Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc.

NYSE:HYI Stock Report

Market Cap: US$266.6m

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Dividends and Buybacks

Dividend criteria checks 2/6

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 9.69%. Next payment date is on 2nd June, 2025 with an ex-dividend date of 22nd May, 2025.

Key information

9.7%

Dividend yield

n/a

Buyback Yield

Total Shareholder Yieldn/a
Future Dividend Yieldn/a
Dividend Growthn/a
Next dividend pay date02 Jun 25
Ex dividend date22 May 25
Dividend per sharen/a
Payout ration/a

Recent dividend and buyback updates

Recent updates

HYI: Term CEF Lacking A Matched Collateral Base

Jun 14

HYI: This High-Yielding Junk Bond Fund Could Be A Decent Holding

Mar 25

HYI: High Yield Fund With A ~9.6% Distribution Rate

Dec 22

HYI: No Leverage, No Problems

Sep 24

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund goes ex dividend tomorrow

Dec 20

HYI: When High Returns Are Not Forever

Nov 08

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund goes ex-dividend tomorrow

Oct 20

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund goes ex-dividend tomorrow

Sep 21

HYI: High Yield Fund, No Leverage, Attractive Monthly Distribution

Aug 29

Closed-End Funds HYI And UTF: Letting Valuation Guide Your Investing

Dec 31

HYI: Latest Report Shows The Impact Of Declining Rates

Aug 18

HYI: High Yield, No Leverage, Term Structure Fund Worth A Look

Jul 01

Upcoming Dividend Payment

TodayMay 12 2025Ex Dividend DateMay 22 2025Dividend Pay DateJun 02 202511 days from Ex DividendBuy in the next 10 days to receive the upcoming dividend

Stability and Growth of Payments

Fetching dividends data

Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if HYI's dividends per share have been stable in the past.

Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if HYI's dividend payments have been increasing.

Dividend Yield vs Market

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Dividend Yield vs Market
How does HYI dividend yield compare to the market?
SegmentDividend Yield
Company (HYI)9.7%
Market Bottom 25% (US)1.6%
Market Top 25% (US)4.8%
Industry Average (Capital Markets)2.1%
Analyst forecast (HYI) (up to 3 years)n/a

Notable Dividend: HYI's dividend (9.69%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.6%).

High Dividend: HYI's dividend (9.69%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.8%)

Earnings Payout to Shareholders

Earnings Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate HYI's payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.

Cash Payout to Shareholders

Cash Flow Coverage: Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as HYI has not reported any payouts.

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/12 07:55
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/09 00:00
EarningsN/A
Annual EarningsN/A

Data Sources

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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Western Asset High Yield Defined 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.