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Updated: Sep 27, 2026
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Western Asset Premier

NYSE:WEA·Stock Analysis Report
Day Range
$9.61 - $9.67
Market Cap
126.13M
P/E Ratio
11.8916
Avg Value
$10.47
Year Range
$9.52 - $11.42
$9.64$0.00 (0.00%)
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General Information
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund is a diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide current income and capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of investment-grade bonds.

The fund invests in bonds of companies operating in different sectors, such as financials, energy, telecommunication services, consumer discretionary, healthcare, materials, information technology, and consumer staples.

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Western Asset Premier (WEA) Stock Graph
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How We Grade Western Asset Premier (WEA)

We grade stocks based on past performance, their future growth potential, intrinsic value, dividend history, and overall financial health.

The chart below shows how we grade Western Asset Premier (WEA) across the board compared to its closest peers.

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Benzinga Edge Rankings

Benzinga Edge stock rankings give you four critical scores to help you identify the strongest and weakest stocks to buy and sell.

30.69

Growth measures a stock's combined historical expansion in earnings and revenue across multiple time periods, with emphasis on both long-term trends and recent performance.

Momentum measures a stock's relative strength based on its price movement patterns and volatility over multiple timeframes, ranked as a percentile against other stocks.

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Past Performance
How has Western Asset Premier (WEA) performed over the past 5 years?

The two main factors that we consider when analyzing past performance is overall return and volatility

Using these two metrics, we can determine if this stock gave its investors enough return for the risk that they took on by owning it. This is measured by the sharpe ratio, which has been used as a primary measure of risk/reward trade-off for almost 60 years.

This ratio can be interpreted as the amount of return an investor has received for the amount of risk that they took on by owning the stock over that timeframe.

Western Asset Premier (WEA) sharpe ratio over the past 5 years is -1.2695 which is considered to be below average compared to the peer average of 0.0000