Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund (MHF): fair value, margin of safety and Wheel Score

Is MHF undervalued?

At 6.44 (close of 5 Nov 2026), MHF trades 19% under the GLS average fair value of 7.97. 3 of the 7 models that produced a value land above the price. A discount of this size counts as a positive margin of safety in every GLS scan; whether it is enough depends on the rest of the picture - the health score, the moat and the option premium below.

There is a wide gap between DCF (1.97) and Graham Growth (21.07). When the models are this far apart the "fair value" is really a range, and the margin of safety above should be read with that range in mind.

MHF looks like a fund, note or preferred share rather than an operating company, so the nightly engine files it under Fund / Note: the valuation models are not built for it, and its Wheel Score is capped at 45.

Nine valuation models for MHF

Each model turns the latest filed numbers into a value per share; the GLS fair value is the simple average of the ones that produce a positive number. The last two rows are shown for reference and never enter the average. The Quote page lets you switch any model off and add your own margin of safety.

Quality and financial health

Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund scores 5 of 9 on the Piotroski F-score: a middling result that falls one point short of the "Piotroski 6 or more" Wheel Trade Filter. Some of the nine tests on profitability, leverage and efficiency are failed, so the accounts are worth a look before selling a put on the name. There is no GLS Moat score for MHF: funds, notes and second share lines get none, and so does a company with fewer than two years of accounts on file. The Moat part of the Wheel Score is zero.

Returns on capital are thin or negative - ROIC 2.3%, ROE 2.4%, ROA 2.3% - with debt at 0.02 times equity and negative free cash flow.

The dividend yield is high at 6.34% (payout ratio 0%). A yield this size is often the market's way of pricing a risk to the payout, so the health score and cash flow matter more than usual.

Institutional ownership scores 3/10, insider activity 5/10 and Congressional trading 5/10 on the GLS smart-money scales.

Wheel Score 21: No options

No options are listed on Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund in our nightly snapshot, so it fails the first Wheel Trade Filter (options that actually trade) (it reads 21, under 70) and is left out of every options scan; the fair value and health figures above are still useful for a plain stock position.

Volume runs at 48k shares a day on a market cap of $143M, with a beta of 0.45 - a low beta, so day-to-day moves are smaller than the market's; the Stability part of the Wheel Score rates that fair.

The Wheel Score ranks ~7,400 US stocks for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls: a stock must pass all 9 Wheel Trade Filters to score 70, and the score then ranks the ones that pass; the Sunday Scan is the top 10. It is updated nightly and is not a recommendation. How the Wheel Score works · the walkthrough lesson shows how it fits into a trade, start to finish.

Upcoming events

No upcoming earnings date is recorded for MHF in the nightly calendar. The shares go ex-dividend on 20 Nov 2026 (0.0340 per share), so a covered call sold before then carries a small early-assignment risk around that date.

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