Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund

HYI · NYSE

$9.52−$0.035 (−0.37%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $9.56

About HYI

Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund Inc is a US-based company operating in industry. The company is headquartered in New York City, New York. The company went IPO on 2010-10-27. Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund Inc., formerly Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc., (the Fund), is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to provide high income. As a secondary investment objective, the Fund will seek capital appreciation. The company seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in a portfolio of high-yield corporate fixed-income securities with varying maturities. The company may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in fixed-income securities issued by the United States or foreign governments, agencies and instrumentalities and/or fixed-income securities that are of investment-grade quality. The company invests in various sectors, including Consumer Cyclical, Communications, Energy, Finance, Technology, Transportation, EM Government, Basic Industry, and Other. Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC is the Fund’s investment manager.

Employees
0
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Listed
Oct 27, 2010
Sector
N/A
Industry
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HYI key statistics

Market cap
123.40M
Price-earnings ratio
8.66
Dividend yield
—
Average volume
63.87K
Volume
40.14K
Open price
$9.56
High today
$9.58
Low today
$9.42
52 Week high
$11.54
52 Week low
$9.58

Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund (HYI) at a glance

As of Oct 23, 2026, Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund (HYI) shares are priced at $9.52, giving the company a market cap of 123.40M and a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.66.

Today the stock has traded between $9.42 and $9.58. The current price is 1.1% above the day's low and 0.6% below its high.

Volume so far is 40.14K shares, below the average of 63.87K shares a day.

Over the past year Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund has ranged from $9.58 to $11.54, and now sits -3% of the way up that range.

HYI news

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Results of Annual Meeting of Stockholders

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Franklin Templeton Closed-End Funds Announce Share Repurchases for the Third Quarter of 2026

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Franklin Templeton Announces Distributions for Certain Closed-End Funds for the Months of September, October and November 2026

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Franklin Templeton Announces Distributions for Certain Closed-End Funds for the Months of June, July and August 2026

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Financial Position as of February 28, 2026

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: HYI) Announces Portfolio Management Team Update

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Franklin Templeton Announces Distributions for Certain Closed-End Funds for the Months of March, April and May 2026

  • Press releaseBusiness Wire

    Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: HYI) Announces Portfolio Management Team Update

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