Western Asset High Income Fund II Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of HIX?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Institutions	26,614,265	29.6%
General Public	63,420,695	70.4%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been substantially diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 33.3%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 28.03% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
6.78%	First Trust Advisors LP	6,107,516	US$25.0m	0%	0.02%
3.48%	UBS Asset Management AG	3,135,909	US$12.9m	9.36%	no data
2.93%	Sit Investment Associates, Inc	2,633,954	US$10.8m	0%	0.24%
2.66%	Penserra Capital Management LLC	2,396,505	US$9.8m	-9.95%	0.19%
2.62%	Amplify Investments LLC	2,361,267	US$9.7m	-11.3%	1.76%
1.85%	Wells Fargo & Company, Securities and Brokerage Investments	1,668,693	US$6.8m	4,340%	no data
1.21%	Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments	1,089,732	US$4.5m	-64.2%	no data
1.08%	Invesco Capital Management LLC	968,678	US$4.0m	12.2%	no data
0.87%	Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	781,455	US$3.2m	85.7%	no data
0.61%	NewEdge Advisors, LLC	546,717	US$2.2m	-11.8%	0.01%
0.56%	Absolute Investment Advisers LLC	504,744	US$2.1m	37.5%	-0.7%
0.48%	Eaton Vance Management	431,591	US$1.8m	0%	no data
0.39%	Rareview Capital LLC	351,897	US$1.4m	77.4%	0.9%
0.35%	Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc.	315,000	US$1.3m	0%	no data
0.3%	Shaker Financial Services, LLC	268,264	US$1.1m	2.33%	0.43%
0.24%	The Quarry LP	212,900	US$872.9k	0%	0.2%
0.23%	Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.	210,655	US$863.7k	9.16%	no data
0.22%	Raymond James Financial Inc., Asset Management Arm	196,490	US$805.6k	97.1%	no data
0.21%	Rockefeller & Co. LLC	189,699	US$777.7k	21%	no data
0.2%	RiverNorth Capital Management, LLC	179,801	US$737.2k	0%	0.04%
0.2%	Landscape Capital Management, LLC	178,484	US$731.8k	-79.1%	0.08%
0.16%	Readystate Asset Management LP	143,359	US$587.8k	-5.87%	0.06%
0.15%	Melfa Wealth Management, Inc.	135,946	US$557.4k	14.3%	0.38%
0.15%	Robinson Capital Management, LLC	133,050	US$545.5k	51.3%	0.22%
0.1%	Envestnet Asset Management, Inc.	93,647	US$383.9k	1.2%	no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/11 10:16
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/09 00:00
Earnings	2024/10/31
Annual Earnings	2024/04/30

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Western Asset High Income Fund II 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.