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Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc.

Financial Services · Asset Management

$9.78

Down-$0.11 (-1.11%)

Updated Oct 4, 2026, 1:15 PM

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3.8/10

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Market cap
250.24M
P/E ratio
11.47
Dividend yield
14.57%
52-week range
$9.72 – $11.66
Volume
168.16K
Avg. volume
70.04K

Price performance · HYI

HYI price history

1M range · 19 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 2, 2026

HYI closed at $9.78 after 19 trading sessions, down 4.82% for the selected period.

Last close
$9.78
Period change
-4.82%
Period low
$9.78
Period high
$10.28
Daily close
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HYI OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 2, 2026$9.85$9.90$9.77$9.78168.16K
Oct 1, 2026$9.88$9.89$9.72$9.8951.16K
Sep 30, 2026$9.86$9.9297$9.86$9.8668.32K
Sep 29, 2026$9.87$9.94$9.7885$9.85105.59K
Sep 28, 2026$9.85$9.87$9.805$9.8350.67K
Sep 25, 2026$9.81$9.9199$9.72$9.8999.13K
Sep 24, 2026$9.95$9.9913$9.81$9.8158.92K
Sep 23, 2026$10.07$10.07$9.95$9.9637.84K
Sep 22, 2026$10.15$10.1838$10.1101$10.1461.36K
Sep 21, 2026$10.19$10.21$10.14$10.1637.61K
Sep 18, 2026$10.17$10.1925$10.0401$10.1530.56K
Sep 17, 2026$10.16$10.22$10.12$10.18128.95K
Sep 16, 2026$10.22$10.22$10.10$10.11103.23K
Sep 15, 2026$10.19$10.27$10.11$10.16104.56K
Sep 14, 2026$10.21$10.24$10.13$10.16120.38K
Sep 11, 2026$10.27$10.27$10.1501$10.2034.41K
Sep 10, 2026$10.27$10.27$10.21$10.2165.58K
Sep 9, 2026$10.29$10.296$10.26$10.2652.4K
Sep 8, 2026$10.33$10.33$10.2623$10.275142.32K

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Western Asset High Yield Defined Opps. is a non-diversified, limited-term, closed-end management investment company. The company's investment objective is to provide high income and seek capital appreciation. The fund invests a majority of its net assets in a portfolio of high-yield corporate fixed-income securities issued or originated by U.S. or foreign public or private corporations and other business entities, with varying maturities.

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Yahoo · Sep 23, 2026

Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund Inc's Dividend Analysis

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund Inc (NYSE:HYI) recently announced a total dividend of $0.10 per share, with the ex-dividend date set for Oct. 23, 2026. The entire amount consists of a cash dividend of $0.10 per share, payable on Oct. 30, 2026.

Yahoo · Aug 1, 2026

Should you invest in the stock market now? UBS weighs in

Investing.com -- Investors should avoid waiting for perfect market conditions and consider moving surplus cash into diversified portfolios, despite major equity indexes trading near record highs, UBS said in a strategy report.

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