HIO — WESTERN ASSET HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

US equity
3.52 -0.28% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 3.48 · high 4.04

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Performance

1 day-0.28%
1 week-1.12%
1 month-1.40%
3 months-2.76%
6 months-7.12%
Year to date-4.61%
1 year-10.66%
3 years-7.37%
5 years-33.71%

Technicals

RSI 1448.0
vs 50-day avg-2.00%
vs 200-day avg-4.38%
Volatility 1y11.1%
Max drawdown 1y-13.86%
Avg volume 30d371.8K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)15.13%
Paid last 12m0.5325
Payments in 12m15
Paying since2016-01-20

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-04-13COLMAN CAROL L
Director
Open-market sale4.5K3.6616.5K
2025-07-14Mason Peter Daniel Charles
Director
Open-market purchase10.0K4.0240.2K
2025-06-02Sale Hillary A
Director
Open-market purchase5.2K3.8820.0K
2025-05-27GRILLO ANTHONY
Director
Open-market purchase3.0K3.8411.5K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
MORGAN STANLEY41.4M11.4M
Capital Investment Advisors, LLC9.2M2.5M
Invesco Ltd.4.9M1.4M
FCA CORP /TX4.4M1.2M
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN2.9M799.1K
Rareview Capital LLC2.8M691.6K
LPL Financial LLC2.7M752.0K
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC2.4M665.0K
UBS Group AG2.2M601.9K
Shaker Financial Services, LLC1.9M513.0K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d30.8% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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