08-22

ECSEX returned +11.97% over one year to Jun 2023. The annualised 3-year return is +10.17%. The fund beat its Emerging Markets Real Estate category average: $100 invested three years ago grew to $134, against $112 for the category, and to $112 over one year, against $103. Volatility over the past three years was 17.86% a year. In the 12 months to Jun 2023 the fund lost a net $4.5M, and assets reached $50.63M.

ECSEX Growth of $100

What $100 invested in Eaton Vance Special Equities Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Emerging Markets Real Estate category average over the same months.

PeriodECSEXCategory average
1 year (Jul 2022 – Jun 2023)$112$103
3 years (Jul 2020 – Jun 2023)$134$112
Since data start (Jul 2019 – Jun 2023)$123$107

ECSEX Trailing Returns

Total returns to Jun 2023, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+11.97%
3 years (annualised)+10.17%

ECSEX Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of Eaton Vance Special Equities Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2023 (Jan–Jun)+8.58%
2022−17.73%
2021+18.00%
2020+11.98%
2019 (Jul–Dec)+3.78%

ECSEX Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023+8.5%−0.8%−0.8%+0.2%−4.2%+6.1%——————
2022−7.1%+2.7%−0.8%−7.4%−2.4%−6.6%+8.5%−5.0%−8.3%+9.5%+3.4%−3.7%
2021−1.1%+5.8%+3.4%+3.7%0.0%0.0%+0.5%+0.2%−3.9%+5.0%−2.9%+6.6%
2020−0.8%−8.3%−17.5%+10.9%+5.6%+0.5%+4.9%+3.8%−4.4%+2.1%+10.9%+7.5%
2019——————+1.6%−2.0%+0.1%−0.1%+3.1%+1.1%

ECSEX Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Jul 2020 – Jun 2023.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 17.86%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: 0.32 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +10.94% (Nov 2020)
  • Worst month: −8.26% (Sep 2022)

ECSEX Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of Eaton Vance Special Equities Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$4.5M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $8.3M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.65×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Jun 2023$123K$260K−$136K
May 2023$98K$399K−$301K
Apr 2023$52K$276K−$224K
Mar 2023$72K$4.5M−$4.5M
Feb 2023$131K$587K−$456K
Jan 2023$384K$517K−$133K
Dec 2022$3.3M$1.1M$2.3M
Nov 2022$169K$382K−$213K
Oct 2022$95K$624K−$529K
Sep 2022$270K$435K−$165K
Aug 2022$3.2M$3.0M$221K
Jul 2022$344K$692K−$348K

ECSEX Assets Under Management

Net assets of Eaton Vance Special Equities Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2023-06-30$50.63M
2023-03-31$50.33M
2022-12-31$51.98M
2022-09-30$48.36M
2022-06-30$51.39M
2022-03-31$62.28M
2021-12-31$71.53M
2021-09-30$64.83M
2021-06-30$67.05M
2021-03-31$54.66M
2020-12-31$50.91M
2020-09-30$42.14M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.