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EMD

WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC.

Next earnings Aug 24, 2026

Sell
$10.80
▲ +0.75%
$10.80▲ +20.46%
over 1Y
L $8.97EODHDH $10.90
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+0.7%
1W+1.5%
1M+2.9%
3M+14.3%
YTD+4.9%
1Y+20.5%
OverviewValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Sell
Quality
A+
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Clean
Sell
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)

Mixed signals in the latest filings.

WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC. shows limited reported revenue.

On these fundamentals, EMD screens as SELL on the SEC figures.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$607M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales—
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield—
FCF yield—

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)—
Free cash flow—
Total debt—
Net cash—

Capital returns

Buyback yield—
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield—

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Routine disclosure cadence — no material red flags in recent filings.
  1. DEF 14A Proxy statement2025-09-16
  2. 8-K Charter / bylaws change2024-11-20
  3. DEF 14A Proxy statement2024-09-17
  4. DEF 14A Proxy statement2023-09-13
  5. DEF 14A Proxy statement2022-09-14
  6. DEF 14A Proxy statement2021-09-15
  7. 8-K Charter / bylaws change2020-08-18
  8. DEF 14A Proxy statement2020-04-16
  9. 8-K Charter / bylaws change2020-04-02

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
N-2Filing2026-06-30open ↗NPORT-PPeriod ending 2026-03-312026-05-28open ↗SCHEDULE 13G/AFiling2026-05-12open ↗3Period ending 2025-12-012026-04-07open ↗N-CENPeriod ending 2025-12-312026-03-11open ↗N-CSRPeriod ending 2025-12-312026-03-02open ↗NPORT-PPeriod ending 2025-12-312026-02-23open ↗40-17GFiling2025-12-19open ↗NPORT-PPeriod ending 2025-09-302025-11-25open ↗SCHEDULE 13G/AFiling2025-11-07open ↗DEF 14APeriod ending 2025-10-172025-09-16open ↗3Period ending 2025-04-292025-08-28open ↗

Quality score

A+
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
Value—
Growth—
Profitability—
Financial health—
MomentumA+
9.0252-week10.80
Revenue
—
Net margin
—
ROE
—
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals

Frequently asked

Is WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC. (EMD) a buy?
EMD currently carries a Sell rating with 2/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Mixed signals in the latest filings.
What is WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC.'s quality score?
EMD scores 90.55019022534391/100 (grade A+) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001227862, latest N-2 filed 2026-06-30) · EODHD · as of 7/1/2026, 12:40:33 AM.

Research and education only — not financial advice. EDGAR is not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer and gives no personalized advice. Every call is impersonal — identical for all users, generated on a schedule from SEC filings plus a delayed/third-party price feed — may be wrong or out of date, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities EDGAR rates; see Disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do your own research.

Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2025-05-27
GRILLO ANTHONY
Director
Buy1.25K @ $9.65$12.1K
2022-01-05
CRONIN DANIEL P
Director
Sell4.10K @ $12.84$52.6K
2020-12-10
CRONIN DANIEL P
Director
Sell3.00K @ $13.55$40.6K
2020-01-09
HUTCHINSON WILLIAM R
Director
Sell2.64K @ $14.64$38.7K
2020-01-06
HUTCHINSON WILLIAM R
Director
Sell2.00K @ $14.61$29.2K
2020-01-02
HUTCHINSON WILLIAM R
Director
Sell1.00K @ $14.33$14.3K
2019-10-29
CRONIN DANIEL P
Director
Sell2.50K @ $13.87$34.7K
2018-09-19
HUTCHINSON WILLIAM R
Director
Sell1.16K @ $13.50$15.7K

Dividends

Monthly
Yield (TTM)
12.3%
Annual / share
$1.33
Last ex-date
2026-08-24
Last amount
$0.10
ex 2026-08-24paid 2026-08-31$0.10
ex 2026-07-24paid 2026-07-31$0.10
ex 2026-06-23paid 2026-06-30$0.10
ex 2026-05-21paid 2026-05-29$0.10
ex 2026-04-23paid 2026-04-30$0.10
ex 2026-03-24paid 2026-03-31$0.10

Source: EODHD. Yield = trailing-12-month dividends ÷ price.

Recent news

market news →
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund declares $0.095 dividendBullish
seekingalpha.com· 2026-05-14
Cash Dividend On The Way From Western Asset Emerging Markets Income Fund (EMD)Bullish
nasdaq.com· 2026-03-20
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund declares $0.095 dividendBullish
seekingalpha.com· 2025-11-21
Franklin Templeton Closed-End Funds Announce Share Repurchases for the Fourth Quarter of 2023Bullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2024-01-17
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. (EMD or "the Fund"; CUSIP: 95766A101) Announces Notification of Sources of DistributionsBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2023-12-29
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. (EMD or "the Fund"; CUSIP: 95766A101) Announces Notification of Sources of DistributionsBullish
finance.yahoo.com· 2023-12-01

Vs tracked universe

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1192 tracked peers · median

EDGAR Score91 vs 67
Revenue growth— vs 7.5%
Net margin— vs 10.0%
Return on equity— vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 25.7