# Western Asset Diversified Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (WDI) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $12.64, market value $656 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 11.6×** (5-yr avg 7.4×, 3-yr avg 7.4×). Western Asset Diversified Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest trades at 11.6× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 7.4×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 9.1×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 9.1×.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 14.1%** (5-yr avg 16.1%). Free cash flow equals 14.1% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 16.1%. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 8.6%**. The inverse of the P/E: 8.6% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 98.8%**. 98.8% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 9.5%**. 9.5% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 6.2%**. Each dollar of assets produces 6.2% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 0.8%**. Revenue grew 0.8% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 1.5%**. Earnings per share rose 1.5%, roughly in step with revenue.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 4.8%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 4.8% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.
- **Cash and short-term investments: $15 million**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 14.10%** ($1.78 per share, trailing). Western Asset Diversified Income Fund Common Shares of Beneficial Interest yields 14.10%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 127%** (98% of free cash flow). The dividend exceeds earnings (127% payout), though free cash flow still covers it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 5**. 5 straight years of increases.
- **Shareholder yield: 14.1%**. Dividends plus net buybacks return 14.1% of the market value a year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -5.5%** (YTD -2.2%, 3-mo -2.2%). The shares are down 5.5% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -17.3%** (0.3% above the low). Trading 17% 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): 27**. An RSI of 27 is oversold; bounces are common, but oversold can stay oversold in a real decline.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.34** (volatility 10%). Beta of 0.34 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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