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Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (WEA) Competitors

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$10.88 +0.03 (+0.28%)
(As of 09:40 AM ET)

WEA vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AFB, FINS, ARDC, and BGH

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 Income Credit Strategies Fund (ACP), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (AFB), Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust (FINS), Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund (ARDC), and Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund (BGH). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Western Asset Premier Bond Fund vs.

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

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Western Asset Premier Bond Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 1 mentions for Western Asset Premier Bond Fund. Western Asset Premier Bond Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Western Asset Premier Bond Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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
Western Asset Premier Bond FundOutperform Votes
114
69.94%
Underperform Votes
49
30.06%
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundOutperform Votes
108
62.79%
Underperform Votes
64
37.21%

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund$9.56MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$17.85MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Western Asset Premier Bond Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%.

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

Summary

Western Asset Premier Bond Fund and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WEA vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Asset Premier Bond FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$830.18M$3.32B$19.68B
Dividend Yield0.06%13.33%4.55%3.51%
P/E RatioN/A766.15449.8043.79
Price / SalesN/A13,820.703,113.3717.84
Price / CashN/A79.9548.1721.73
Price / BookN/A1.711.495.48
Net IncomeN/A$57.36M$396.05M$987.88M
7 Day Performance-2.77%-0.69%6.14%-2.00%
1 Month Performance-2.51%12.35%8.95%1.00%
1 Year Performance-0.46%7.27%11.49%16.82%

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$10.88
+0.3%
N/A-2.3%$0.00$9.56M0.00N/APositive News
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$10.10
+0.3%
N/A+6.6%$0.00$17.85M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$4.05
-1.7%
N/A+3.7%$0.00$-9,264,203.000.00N/APositive News
THQ
Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund
N/A$19.20
-2.1%
N/A+6.1%$0.00$191.10M0.00N/A
ACP
Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund
N/A$5.96
-0.8%
N/A-14.2%$0.00$48.77M0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$11.32
-1.9%
N/A-5.1%$0.00$94.49M0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$12.21
-0.2%
N/A+10.1%$0.00$40.96M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.13
-1.5%
N/A+3.7%$0.00$5.80M0.00N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
FINS
Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust
N/A$13.05
flat
N/A+7.9%$0.00$32.86M0.00N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$15.33
+0.1%
N/A+14.1%$0.00$56.16M0.00N/A
BGH
Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund
N/A$15.93
+0.8%
N/A+15.6%$0.00$52.04M0.00N/ADividend Increase

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