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Western Asset High Income Fund II (HIX)

Taxable Bond Funds - High Yield Bond Funds

Data as of March 15, 2024
Current
Market Price $4.47 ( $0.00)
NAV (March 15, 2024) $4.68 ( $0.00)
Fund Listed NYSE
Premium / Discount -4.49% (-0.00%)
Fund Info
Inception May 22, 1998
Sponsor
Website https://www.franklinte...
Phone 1-888-777-0102
NAV Symbol XHGIX
Location New York
Incorporated Maryland (Subject to the Maryland Act)
Staggered Board Yes
Term Date N/A
Objective: Maximize current income; high yield debt securities of U.S. and foreign corporations and governments
Related Indexes
High Income Index
High Yield Bond Index
60/40 Balanced (w/ BDCs) Index
US Bond Index
Premium CEF/BDC Index
Capital & Leverage
Outstanding Shares 89,780,894
Total Assets (Reported: Oct. 31, 2023) $430M
Estimated Total Assets $582M
Net Assets $420M
Market Cap $401M
Portfolio Turnover 14.00%
Total Leverage 27.85%
Structural Leverage (out of total) 87.43%
Portfolio Leverage (out of total) 12.57%
Expense Ratio 3.68%
Non Lev Exp Ratio 1.29%
Rel Lev Cost 5.92%
Discount Data
Average Discount (3 Yr) -0.10%
Discount Low(3 Yr) -10.92%
Discount High(3 Yr) 7.94%
Discount Rel Range (3 Yr) 34.13%
Comp Discount 0.75
Discount St Dev (1Yr) 3.43
Z-Stat
Z-Stat (6mo) -0.78
Z-Stat (1Yr) -1.31
Z-Stat (3Yr) -1.13
Comp Z-Stat (6mo) -1.91
Comp Z-Stat (3Yr) -1.39
Distribution Data
Market Yield 13.15%
Income Yield 9.89%
Lev Adj NAV Yield 9.83%
Distribution Frequency M
Current Distribution $0.049
Current Income $0.037
Ex-Date 3/20/24
Payable Date 4/1/24
Div Growth (3yr) 0.00%
Dividend Change 1.0% on 2/19/20
Expected Div 5/20/24
RoC (1yr) 22.41%
RoC (3yr) 14.08%
Tax Dividend Data 2022 2020 - 2022
Income 90.5% 84.7%
ST Gains 0% 0%
QDI 0% 0%
LT Gains 0% 0%
RoC 9.5% 15.3%
Volume & Liquidity
Average Daily $ (K) $1,954
Avg Volume 30 day 626,548
Avg Volume 90 day 437,025
Volume Trend 43.37%
Comp Volume Trend 52.85%
Correlation & Volatility
Price Correlation (1yr)
vs. S&P 500 (TR)
54.0%
Price Correlation (1yr)
vs. CEFA's 12 Major CEF Sectors Index
75.0%
Price Correlation (1yr)
vs. CEFA's High Yield Bond Index
80.0%
Most Correlated Peer (Mk Pr): EAD 75.0%
NAV - Price Correlation (30 d) -72.9%
NAV - Price Correlation (90 d) 68.1%
NAV - Price Correlation (1 Yr) 70.7%
Price St Dev (1Yr) 18.7%
NAV St Dev (1Yr) 8.7%
Earnings
Earnings / Share (10/31/23) $0.038
Earn Coverage 76.73%
Earnings Trend Down
UNII / Share (10/31/23) $-0.131
Rel UNII -29.71
UNII Trend Down
Bond Specific Data
Maturity 8.13
Duration 5.48
Credit Rating (rbo) BB
Investment Grade 17.52%
Non Investment Grade 81.86%
Unrated Bonds 0.63%
Performance
NAV Beta (2yr)
vs. S&P 500 (TR)
0.78
NAV Beta (2yr)
vs. CEFA's 12 Major CEF Sectors Index
0.94
NAV Beta (2yr)
vs. CEFA's High Yield Bond Index
1.26

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