Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Stock Forecast, Price & News

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's stock was trading at $12.80 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, EMD stock has decreased by 31.4% and is now trading at $8.78.
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Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 122,500 shares, an increase of 37.2% from the May 15th total of 89,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 301,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days.
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Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund declared a monthly dividend on Thursday, May 19th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 24th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share on Thursday, September 1st. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 10.93%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 23rd.
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Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund(NYSE:EMD) pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 11.81%. EMD has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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Some companies that are related to Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund include JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE), Law Debenture (LWDB), Fiera Capital (FSZ), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), Ruffer Investment (RICA), JTC (JTC), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), Bellevue Healthcare Trust (BBH), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV) and Senvest Capital (SEC).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund investors own include AT&T (T), Ares Capital (ARCC), Energy Transfer (ET), Altria Group (MO), AbbVie (ABBV), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Main Street Capital (MAIN), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), International Business Machines (IBM) and ONEOK (OKE).

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EMD."

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Rivernorth Capital Management LLC (9.07%), Invesco Ltd. (3.97%), Penserra Capital Management LLC (3.21%), UBS Group AG (2.88%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.52%) and National Asset Management Inc. (1.05%). Company insiders that own Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund stock include Daniel P Cronin and Daniel P Cronin.
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EMD stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Royal Bank of Canada, Wolverine Asset Management LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC, Samalin Investment Counsel LLC, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC, and Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc..
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EMD stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rivernorth Capital Management LLC, Matisse Capital, Landscape Capital Management L.L.C., Penserra Capital Management LLC, Penn Mutual Asset Management LLC, Shaker Financial Services LLC, Quantedge Capital Pte Ltd, and UBS Group AG.
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Shares of EMD can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EMD stock can currently be purchased for approximately $8.78.

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund (NYSE:EMD) has a market capitalization of $251.37 million.

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund's mailing address is 620 8th Ave Fl 49, New York, New York 10018-1427. The official website for Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund is individualinvestor.myleggmason.com. The company can be reached via phone at 212-805-6016.