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Western Asset High Yield is listed at the NYSE Exchange
Western Asset High Yield [HYI]
NYSE Sector: Financial Services Industry:Asset Management

Is Western Asset High Yield stock a buy?

What Is The Conclusion?

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Interesting Questions and Easy Answers!

Yes, Western Asset High Yield pays dividends. Last time was Monday 3rd of March 2025 where the investors holding the stock on Friday 21st of February 2025 were paid $0.095 per share. Over the last 171 times between 2010 and 2025, Western Asset High Yield has paid $18.4415 with an average of $0.11 per share.

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We cannot find data for Western Asset High Yield 10 years ago, but if you had invested on Friday 22nd of November 2019 when the price was $15.24, you would have made a loss of $-3.16 per share or -20.73%

No, the average daily trading liquidity for Western Asset High Yield is $51 657 thousand. Trading in stocks with this little trading liquidity is very dangerous, and you can get into a situation where it will be hard to trade your stocks. In addition, these types of stocks usually have very high volatility.

Western Asset High Yield has no real debt, which is good in periods of high inflation. Western Asset High Yield has a very good net profit margin of 344.23% and should have very high tolerances against inflation.

We have calculated the inflation risk for Western Asset High Yield to be low [0.3 of 1]

US inflation for August 2024 was 0.19%. Over the last 12 months, the US inflation is 2.59%. The 10-year treasury yield that indicates the future interest level is currently 4.41 and is up 0.05 over the last 30 days.