Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund Dividends and Buybacks
Dividend criteria checks 2/6
Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 13.41%. Next payment date is on 2nd June, 2025 with an ex-dividend date of 22nd May, 2025.
Key information
13.4%
Dividend yield
0%
Buyback Yield
| Total Shareholder Yield | 13.4% |
| Future Dividend Yield | n/a |
| Dividend Growth | -13.9% |
| Next dividend pay date | 02 Jun 25 |
| Ex dividend date | 22 May 25 |
| Dividend per share | n/a |
| Payout ratio | 101% |
Recent dividend and buyback updates
Recent updates
CEF Insights: Building Income With Mortgage Securities
Jan 16DMO: Back To Fair Value And A 12% Yield (Rating Downgrade)
Oct 11DMO: Another Distribution Hike For This 13.2%-Yielding Mortgage CEF
Jun 14DMO: 12% Yielding GSE Risk Transfer Mortgage Fund (Rating Upgrade)
Feb 21DMO: Another Distribution Hike For This 13.4% Yielding CEF, Though Likely Its Last
Dec 05DMO: Recent Hike Pushes The Yield On This Mortgage CEF Above 11.5%
Aug 03DMO: Discount Narrowing Drives Results
Jul 20Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund goes ex-dividend
Dec 20Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund goes ex dividend tomorrow
Sep 21DMO And WDI: A Look At Two 10%-Yielding Credit CEFs
Aug 10DMO: A 10%-Yielding Mortgage CEF With Strong Income Tailwinds
Jul 20Upcoming Dividend Payment
Stability and Growth of Payments
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Stable Dividend: DMO's dividend payments have been volatile in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: DMO's dividend payments have fallen over the past 10 years.
Dividend Yield vs Market
| Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund Dividend Yield vs Market |
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| Segment | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|
| Company (DMO) | 13.4% |
| Market Bottom 25% (US) | 1.5% |
| Market Top 25% (US) | 4.7% |
| Industry Average (Capital Markets) | 2.0% |
| Analyst forecast (DMO) (up to 3 years) | n/a |
Notable Dividend: DMO's dividend (13.41%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.55%).
High Dividend: DMO's dividend (13.41%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.67%)
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: With its high payout ratio (100.7%), DMO's dividend payments are not well covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: With its high cash payout ratio (2253.8%), DMO's dividend payments are not well covered by cash flows.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2025/05/19 01:00 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2025/05/19 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
| Package | Data | Timeframe | Example US Source * |
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund Inc. is covered by 0 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.