Who owns Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc.?
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Institutional ownership of HYI from SEC Form 13F filings across 46 reporting managers. All positions are from one synchronized reporting period — 2026-06-30 books, filed up to 45 days after quarter end — so every row is comparable.
As of the 2026-06-30 reporting period, 46 institutions disclosed 4.1M shares of Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. worth $43.1M — about 22.7% of shares outstanding; the largest disclosed holder is RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC. Source: SEC Form 13F filings, parsed by EvidInvest.
46
13F holders
$43.1M
value, 2026 filers
22.7%
of shares outstanding (4.1M sh)
6
new positions (2026 filers)
Top institutional holders
ordered by shares owned · positions as of 2026-06-30 · % of fund = share of the manager's own book · % of co. = share of HYI's shares outstanding
| # | Manager | Shares | Value | % of fund | % of co. | Δ shares QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | 517,162 | $5.5M | 0.0% | 2.9% | -1.8% |
| 2 | GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC | 385,512 | $4.1M | 0.0% | 2.2% | -3.4% |
| 3 | Shaker Financial Services, LLC | 329,087 | $3.5M | 1.1% | 1.8% | +20.3% |
| 4 | Uncommon Cents Investing LLC | 307,820 | $3.3M | 0.7% | 1.7% | +4.2% |
| 5 | Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLCNEW | 267,803 | $2.8M | 0.0% | 1.5% | new |
| 6 | ABSOLUTE INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC | 245,966 | $2.6M | 0.3% | 1.4% | 0.0% |
| 7 | WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | 231,288 | $2.5M | 0.0% | 1.3% | -2.4% |
| 8 | Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 175,019 | $1.9M | 0.0% | 1% | +0.7% |
| 9 | SIT INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES INCNEW | 173,430 | $1.8M | 0.0% | 1% | new |
| 10 | 1607 Capital Partners, LLC | 166,567 | $1.8M | 0.2% | 0.9% | -12.5% |
| 11 | MORGAN STANLEY | 115,647 | $1.2M | 0.0% | 0.6% | -0.8% |
| 12 | Pathstone Holdings, LLCNEW | 108,501 | $1.2M | 0.0% | 0.6% | new |
| 13 | Quarry LP | 98,077 | $1.0M | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| 14 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | 92,187 | $979,949 | 0.0% | 0.5% | -0.3% |
| 15 | Capital Investment Advisors, LLC | 83,799 | $890,785 | 0.0% | 0.5% | -7.7% |
| 16 | TFB Advisors LLC | 83,538 | $888,009 | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| 17 | Logan Stone Capital, LLC | 73,932 | $785,897 | 0.2% | 0.4% | -18.1% |
| 18 | E&G Advisors, LLC | 63,131 | $671,083 | 0.1% | 0.4% | -0.1% |
| 19 | JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP | 60,774 | $640,554 | 0.0% | 0.3% | +40.3% |
| 20 | CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | 58,109 | $617,699 | 0.0% | 0.3% | -22.0% |
| 21 | Everstar Asset Management, LLC | 44,105 | $468,836 | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 22 | LPL Financial LLC | 39,765 | $422,703 | 0.0% | 0.2% | +2.7% |
| 23 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | 36,739 | $390,537 | 0.0% | 0.2% | +9.3% |
| 24 | Invesco Ltd. | 30,896 | $328,424 | 0.0% | 0.2% | -45.7% |
| 25 | RVW Wealth, LLC | 27,623 | $293,632 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Source: SEC Form 13F-HR filings (institutional managers over $100M in US-listed positions). 13Fs disclose long positions only, up to 45 days after quarter end; each manager's latest filed quarter is shown per row and dollar values are the manager's filed marks. Aggregates labeled "2026 filers" count only managers whose latest book is a 2026 quarter. Related: valuation · options positioning · supply chain. Research, not investment advice.