Western Asset High Income Fund II (HIX) Competitors $4.11 +0.03 (+0.61%) Closing price 05/1/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$4.11 +0.00 (+0.12%) As of 08:00 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock HIX vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, THW, AVK, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYTShould 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 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 Fund II vs. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund Abrdn World Healthcare Fund Advent Convertible and Income Fund AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust BlackRock Core Bond Trust BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund Western Asset High Income Fund II (NYSE:HIX) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HIX or AGD? Western Asset High Income Fund II received 20 more outperform votes than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.91% of users gave Western Asset High Income Fund II an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformWestern Asset High Income Fund IIOutperform Votes12871.91% Underperform Votes5028.09% Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundOutperform Votes10862.79% Underperform Votes6437.21% Is HIX or AGD a better dividend stock? Western Asset High Income Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HIX or AGD? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioWestern Asset High Income Fund II$62.43MN/AN/AN/AN/AAbrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$56.61MN/AN/AN/AN/A Is HIX or AGD more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Western Asset High Income Fund IIN/A N/A N/A Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund N/A N/A N/A Does the media prefer HIX or AGD? In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Western Asset High Income Fund II. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for Western Asset High Income Fund II. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Western Asset High Income Fund II's score of 0.00 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Western Asset High Income Fund II Neutral Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Positive SummaryWestern Asset High Income Fund II beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Western Asset High Income Fund II News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HIX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart HIX vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWestern Asset High Income Fund IIAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket CapN/A$1.15B$3.85B$18.96BDividend Yield0.09%4.46%4.21%4.01%P/E RatioN/A21.7613.0332.88Price / SalesN/A2,345.571,737.1728.03Price / CashN/A61.2950.3817.52Price / BookN/A1.143.414.47Net IncomeN/A$262.20M$1.24B$1.02B7 Day Performance0.74%1.25%0.99%0.59%1 Month Performance-1.56%10.88%13.43%-3.54%1 Year Performance-6.06%2.57%12.72%3.80% Western Asset High Income Fund II Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)HIXWestern Asset High Income Fund IIN/A$4.11+0.6%N/A-6.2%$0.00$62.43M0.0013,100AGDAbrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundN/A$9.80-0.5%N/A+6.9%$0.00$56.61M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓Positive NewsAWPabrdn Global Premier Properties FundN/A$3.80+0.1%N/A+5.8%$0.00$95.16M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓THQAbrdn Healthcare Opportunities FundN/A$19.22+0.6%N/A-3.3%$0.00$191.10M0.001,088Negative NewsTHWAbrdn World Healthcare FundN/A$10.69+0.6%N/A-15.6%$0.00$94.49M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓Positive NewsAVKAdvent Convertible and Income FundN/A$11.08-0.1%N/A-3.6%$0.00$110.08M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsAFBAllianceBernstein National Municipal Income FundN/A$10.37flatN/A-1.4%$0.00$61.85M0.00N/AARDCAres Dynamic Credit Allocation FundN/A$13.50+0.1%N/A-2.3%$0.00$41.20M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓BFZBlackRock California Municipal Income TrustN/A$10.70-0.1%N/A-6.4%$0.00$5.38M0.00N/ANegative NewsBHKBlackRock Core Bond TrustN/A$10.37-0.4%N/A+1.2%$0.00$10.21M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓Positive NewsHYTBlackRock Corporate High Yield FundN/A$9.46-0.3%N/A-1.5%$0.00$128.00M0.00N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Competitors abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund Competitors Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund Competitors Abrdn World Healthcare Fund Competitors Advent Convertible and Income Fund Competitors AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund Competitors Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund Competitors BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust Competitors BlackRock Core Bond Trust Competitors BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:HIX) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHere’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAII predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new milliona...Brownstone Research | SponsoredThe next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate …Robots — built by Nvidia. 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