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Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund (HIO) Competitors

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$4.00 -0.01 (-0.25%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern
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HIO vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, THW, AVK, 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 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 High Income Opportunity Fund vs. Its Competitors

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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$56.61MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund$25.19MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%.

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

In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Summary

Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund beats Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund on 3 of the 3 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HIO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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HIO vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Asset High Income Opportunity FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.25B$6.44B$20.70B
Dividend Yield0.07%4.36%4.17%3.71%
P/E RatioN/A21.8113.5028.11
Price / SalesN/A2,406.101,784.4338.32
Price / CashN/A60.8148.8622.53
Price / BookN/A1.213.174.58
Net IncomeN/A$264.68M$1.25B$986.06M
7 Day Performance1.39%0.37%0.57%2.79%
1 Month Performance3.23%2.71%3.29%5.46%
1 Year Performance3.36%6.53%15.35%15.06%

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$4.00
-0.2%
N/A+3.6%$0.00$25.19M0.00N/A
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$11.08
+0.3%
N/A+14.1%$0.00$56.61M0.00N/ANews Coverage
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$3.96
-0.1%
N/A+4.8%$0.00$95.16M0.00N/A
THQ
Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund
N/A$18.61
+1.2%
N/A-9.5%$0.00$6.59M0.001,088
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$10.50
+2.3%
N/A-19.8%$0.00$2.90M0.00N/A
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$12.15
+0.3%
N/A+3.2%$0.00$110.08M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$10.33
+0.2%
N/A-6.9%$0.00$61.85M0.00N/AEarnings Report
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$14.27
+0.4%
N/A-5.2%$0.00$41.20M0.00N/A
BFZ
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.86
+0.4%
N/A-9.1%$0.00$5.38M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Negative News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
BHK
BlackRock Core Bond Trust
N/A$9.71
-0.1%
N/A-7.5%$0.00$10.21M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
HYT
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund
N/A$9.79
+0.4%
N/A+1.0%$0.00$128.00M0.00N/ADividend Announcement

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