profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund
$6.92+1.02% today
-16.9% in 1 year
1-year low $6.741-year high $8.65
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $7.51 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$50.3 million in 2022 to $16.8 million in 2025, with $15.5 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $25M$16M
Free cash flow 2025$20M
Bought back its own shares$25M
Paid as dividends$16M
Cash vs. debt$782,148 vs. $76M
Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund vs. similar companies
Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund | 7.5× · Cheap | ||
 PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund | 8.9× · Cheap | ||
 Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 39.0× · Expensive | ||
 Reaves Utility Income Fund | 4.1× · Cheap | ||
 Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund | 7.0× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -50 | 10 | 32 | 17 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -53 | 7 | 30 | 15 | |
| -3.14 | 0.43 | 1.77 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 104.9% | 76.9% | 93.6% | 92.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 267 | 257 | 272 | 258 |
| Cash | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Total debt | 61 | 61 | 61 | 76 |
| Total liabilities | 117 | 116 | 117 | 104 |
| 150 | 141 | 154 | 154 | |
| 17 | 17 | 17 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -35.1% | 5.2% | 19.2% | 10.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 18 | 22 | 20 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 27 | 18 | 22 | 20 | |
| Dividends paid | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| 10 | – | – | 25 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 7.5×
- –
- –
- 0.9×
- 6.9×
- 5.8×
- –
- 17.3%
- 13.3%
- 12.2%
Profitability
- 52.9%
- 102.7%
- 92.0%
- 102.7%
- -908.9%
- 0.9%
- 10.2%
- 6.0%
- 11.3%
- –
Growth
- +32.6%
- –
- −67.2%
- +2.5%
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 4.9×
- 0.66
- 39.2%
- 8.4×
- –
- –
- 0.08
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 14%of 866
Top 14%of 862
Top 13%of 921
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2024 | 1.11 | – | – |
| Apr 12, 2024 | -0.32 | – | – |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 0.76 | – | – |
| Oct 30, 2022 | -1.10 | – | – |
| Apr 29, 2022 | -2.04 | – | – |
| Oct 30, 2021 | -0.14 | – | – |
| Apr 29, 2021 | 0.88 | – | – |
| Oct 30, 2020 | 1.25 | – | – |
12.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$122a year at today's yield, before tax
+2.5%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.90 in 2015 → $0.96 in 2025
How safe it looks
104.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 80.3%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
Not enough data
Questions about Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund
Is Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund AI analysis
What does Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund do?
Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund Inc. is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC. The fund is co-managed by Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC. It invests in fixed income markets. It is in Asset Management - Income.
Does Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 12.2% a year, about 104% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $16.1 million in dividends.
Is Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund stock halal?
No. Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund does not pass our halal screen: its main business, interest-based asset management, is not permitted. How we check
How has Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund stock done over the past year?
Down 16.9% over the past twelve months, to $6.92. It traded between $6.74 and $8.65 and is 20.0% below its high.
Who are Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund, Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund, Reaves Utility Income Fund and Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Legg Mason BW Global Income Opportunities Fund's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.