Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (WIW): fair value, margin of safety and Wheel Score

Is WIW undervalued?

Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (WIW) closed at 7.87 on 16 Oct 2026. The GLS average fair value - the simple average of the 9 valuation models that produced a positive number - is 10.96, so the price sits 28% below it. 4 of the 9 models value the shares above the current price. A margin of safety between 10% and 30% is where most of the Sunday Scan candidates come from.

There is a wide gap between DCF (1.43) and Graham Growth (36.20). 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.

The nightly engine files WIW under High Yield Income: a dividend yield above 4%.

Nine valuation models for WIW

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 Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund scores 7 of 9 on the Piotroski F-score, the nine yes/no tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency on the latest annual accounts - a strong reading that passes the Sunday Scan's "6 or more" rule with room to spare. A GLS Moat score of 3.8/10 is a weak reading: the ten-year history the score grades (revenue, EPS, book value, margins, cash flow, share count, ROIC) has not been steady, so the Moat part of the Wheel Score contributes little.

Returns on capital are moderate - ROIC 5.2%, ROE 7.3%, ROA 5.2% - with debt at 0.40 times equity and a free-cash-flow yield of 2.8%.

The dividend yield is high at 9.53% (payout ratio 119%) - a payout above 100% of earnings, which is not covered by profits. 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 5/10, insider activity 5/10 and Congressional trading 5/10 on the GLS smart-money scales.

Wheel Score 39: No options

No options are listed on Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund in our nightly snapshot. The Wheel Score is therefore capped at 39 (it reads 39) and the stock is left out of every options screen; the fair value and health figures above are still useful for a plain stock position.

Volume runs at 263k shares a day on a market cap of $482M, with a beta of 0.53 - a low beta, so day-to-day moves are smaller than the market's; the Stability part of the Wheel Score gives that 9 of 20.

The Wheel Score ranks ~7,400 US stocks for selling cash-secured puts and covered calls; it is updated nightly and is not a recommendation. The walkthrough lesson shows how the score fits into a trade, start to finish.

Upcoming events

No upcoming earnings date is recorded for WIW in the nightly calendar. The shares go ex-dividend on 23 Oct 2026 (0.0625 per share), so a covered call sold before then carries a small early-assignment risk around that date.

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