profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Western Asset Diversified Income Fund
$11.41-0.09% today
-21.2% in 1 year
1-year low $11.381-year high $14.48
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 $8.27 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 Diversified Income Fund sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$178 million in 2022 to $72.5 million in 2025, with $71.6 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Western Asset Diversified Income Fund handed back 98% of the cash it generated last year.
$91M
Free cash flow 2025$92M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$91M
Cash vs. debt$15M vs. $364M
Western Asset Diversified Income Fund vs. similar companies
Western Asset Diversified Income Fund grows the slowest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Asset Diversified Income Fund | 8.3× · Cheap | ||
 Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 36.9× · Expensive | ||
 Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund | 6.9× · Cheap | ||
 Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund | 6.7× · Cheap | ||
 PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund | 8.6× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Western Asset Diversified Income 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -178 | 126 | 72 | 72 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -179 | 125 | 70 | 72 | |
| -3.46 | 2.41 | 1.36 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 100.8% | 98.8% | 97.8% | 98.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,149 | 1,192 | 1,169 | 1,148 |
| Cash | 8 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Total debt | 358 | 358 | 358 | 364 |
| Total liabilities | 385 | 387 | 385 | 391 |
| 763 | 805 | 784 | 757 | |
| 52 | 52 | 52 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -23.5% | 15.5% | 9.0% | 9.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 92 | 89 | 92 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 80 | 92 | 89 | 92 | |
| Dividends paid | 75 | 84 | 91 | 91 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 8.3×
- –
- –
- 0.0×
- 8.2×
- 6.4×
- –
- 15.6%
- 12.1%
- 13.0%
Profitability
- 78.8%
- 77.9%
- 98.8%
- 77.9%
- 6.4%
- 1.6%
- 9.3%
- 6.2%
- 6.4%
- –
Growth
- −24.3%
- –
- +3.9%
- –
- –
Financial health
- 4.9×
- 0.48
- 31.7%
- 3.7×
- 0.62
- 0.62
- 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 40%of 850
Top 6%of 733
Top 18%of 865
Bottom 6%of 861
Top 15%of 920
13.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$130a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised4 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.59 in 2021 → $1.93 in 2025
How safe it looks
126.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 98.4%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
56No pass
Benjamin Graham
72Pass
Philip Fisher
68Pass
Peter Lynch
57No pass
Joel Greenblatt
33No pass
Charlie Munger
60Pass
Terry Smith
52No pass
Questions about Western Asset Diversified Income Fund
Is Western Asset Diversified Income Fund a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. 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 Diversified Income Fund AI analysis
What does Western Asset Diversified Income Fund do?
Western Asset Diversified Income Fund operates as a closed-end management investment company, which engages in seeking high current income and secondary investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. It is in Asset Management - Income.
Does Western Asset Diversified Income Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 13.0% a year, about 127% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $90.8 million in dividends.
Is Western Asset Diversified Income Fund stock halal?
No. Western Asset Diversified Income Fund does not pass our halal screen: its main business, interest-based asset management, is not permitted. How we check
How has Western Asset Diversified Income Fund stock done over the past year?
Down 21.2% over the past twelve months, to $11.41. It traded between $11.38 and $14.48 and is 21.2% below its high.
Who are Western Asset Diversified Income Fund's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund, Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Western Asset Diversified Income Fund's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.