profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund
$9.64+0.00% today
-13.0% in 1 year
1-year low $9.571-year high $11.32
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 $8.26 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 Premier Bond Fund sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$26.9 million in 2022 to $14.1 million in 2025, with $13.8 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund handed back 94% of the cash it generated last year.
$10M
Free cash flow 2025$11M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$10M
Cash vs. debt$71,864 vs. $65M
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund vs. similar companies
Western Asset Premier Bond 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Asset Premier Bond Fund | 8.3× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond | 11.2× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock Core Bond | 11.5× · Cheap | ||
 Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund | 4.6× · Cheap | ||
 PGIM High Yield Bond Fund | 6.7× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Western Asset Premier Bond 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -27 | 13 | 7 | 14 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -27 | 12 | 6 | 14 | |
| -2.30 | 1.04 | 0.53 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 101.3% | 97.3% | 96.6% | 97.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 203 | 186 | 202 | 203 |
| Cash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total debt | 69 | 49 | 66 | 65 |
| Total liabilities | 70 | 50 | 70 | 67 |
| 133 | 136 | 132 | 136 | |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -20.5% | 9.1% | 4.8% | 10.2% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 29 | -7 | 11 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 11 | 29 | -7 | 11 | |
| Dividends paid | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 8.3×
- –
- –
- 0.9×
- 8.1×
- 10.8×
- –
- 9.3%
- 12.1%
- 7.9%
Profitability
- 95.4%
- 102.6%
- 97.9%
- 60.8%
- 7.4%
- 0.9%
- 10.2%
- 6.8%
- 7.6%
- –
Growth
- +5.3%
- –
- +165.4%
- +1.2%
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 7.3×
- 0.48
- 32.2%
- 4.4×
- 0.62
- 0.62
- 0.07
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 38%of 667
Top 20%of 903
Bottom 40%of 911
Top 27%of 939
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 | 0.61 | – | – |
| May 22, 2025 | 0.43 | – | – |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 0.10 | – | – |
| May 22, 2024 | 0.34 | – | – |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.18 | – | – |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.12 | – | – |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -1.27 | – | – |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -0.01 | – | – |
7.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$79a year at today's yield, before tax
+1.2%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.08 in 2015 → $0.84 in 2025
How safe it looks
72.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 93.7%
News
Western Union purchase of Intermex gets conditional California approvalSeeking Alpha · Nov 11, 2026Insider trades
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
2/7Passes 2 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
47No pass
Benjamin Graham
70Pass
Philip Fisher
55No pass
Peter Lynch
68Pass
Joel Greenblatt
36No pass
Charlie Munger
49No pass
Terry Smith
40No pass
Questions about Western Asset Premier Bond Fund
Is Western Asset Premier Bond Fund a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 2 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 Premier Bond Fund AI analysis
What does Western Asset Premier Bond Fund do?
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Western Asset Management Company. The fund is co-managed by Western Asset Management Company Limited, Western Asset Management Company Pte. It is in Asset Management - Bonds.
Does Western Asset Premier Bond Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 7.9% a year, about 72% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $9.97 million in dividends.
Is Western Asset Premier Bond Fund stock halal?
No. Western Asset Premier Bond Fund does not pass our halal screen: its main business, interest-based asset management, is not permitted. How we check
How has Western Asset Premier Bond Fund stock done over the past year?
Down 13.0% over the past twelve months, to $9.64. It traded between $9.57 and $11.32 and is 14.8% below its high.
Who are Western Asset Premier Bond Fund's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond, BlackRock Core Bond, Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund and PGIM High Yield Bond Fund. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Western Asset Premier Bond Fund's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.