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Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund (HIO) Competitors

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$3.95 +0.03 (+0.77%)
(As of 11/21/2024 ET)

HIO vs. AGD, AWP, THW, AVK, AWF, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYT

Should you be buying Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund include Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (AFB), Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund (ARDC), BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust (BFZ), BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK), and BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund (HYT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund vs.

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) and Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:HIO) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 32 more outperform votes than Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.47% of users gave Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundOutperform Votes
108
62.79%
Underperform Votes
64
37.21%
Western Asset High Income Opportunity FundOutperform Votes
76
68.47%
Underperform Votes
35
31.53%

In the previous week, Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund and 0 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundN/A N/A N/A
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund N/A N/A N/A

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$17.85MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund$34.19MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HIO vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Asset High Income Opportunity FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$888.42M$3.53B$20.04B
Dividend Yield0.07%13.13%4.55%3.49%
P/E RatioN/A777.07424.9043.40
Price / SalesN/A13,923.072,060.1917.65
Price / CashN/A88.4850.5921.28
Price / BookN/A1.801.504.65
Net IncomeN/A$62.98M$348.76M$985.54M
7 Day Performance2.33%0.20%0.54%2.60%
1 Month Performance-1.00%-0.20%1.11%2.57%
1 Year Performance6.76%10.79%15.63%26.28%

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HIO
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$3.95
+0.8%
N/A+5.5%$0.00$34.19M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Positive News
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$10.03
+0.5%
N/A+10.7%$0.00$17.85M0.00N/A
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$4.32
+0.9%
N/A+19.3%$0.00$-9,264,203.000.00N/APositive News
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$11.93
+0.6%
N/A+7.3%$0.00$50.22M0.00N/A
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$11.87
-0.3%
N/A+15.4%$0.00$40.96M0.00N/ANews Coverage
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$10.84
+0.5%
N/A+11.1%$0.00$126.10M0.00N/ANegative News
High Trading Volume
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.23
-0.3%
N/A+9.4%$0.00$5.80M0.00N/A
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$15.28
+0.9%
N/A+21.5%$0.00$56.16M0.00N/A
BFZ
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$11.49
+0.1%
N/A+5.3%$0.00$12.86M0.00N/ANews Coverage
BHK
BlackRock Core Bond Trust
N/A$11.20
+1.2%
N/A+9.6%$0.00$26.22M0.00N/ANews Coverage
HYT
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund
N/A$9.86
+0.3%
N/A+13.9%$0.00$164.69M0.00N/A

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This page (NYSE:HIO) was last updated on 11/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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