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Western Asset High Income Fund II (HIX) Competitors

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$4.35 -0.02 (-0.46%)
Closing price 09/19/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$4.38 +0.04 (+0.80%)
As of 09/19/2025 06:39 PM Eastern
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HIX vs. AOD, AGD, AWP, THQ, THW, AVK, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, and BHK

Should you be buying Western Asset High Income Fund II stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Asset High Income Fund II include Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (AOD), 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), and BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Western Asset High Income Fund II vs. Its Competitors

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AOD) and Western Asset High Income Fund II (NYSE:HIX) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund$94.38MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Western Asset High Income Fund II$32.72MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. Western Asset High Income Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend FundN/A N/A N/A
Western Asset High Income Fund II N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Western Asset High Income Fund II. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for Western Asset High Income Fund II. Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Western Asset High Income Fund II's score of 0.00 indicating that Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Summary

Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund beats Western Asset High Income Fund II on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HIX vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Asset High Income Fund IIAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.48B$5.99B$21.65B
Dividend Yield0.09%4.61%4.32%3.51%
P/E RatioN/A4,723.751,769.4429.94
Price / SalesN/A1,963.801,360.0160.05
Price / CashN/A60.47127.9624.98
Price / BookN/A1.372.084.59
Net IncomeN/A$264.59M$1.23B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.23%0.20%1.11%0.81%
1 Month Performance0.81%1.59%3.00%5.30%
1 Year Performance-3.12%9.23%34.21%14.58%

Western Asset High Income Fund II Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HIX
Western Asset High Income Fund II
N/A$4.35
-0.5%
N/A-2.9%$0.00$32.72M0.0013,100
AOD
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$9.39
+0.1%
N/A+5.0%$0.00$94.38M0.00N/A
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$13.03
-0.4%
N/A+28.1%$0.00$25.50M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$4.04
-0.4%
N/A-9.8%$0.00$45.21M0.00N/ANews Coverage
THQ
Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund
N/A$17.05
+0.1%
N/A-21.4%$0.00$6.59M0.001,088News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$11.79
-0.2%
N/A-10.3%$0.00$2.90M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Short Interest ↑
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$12.62
flat
N/A+8.0%$0.00$51.89M0.00N/APositive News
AFB
AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund
N/A$10.90
+0.3%
N/A-6.7%$0.00$602.34K0.00N/A
ARDC
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund
N/A$14.83
-0.3%
N/A-2.9%$0.00$32.45M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
BFZ
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.92
-0.6%
N/A-9.3%$0.00$5.38M0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
BHK
BlackRock Core Bond Trust
N/A$9.91
+0.4%
N/A-17.3%$0.00$39.78M0.00N/ANegative News

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