HYI — Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund Inc.

US equity
10.46 -0.29% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 10.38 · high 12.09

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Performance

1 day-0.29%
1 week-0.66%
1 month-0.38%
3 months-0.48%
6 months-6.10%
Year to date-6.19%
1 year-12.83%
3 years-10.90%
5 years-34.09%

Technicals

RSI 1452.0
vs 50-day avg-0.76%
vs 200-day avg-3.66%
Volatility 1y7.6%
Max drawdown 1y-14.14%
Avg volume 30d57.6K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)13.62%
Paid last 12m1.4250
Payments in 12m15
Paying since2016-01-20

Measured signals that fired on HYI

datesignal measured base rate
2026-06-11Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-04-16Short 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 purchase1.0K11.7111.7K

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
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC5.6M526.8K
GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC4.3M399.1K
Uncommon Cents Investing LLC3.2M295.5K
Shaker Financial Services, LLC2.9M273.6K
ABSOLUTE INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC2.6M246.0K
WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC2.5M236.9K
1607 Capital Partners, LLC2.0M190.3K
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.1.9M173.8K
MORGAN STANLEY1.2M116.6K
Quarry LP1.0M98.1K

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, 90d33.3% 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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