Western Asset Municipal Fund Fundamentals

MHF Fund  USD 7.53  0.06  0.80%   
Western Asset Municipal fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Western Asset's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Western Fund. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Western Asset's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Western Asset fund.
  
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Western Asset Municipal Fund Price To Book Analysis

Western Asset's Price to Book (P/B) ratio is used to relate a company book value to its current market price. A high P/B ratio indicates that investors expect executives to generate more returns on their investments from a given set of assets. Book value is the accounting value of assets minus liabilities.

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Current Western Asset Price To Book

    
  0.84 X  
Most of Western Asset's fundamental indicators, such as Price To Book, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Western Asset Municipal is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
Price to Book ratio is mostly used in financial services industries where assets and liabilities are typically represented by dollars. Although low Price to Book ratio generally implies that the firm is undervalued, it is often a good indicator that the company may be in financial or managerial distress and should be investigated more carefully.
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Based on the latest financial disclosure, Western Asset Municipal has a Price To Book of 0.84 times. This is much higher than that of the Financial Services family and significantly higher than that of the Asset Management category. The price to book for all United States funds is notably lower than that of the firm.

Western Asset Municipal Fundamental Drivers Relationships

Comparative valuation techniques use various fundamental indicators to help in determining Western Asset's current stock value. Our valuation model uses many indicators to compare Western Asset value to that of its competitors to determine the firm's financial worth. You can analyze the relationship between different fundamental ratios across Western Asset competition to find correlations between indicators driving Western Asset's intrinsic value. More Info.
Western Asset Municipal is number one fund in price to earning among similar funds. It also is number one fund in price to book among similar funds fabricating about  0.01  of Price To Book per Price To Earning. The ratio of Price To Earning to Price To Book for Western Asset Municipal is roughly  74.12 . Comparative valuation analysis is a catch-all technique that is used if you cannot value Western Asset by discounting back its dividends or cash flows. It compares the stock's price multiples to nearest competition to determine if the stock is relatively undervalued or overvalued.

Western Price To Book Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Western Asset's direct or indirect competition against its Price To Book to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the funds which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Western Asset could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Western Asset by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Western Asset is currently under evaluation in price to book among similar funds.

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About Western Asset Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Western Asset Municipal's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Western Asset using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Western Asset Municipal based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this fund, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund Inc. is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC. It is co-managed by Western Asset Management Company. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It invests primarily in intermediate and long-term municipal debt securities issued by state and local governments including U.S. territories and possessions, political subdivisions, agencies and public authorities. The fund seeks to invest in investment grade debt securities rated in one of the four highest rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index. The fund was formerly known as Municipal High Income Fund Inc. Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund Inc. was formed on November 28, 1988 and is domiciled in the United States.

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Western Asset financial ratios help investors to determine whether Western Fund is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Western with respect to the benefits of owning Western Asset security.
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