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Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (WEA) Competitors

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$10.91 -0.04 (-0.37%)
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WEA vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, THW, AVK, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYT

Should you be buying Western Asset Premier Bond Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset Premier Bond Fund include Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), 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 Premier Bond Fund vs.

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

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Western Asset Premier Bond Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Neutral
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund Neutral

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$56.61MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund$6.55MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Western Asset Premier Bond Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%.

Western Asset Premier Bond Fund received 6 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.94% of users gave Western Asset Premier Bond 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 Premier Bond FundOutperform Votes
114
69.94%
Underperform Votes
49
30.06%

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundN/A N/A N/A
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and Western Asset Premier Bond Fund tied by winning 2 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WEA vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Asset Premier Bond FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.14B$3.79B$18.84B
Dividend Yield0.06%4.45%4.21%4.15%
P/E RatioN/A24.2614.1432.39
Price / SalesN/A2,311.401,717.8628.35
Price / CashN/A61.1450.2917.53
Price / BookN/A1.123.384.43
Net IncomeN/A$261.65M$1.24B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.82%1.69%8.86%3.02%
1 Month Performance-0.91%3.59%8.94%-5.82%
1 Year Performance2.25%2.54%10.78%3.87%

Western Asset Premier Bond Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WEA
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund
N/A$10.91
-0.4%
N/A+2.1%$0.00$6.55M0.00N/A
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$9.40
-1.3%
N/A+4.0%$0.00$56.61M0.00N/ANegative News
High Trading Volume
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$3.70
-2.1%
N/A+1.9%$0.00$95.16M0.00N/A
THQ
Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund
N/A$18.51
-2.1%
N/A-2.4%$0.00$191.10M0.001,088Negative News
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$10.42
-1.1%
N/A-15.3%$0.00$94.49M0.00N/A
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$10.59
-1.8%
N/A-5.4%$0.00$110.08M0.00N/ANews Coverage
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$10.04
-1.2%
N/A-2.1%$0.00$61.85M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Negative News
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$13.08
-1.2%
N/A-2.6%$0.00$41.20M0.00N/APositive News
BFZ
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.36
-0.9%
N/A-8.2%$0.00$5.38M0.00N/APositive News
BHK
BlackRock Core Bond Trust
N/A$9.98
-1.5%
N/A-0.7%$0.00$10.21M0.00N/A
HYT
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund
N/A$9.14
-0.4%
N/A-1.3%$0.00$128.00M0.00N/APositive News

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