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Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest, by GRILLO ANTHONY, was filed 28 May 2025.
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc.: what insiders have been doing
This page follows insider dealings at Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. as filed with SEC (Form 4), a company from the Finance & Banking sector. Nothing new has been filed by managers of Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. in twelve months, the latest record being from 28 May 2025.
Our records for Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. go back to 2007, with 5 purchases and 8 sales on the open market in total.
Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.
Insider Decl.
13
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€76,561
5 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€208,470
8 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleAnthony Grillo1 buy
Since the insiders bought
- +11.4%Entry US$9.59 · Close at T+365 US$10.68
- +9.3%Entry US$17.75 · Close at T+365 US$19.40
- -2.7%Entry US$17.15 · Close at T+365 US$16.69
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$9.45
Analyst consensus
Income statement
RevenueUS$102.5M
Net incomeUS$101.1M138.0% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)6.0x
P/Book0.8x
Beta0.86
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$549.3M
Total debtUS$238.8M
Free Cash FlowUS$26.2M
Debt / Equity36%
Profitability & ownership
ROE14.5%
ROA4.1%
% insiders0.0%
% institutions43.9%
Last declaration on 28 May 2025
Declarations13 total
1,250 shares@ US$9.65100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000914851-25-000092:0
Canonical exit: 25 Aug 2025 (T+90)
4,100 shares@ US$12.835100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000914851-22-000006:0
3,000 shares@ US$13.5541.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000914851-20-000368:0
2,640 shares@ US$14.6447.2% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000914851-20-000008:0
2,000 shares@ US$14.6135.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000914851-20-000006:0
1,000 shares@ US$14.3317.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000914851-20-000002:0
2,500 shares@ US$13.8728.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000914851-19-000283:0
1,160 shares@ US$13.5015.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000914851-18-000241:0
1,250 shares@ US$17.60Common StockSEC:0001140361-10-029298:0
Canonical exit: 7 Oct 2010 (T+90)
1,750 shares@ US$17.44Common StockSEC:0001140361-10-007660:0
Canonical exit: 18 May 2010 (T+90)
1,174 shares@ US$10.58Common StockSEC:0000893750-09-000093:0
1,000 shares@ US$16.93Common StockSEC:0001346081-07-000050:0
Canonical exit: 19 Nov 2007 (T+90)
1,000 shares@ US$17.63Common StockSEC:0001240631-07-000004:0
Canonical exit: 30 Apr 2007 (T+90)
13 of 13 declarations
About Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc.
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. is a U.S.-listed closed-end investment company focused on emerging markets debt. The fund was incorporated in Maryland on April 16, 2003, and it trades on the NYSE in the United States, according to its SEC filings. For French-, Belgian- and Swiss-based investors, it should be viewed as a specialist fixed-income vehicle rather than a broad-market equity play: its mandate is to provide targeted exposure to sovereign, quasi-sovereign and, depending on conditions, corporate debt issued in emerging market countries. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227862/000113322825001572/waemd-efp14255_ncsr.htm?utm_source=openai))
The fund’s primary objective is to seek high current income, with capital appreciation as a secondary objective. Its portfolio generally consists of U.S. dollar-denominated and non-U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities issued by emerging-market borrowers. The investment process combines qualitative assessments and quantitative models to evaluate economic, political, currency, and market conditions, followed by traditional credit analysis to select individual securities. This makes the fund a specialized active manager within the emerging-markets debt universe, rather than a passive benchmark-tracking product. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227862/000113322826002720/waemdfi-efp22557_ncsr.htm?utm_source=openai))
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Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. operates within the Western Asset / Franklin Templeton platform, which gives it access to a long-established fixed-income research and portfolio-management franchise. In practical terms, the competitive edge of such a fund tends to come from country allocation, duration management, curve positioning, spread selection, and the ability to manage currency and macro risk across a volatile asset class. Its closed-end structure also matters: market price can diverge materially from net asset value, creating opportunities and risks that investors should monitor closely. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227862/000113322826002720/waemdfi-efp22557_ncsr.htm?utm_source=openai))
A notable feature of the fund is its managed monthly distribution policy. For income-oriented investors, this supports a more predictable cash-flow profile, but it can also affect NAV if distributions exceed ordinary income and realized gains over time. The latest annual and semi-annual reports indicate that the fund continues to operate under this framework, with ongoing board oversight and regular SEC reporting. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227862/000113322826002720/waemdfi-efp22557_ncsr.htm?utm_source=openai))
Recent developments suggest a constructive backdrop in 2025. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2025, the fund reported a 17.50% return on NAV and a 23.22% return based on its NYSE market price, outperforming its EMBI Global Diversified benchmark over the same period. That performance points to favorable conditions for emerging-markets sovereign and credit spreads, while also highlighting the fund’s active management approach and sensitivity to market pricing. The filings published in early 2026 confirm continuity of the strategy, fee framework, and distribution policy. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1227862/000113322826002720/waemdfi-efp22557_ncsr.htm?utm_source=openai))
