HIX — WESTERN ASSET HIGH INCOME FUND II INC.

US equity
3.94 +0.25% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 3.76 · high 4.40

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Performance

1 day+0.25%
1 week+0.25%
1 month-0.25%
3 months-0.51%
6 months-5.74%
Year to date-5.74%
1 year-9.01%
3 years-19.92%
5 years-48.23%

Technicals

RSI 1460.0
vs 50-day avg-0.16%
vs 200-day avg-2.80%
Volatility 1y14.1%
Max drawdown 1y-14.55%
Avg volume 30d338.9K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)19.95%
Paid last 12m0.7840
Payments in 12m16
Paying since2016-01-20

Measured signals that fired on HIX

datesignal measured base rate
2026-06-18Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2025-05-27GRILLO ANTHONY
Director
Open-market purchase2.5K4.1410.3K

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
UBS Group AG16.1M4.0M
MORGAN STANLEY6.5M1.6M
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN4.6M1.2M
Invesco Ltd.3.6M914.6K
GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC2.6M658.7K
OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC.2.5M639.5K
GraniteShares Advisors LLC2.4M595.7K
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC2.1M523.9K
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.2.0M512.1K
NWF Advisory Services Inc.1.8M456.4K

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, 90d45.2% 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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