SDHY

PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities Fund
SDHY

$16.41

0.24%

Market Cap: $405M

About: PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities is a closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to provide total return, through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. Its seeks to achieve its objective by investing in a diversified portfolio of high yield fixed income instruments.

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Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

100% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q1] → 2 (+1) [Q2]

61% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 29 | Existing positions reduced: 18

13% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 9 | Existing positions closed: 8

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 61 [Q1] → 62 (+1) [Q2]

7.92% less ownership

Funds ownership: 54.77% [Q1] → 46.86% (-7.92%) [Q2]

15% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $208M [Q1] → $177M (-$30.5M) [Q2]

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 3 articles about SDHY published over the past 30 days

Ideas For Managing CEF Discount Volatility

Volatility in the closed-end fund, or CEF, market has recently increased, while tight discounts create a point of vulnerability for the market. We discuss various strategies investors can use to make their CEF portfolios more resilient to take advantage of future draw-downs. These strategies include focusing on likely CEF distribution changes, seeking funds with wide discounts, considering term CEFs, and riding sidecar with CEF activists.

Ideas For Managing CEF Discount Volatility

SDHY: Rating Downgrade To Buy Amid Yield Spread Dropping And Slowing Economy

Shrinking yield spread, economic slowdown, and rising recession risks, prompting a downgrade of SHDY from Strong Buy to Buy. SHDY remains a Buy for its 8.06% yield and portfolio diversification. Management and term-based liquidation offer some resilience amid uncertainties. Macro backdrops warrant caution on high-yield bonds currently sitting at high price levels. Consider funds with reduced risk for high-yield bonds investors.

SDHY: Rating Downgrade To Buy Amid Yield Spread Dropping And Slowing Economy

PGIM Closed-End Funds Declare Distributions for September, October and November 2024

NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ISD), PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc. (NYSE: GHY) and PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities Fund (NYSE: SDHY) declared today monthly distributions for September, October and November 2024. The distribution amounts and schedule for each fund appears below: Fund Name Ticker Distribution Per Share Change from Prior Distribution PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. ISD $0.105 – PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc. GHY $0.105 – P.

PGIM Closed-End Funds Declare Distributions for September, October and November 2024

SDHY: Short Duration HY CEF That Fails To Impress

PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities Fund is a fixed income closed end fund from Prudential, focusing on shorter duration high yield bonds. The fund's performance has been disappointing, lagging behind peers and trading at a large discount to NAV due to poor timing in the market. SDHY needs a multi-year credit bull market to potentially improve its performance and narrow the discount to NAV, making it a less attractive option currently.

SDHY: Short Duration HY CEF That Fails To Impress

Opportunities In Income Securities That Have Lagged The Rally

Income assets and financial markets have surged, with only local EM debt in the red year-to-date, due to dollar strength. Our countercyclical approach has led to the culling of high-flyers like BDC Gladstone Capital and the CEF Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund. We highlight opportunities in securities that have lagged the market across the CEF and BDC sectors.

Opportunities In Income Securities That Have Lagged The Rally

Coming Bond Rally ‘Sequel' Will Send These 8%+ Dividends Soaring

At my CEF Insider service, we've been bullish on corporate bonds (especially corporate bond–focused closed-end funds yielding 8%+) for a long time now.

Coming Bond Rally ‘Sequel' Will Send These 8%+ Dividends Soaring

These 8.4%+ Bond Dividends Are Better Buys Now

This levitating stock market has brought back worries about a crash (and a recession). I know, I know.

These 8.4%+ Bond Dividends Are Better Buys Now

Finding The Sweetspot Across The Yield Curve At 7-9% Yields

Many investors oversimplify the investment process with respect to duration by thinking about the concept on a single spectrum. They also focus overly on today's yield rather than considering reinvestment risk as well as capital gains consequences. We discuss two of these investment process shortcomings and highlight a number of attractive holdings in the context of the current market environment.

Finding The Sweetspot Across The Yield Curve At 7-9% Yields

PGIM Closed End Funds Declare Distributions for June, July and August 2024

NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ISD), PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc. (NYSE: GHY) and PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities Fund (NYSE: SDHY) declared today monthly distributions for June, July and August 2024. The distribution amounts and schedule for each fund appears below: Fund Name Ticker Distribution Per Share Change from Prior Distribution PGIM High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. ISD $0.105 – PGIM Global High Yield Fund, Inc. GHY $0.105 – PGIM Short.

PGIM Closed End Funds Declare Distributions for June, July and August 2024

SDHY: A Strong Buy For Sizeable Term NAV Revert

PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opps (SDHY) is a CEF with a deep NAV discount 12.55% and a high dividend yield of 8.6%. SDHY is a term fund to liquidate at NAV in 2029, it will kick off a price run-up to close the NAV discount gap. A great buy opportunity. The high leveraged fund, with focuses on short duration high yield corporate bonds, could be in a sweet spot with moderate cut expected and a resilient economy.

SDHY: A Strong Buy For Sizeable Term NAV Revert

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