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Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (WEA) Competitors

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$10.98 -0.04 (-0.36%)
(As of 11/15/2024 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.

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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

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

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

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 news media.

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

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%

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Western Asset Premier Bond Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%.

Summary

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and Western Asset Premier Bond Fund tied by winning 3 of the 6 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$967.58M$3.30B$19.80B
Dividend Yield0.06%5.62%4.45%3.51%
P/E RatioN/A779.53417.4635.39
Price / SalesN/A3,191.693,471.5617.78
Price / CashN/A60.0750.9221.45
Price / BookN/A1.221.414.64
Net IncomeN/A$63.02M$380.36M$982.94M
7 Day Performance-2.31%-0.37%0.12%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-1.70%-0.80%0.23%-0.39%
1 Year Performance4.47%11.38%16.18%23.34%

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$10.98
-0.4%
N/A+5.5%$0.00$9.56M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
Positive News
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$10.32
-0.5%
N/A+11.9%$0.00$17.85M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$4.28
-0.7%
N/A+14.0%$0.00$-9,264,203.000.00N/ADividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
THQ
Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund
N/A$21.20
+0.1%
N/A+15.6%$0.00$116.42M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ACP
Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund
N/A$6.57
+0.3%
N/A+4.5%$0.00$48.77M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$12.28
-1.0%
N/A+7.4%$0.00$50.22M0.00N/ADividend Increase
Short Interest ↑
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$11.85
+0.9%
N/A+13.2%$0.00$40.96M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓
News Coverage
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.33
-0.3%
N/A+10.7%$0.00$5.80M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
Negative News
FINS
Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust
N/A$12.94
-0.3%
N/A+4.7%$0.00$32.86M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$15.00
-0.2%
N/A+17.8%$0.00$56.16M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
BGH
Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund
N/A$15.91
-0.1%
N/A+17.7%$0.00$52.04M0.00N/ADividend Increase

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This page (NYSE:WEA) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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