Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (HYI) To Go Ex-Dividend on October 23rd

Posted by Francis Steltz on Aug 7th, 2026

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE:HYI – Get Free Report) announced a monthly dividend on Wednesday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 23rd will be paid a dividend of 0.095 per share on Friday, October 30th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 10.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 23rd.

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Trading Down 0.4%

NYSE:HYI opened at $10.50 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $10.56 and a two-hundred day moving average of $10.79. Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund has a 12 month low of $10.35 and a 12 month high of $12.13.

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Company Profile

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Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund, Inc (NYSE: HYI) is a diversified closed-end management investment company that seeks to provide shareholders with a high level of current income and the potential for capital appreciation. Organized under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the fund pursues its objective by investing primarily in below-investment-grade fixed income securities, including high yield corporate debt, convertible bonds and other credit instruments. Its portfolio may also include unrated debt securities that the adviser deems to be of comparable quality.

Under normal market conditions, the fund allocates at least 80% of its managed assets to high yield securities issued by U.S.