Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ)
Financials · NGM
Price as at 2 Oct 2026, 00:49 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund trades at $20.32. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund is a closed-end fund: a portfolio of other securities, valued by its holdings rather than by earnings of its own. An earnings-based fair value does not apply to it, so we publish none.
Our moat model scores it 80 out of 100, which is a wide moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 3.1 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
CSQ dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $1.02 | 8 |
| 2025 | $1.26 | 12 |
| 2024 | $1.24 | 12 |
| 2023 | $1.24 | 12 |
| 2022 | $1.24 | 12 |
| 2021 | $1.24 | 12 |
| 2020 | $1.12 | 12 |
| 2019 | $0.996 | 12 |
| 2018 | $0.996 | 12 |
| 2017 | $0.996 | 12 |
| 2016 | $0.996 | 12 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
About Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund is a closed ended balanced mutual fund launched by Calamos Investments LLC. The fund is managed by Calamos Advisors LLC. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in common and preferred stocks of companies across all market capitalizations, convertible securities, and high yield corporate bonds with an average credit rating of BB as rated by S&P. The fund employs both fundamental and quantitative analysis with a combination of bottom-up and top-down security picking approaches to create its portfolio. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund was formed on December 31, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.
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CSQ passes 6 of our 30 screens today
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Super investor ownership
1 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$287.4K · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Politician trades in CSQ
Trades in CSQ disclosed by members of Congress and executive-branch officials, latest first:
- Gary C. Peters · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 23 Apr 2014 · disclosed 23 May 2014
A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.
CSQ peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Asset Management), then in the same sector.
- KKR KKR & Co. Inc.
- APO Apollo Global Management, Inc.
- ARES Ares Management Corporation
- CG The Carlyle Group Inc.
- BEN Franklin Templeton Inc.
- BAMGF Brookfield Corporation
- OWL Blue Owl Capital Inc.
- PS Pershing Square Inc.
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Common questions
Which funds own CSQ?
1 of the institutions we track reported a position in CSQ in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is CSQ's P/E ratio?
CSQ trades at 3.1 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ) pay a dividend?
Yes. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund yields 6.76% at the current share price. It has paid $1.45 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 22 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its CSQ data?
Fundamentals for CSQ come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NGM; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 2 Oct 2026, 00:49 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 92/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.