# Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (HIO) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $3.46, market value $323 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 11.5×** (5-yr avg 9.2×, 3-yr avg 9.2×). Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. trades at 11.5× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 9.2×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 12.1×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 12.1×, a level that requires very high margins or very fast growth to justify.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 8.7%**. The inverse of the P/E: 8.7% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 98.1%**. 98.1% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 6.7%**. 6.7% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 6.5%**. Each dollar of assets produces 6.5% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -45.2%**. Revenue fell 45.2% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -45.1%**. Earnings per share fell 45.1%, roughly in step with revenue.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 12.31%** ($0.43 per share, trailing). Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. yields 12.31%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 3**. 3 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 1.9%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has grown 1.9% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -2.3%** (YTD -0.1%, 3-mo -1.1%). The shares are down 2.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -14.6%** (0.0% above the low). Trading 15% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 35**. An RSI of 35 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.37** (volatility 11%). Beta of 0.37 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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