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Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ) Competitors

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$18.91 -0.05 (-0.26%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$19.23 +0.32 (+1.71%)
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CSQ vs. CCD, CHI, CHW, CHY, ARES, BLK, BX, ITT, KKR, and TEL

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 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), KKR & Co. Inc. (KKR), and TE Connectivity (TEL).

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund vs. Its Competitors

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) and Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund (NASDAQ:CCD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Calamos Strategic Total Return FundN/A N/A N/A
Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund$280.21MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund$31.70MN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund and 0 mentions for Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Summary

Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund beats Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CSQ vs. The Competition

MetricCalamos Strategic Total Return FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.46B$4.85B$10.57B
Dividend Yield0.08%4.70%4.39%4.81%
P/E RatioN/A2,965.721,287.6627.12
Price / SalesN/A1,966.321,363.71131.73
Price / CashN/A60.46127.7860.81
Price / BookN/A1.363.536.52
Net IncomeN/A$264.59M$1.22B$276.93M
7 Day Performance0.37%-0.27%-0.31%1.93%
1 Month Performance-1.56%-0.31%0.65%2.19%
1 Year Performance7.32%7.22%40.34%34.99%

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/A$18.91
-0.3%
N/A+7.9%$0.00$280.21M0.00N/APositive News
CCD
Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$21.69
+0.4%
N/A-15.7%$0.00$31.70M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
CHI
Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund
N/A$11.06
+0.7%
N/A-7.4%$0.00$51.79M0.00N/A
CHW
Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund
N/A$7.72
+0.8%
N/A+5.6%$0.00$39.27M0.00N/APositive News
Short Interest ↓
CHY
Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund
N/A$11.42
+0.5%
N/A-6.9%$0.00$55.98M0.00N/ANegative News
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
ARES
Ares Management
4.9639 of 5 stars
$149.55
-0.4%
$180.81
+20.9%
-16.0%$48.64B$3.88B86.063,200Analyst Forecast
BLK
BlackRock
4.9015 of 5 stars
$1,181.03
+0.1%
$1,222.87
+3.5%
+15.9%$182.60B$20.41B28.5121,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
BX
Blackstone
4.888 of 5 stars
$167.03
+0.1%
$176.83
+5.9%
-7.9%$122.84B$11.58B44.804,895Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.7479 of 5 stars
$180.26
-0.3%
$190.89
+5.9%
+15.3%$14.06B$3.70B28.3511,700Trending News
Analyst Revision
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.9858 of 5 stars
$126.65
-0.2%
$157.40
+24.3%
-14.6%$112.73B$15.99B58.854,834Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.4401 of 5 stars
$222.47
-0.2%
$216.73
-2.6%
+51.0%$65.81B$16.58B46.1187,000Positive News

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