CSQ vs. AAPL, CCD, CHI, CHW, CHY, ARES, BLK, BX, ITT, and KKR
Should you be buying Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund include Apple (AAPL), Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund (CCD), Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund (CHI), Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund (CHW), Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund (CHY), Ares Management (ARES), BlackRock (BLK), Blackstone (BX), ITT (ITT), and KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR).
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund vs. Its Competitors
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are related companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund.
Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's return on equity.
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Apple pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Apple had 335 more articles in the media than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 336 mentions for Apple and 1 mentions for Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Apple's score of 0.91 indicating that Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Apple has a consensus price target of $241.77, indicating a potential upside of 1.04%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Apple is more favorable than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund.
Summary
Apple beats Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:CSQ) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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