Western Asset Premier Bond Fund owns a diversified portfolio focused on investment-grade bonds. Interest supports shareholder payments, but rate changes and credit downgrades can still move bond prices and NAV.
Business
Credit and multi-sector income funds
Listing
WEA · New York Stock Exchange
Reporting period
2026-06-30
Dividend schedule
Monthly
How the business works
Investment-grade quality reduces some default risk without removing market risk. Coupon income after expenses is one measure; realized bond results and NAV show what happened to capital.
Extras are shown separately and are not assumed to repeat.
Reported earnings
Each measure shown separately, per share
Net investment income$0.40
Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026
$0.00$0.40
Distribution yield8.12%Sourced distributions divided by dated market priceReported annual income yield6.89%Reported net investment income $0.7600 per share for 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31, divided by approved 2025-12-31 market price $11.0300. Excludes capital gains; historical, not a current yield or forecast.Annual dividend$0.84Current regular payment annualized per share
Reported earnings and sources
Reported earnings for the latest four periods. Compare the same earnings measure across periods; different measures are not added together.
Cash distributions are the total paid per share during each reporting period, including any gains or return of capital. Period lengths may differ, so compare the dates before comparing amounts. Short periods are not annualized.
NAV change excludes distributions. Reported NAV total return includes reinvestment and is copied from the fund statement, not estimated by adding cash distributions to the NAV change.
Distribution and NAV evidence
Cash paid, opening and closing NAV, and the fund-reported NAV total return are separate observations. NAV change excludes distributions. These figures show outcomes, not which source funded a payment or whether future distributions are sustainable. Net investment income excludes investment gains and is not a payout-coverage ratio.
Fund net investment income per common share; actual reporting period, not annualized$0.4000
$0.00$0.40
For the first half of 2026, WEA reported $0.40 of net investment income per common share and $0.42 of common distributions. The two were close for that period, with a small difference to monitor rather than extrapolate.
Bond interest, less expenses and financing costs, is the central recurring income source. A declared distribution can include gains or return of capital as well as investment income; its amount is not an earnings figure.
The earnings available to shareholders depend on the cash generated by these activities after operating and financing costs. Portfolio gains, financing proceeds and recurring income should be evaluated separately.
The portfolio information checked September 11, 2026 reports effective leverage of 32.80%.
Financing can increase earning assets, but its cost reduces income available to common shareholders. When borrowing costs rise or portfolio income falls, the distribution can become harder to sustain.
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund reported $0.4000 per share for 2026-01-01 through 2026-06-30, measured as Fund net investment income per common share; actual reporting period, not annualized.
Actual per-share reporting period, without annualisation. Net investment income, realized gains, unrealized changes and cash distributions are different measures. This comparison is not the Fly High forward Dividend Coverage Ratio.
Losses or weaker cash generation in bond and loan companies can reduce the resources available for future distributions.
Watch for changes in the underlying exposure and the next reported results before treating the current payment as evidence of continuing earnings support.
A maintained payment can exceed investment results. Review NAV and reported income together rather than treating distribution yield as total return.
Watch for changes in the underlying exposure and the next reported results before treating the current payment as evidence of continuing earnings support.
Look at the next matching income and cash totals, interest-rate exposure, downgrades, financing and NAV.
Net asset value (NAV)
NAV per share$10.66Sep 29, 2026Market price$9.94Sep 29, 2026PREMIUM / DISCOUNT TO NAV6.75% discountCalculated from the displayed same-date values.
NAV is the fund's assets minus liabilities, divided by shares outstanding. All values are USD per share.
CEFConnect current common-share NAV and closing market price, both dated 2026-09-29. The published premium or discount agrees with the calculation within source rounding. Older audited NAV history remains unchanged.
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U.S. federal · Tax year 2025
Dividend tax treatment
The 2025 distributions were mainly ordinary dividends, with a return-of-capital portion. The company rounded the category amounts, so the mix shown here is approximate.
This company information is a guide, not your personal tax statement. Use your Form 1099-DIV when you file.
Total ordinary dividends
90.77%
Qualified dividends
Not confirmed
Capital-gain distributions
0%
Return of capital
9.23%
Tax year: 2025. Total distributions: $0.84 per share.
Tax details and source
Total ordinary dividends (includes qualified)
90.77%
Section 199A portion (within ordinary dividends)
Not confirmed
Exempt-interest distributions
0%
Reporting form
Form 1099-DIV
Source date
Not stated
Qualified dividends are included in total ordinary dividends. Section 199A is a separate designation within ordinary dividends, not extra income or qualified dividend income.
Your account type, holding period and circumstances affect treatment. Use your broker’s tax statement for filing. Return of capital generally reduces cost basis; amounts beyond basis can be taxable. IRS dividend guidance.
