profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund
$9.47-1.04% today
-21.2% in 1 year
1-year low $9.341-year high $12.02
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 $7.90 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 Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$23.3 million in 2022 to $14.3 million in 2025, with $13.7 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$18M
Free cash flow 2025$12M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$18M
Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund vs. similar companies
Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund | 7.9× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 33.8× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 48.5× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.5× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 71.1× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -23 | 14 | 17 | 14 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -23 | 14 | 17 | 14 | |
| -2.05 | 1.21 | 1.51 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 100.7% | 96.1% | 98.2% | 95.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 249 | 241 | 256 | 259 |
| Cash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Total debt | 93 | 100 | – | – |
| Total liabilities | 111 | 103 | 120 | 125 |
| 138 | 137 | 137 | 133 | |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -17.0% | 10.1% | 12.5% | 10.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 9 | 1 | 12 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 7 | 9 | 1 | 12 | |
| Dividends paid | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 |
| 1 | 0 | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 7.9×
- –
- –
- 1.0×
- 7.6×
- 9.1×
- –
- 11.0%
- 12.7%
- 13.6%
Profitability
- 91.4%
- 120.6%
- 95.7%
- 60.8%
- 7.5%
- 3.1%
- 10.2%
- 5.3%
- 14.3%
- –
Growth
- −0.2%
- –
- +1,114.4%
- −0.0%
- +0.8%
Financial health
- 12.3×
- 0.92
- 47.6%
- 2.6×
- 0.04
- 0.04
- 0.06
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 34%of 827
Top 16%of 876
Bottom 21%of 879
Top 23%of 926
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.52 | – | – |
| Nov 14, 2024 | 0.81 | – | – |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 0.71 | – | – |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.51 | – | – |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.27 | – | – |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.76 | – | – |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.48 | – | – |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.39 | – | – |
13.6%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$136a year at today's yield, before tax
−0.0%2020 to 2025
Raised3 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$3.32 in 2015 → $1.55 in 2025
How safe it looks
128.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 148.0%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
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Questions about Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund
Is Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity 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 Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund AI analysis
What does Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund do?
Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity 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 Western Asset Management Company and Western Asset Management Company Limited. It is in Asset Management.
Does Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 13.6% a year, about 128% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $17.6 million in dividends.
Is Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund stock halal?
Yes. Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund stock done over the past year?
Down 21.2% over the past twelve months, to $9.47. It traded between $9.34 and $12.02 and is 21.2% below its high.
Who are Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.