Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (WEA) Competitors

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WEA vs. AGD, AWP, THQ, ACP, THW, AVK, AWF, AFB, FINS, and AFT

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 (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 Global High Income Fund (AWF), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (AFB), Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust (FINS), and Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund (AFT). 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.

: 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.
Company Underperform Outperform
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Outperform Votes
108
62.79%
Underperform Votes
64
37.21%
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund Outperform Votes
114
69.94%
Underperform Votes
49
30.06%
: In the previous week, Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Western Asset Premier Bond Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund and 0 mentions for Western Asset Premier Bond Fund. Western Asset Premier Bond Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund's score of 0.80 indicating that Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Company Overall Sentiment
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Positive
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund Positive
: Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund $9.11M N/A N/A N/A N/A
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund $12.75M N/A N/A N/A N/A
: Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)

0 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund
0 Sell rating(s)

0 Hold rating(s)

0 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
: Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund N/A N/A N/A
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund N/A N/A N/A
: Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Western Asset Premier Bond Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Western Asset Premier Bond Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	Outperform Votes 108 62.79%	Underperform Votes 64 37.21%
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund	Outperform Votes 114 69.94%	Underperform Votes 49 30.06%

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	$9.11M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund	$12.75M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Western Asset Premier Bond Fund beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 4 of the 7 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 WEA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.

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.

WEA vs. The Competition

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Metric	Western Asset Premier Bond Fund	Asset Management Industry	Financial Sector	NYSE Exchange
Market Cap	N/A	$754.47M	$2.99B	$17.25B
Dividend Yield	0.06%	13.27%	4.58%	3.62%
P/E Ratio	N/A	942.27	450.21	24.02
Price / Sales	N/A	14,123.00	2,642.76	10.92
Price / Cash	N/A	82.37	46.99	17.10
Price / Book	N/A	1.77	1.52	4.85
Net Income	N/A	$52.66M	$411.52M	$970.56M
7 Day Performance	N/A	-0.97%	-0.70%	-1.76%
1 Month Performance	-0.19%	10.30%	11.96%	-2.50%
1 Year Performance	-1.21%	1.56%	7.23%	78.15%

Western Asset Premier Bond Fund Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
AGD abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend	0 of 5 stars	$9.57 +0.1%	N/A	-4.2%	$0.00	$9.11M	N/A	Short Interest ↓ Positive News
AWP abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund	0 of 5 stars	$3.84 +1.1%	N/A	-10.4%	$0.00	$-15,470,480.00	N/A
THQ Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund	0 of 5 stars	$19.58 +0.4%	N/A	-1.0%	$0.00	$54.68M	N/A	Positive News
ACP Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund	0 of 5 stars	$6.78 +0.1%	N/A	-1.0%	$0.00	$31.54M	N/A	News Coverage
THW Abrdn World Healthcare Fund	0 of 5 stars	$12.54 flat	N/A	-15.3%	$0.00	$39.01M	N/A
AVK Advent Convertible and Income Fund	0 of 5 stars	$12.01 +0.6%	N/A	-4.8%	$0.00	$-3,531,300.00	N/A
AWF AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund	0 of 5 stars	$10.49 +0.2%	N/A	+0.7%	$0.00	N/A	N/A	News Coverage
AFB AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund	0 of 5 stars	$10.64 +0.1%	N/A	-1.5%	$0.00	$-812,101.00	N/A
FINS Angel Oak Financial Strategies Income Term Trust	0 of 5 stars	$12.44 +0.2%	N/A	+2.4%	$0.00	$-32,035,269.00	N/A	Positive News
AFT Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund	0 of 5 stars	$14.23 -0.1%	N/A	+12.5%	$0.00	$38.20M	N/A	Dividend Announcement

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Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (WEA) Competitors

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