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Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ) Competitors

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$19.11 -0.04 (-0.21%)
Closing price 09/15/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$19.12 +0.01 (+0.05%)
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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 companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.

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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Calamos Strategic Total Return FundN/A N/A N/A
Apple 24.30%170.91%31.94%

Apple has a consensus target price of $240.80, indicating a potential upside of 1.73%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Apple is more favorable than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Apple
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

In the previous week, Apple had 339 more articles in the media than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 340 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 0.89 indicating that Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Very Positive
Apple Positive

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund$280.21MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Apple$391.04B8.98$93.74B$6.5935.92

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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CSQ vs. The Competition

MetricCalamos Strategic Total Return FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market CapN/A$1.45B$6.40B$10.16B
Dividend Yield0.08%4.59%4.31%4.60%
P/E RatioN/A4,770.271,784.6626.39
Price / SalesN/A1,965.181,353.66177.24
Price / CashN/A60.6248.9929.91
Price / BookN/A1.382.086.28
Net IncomeN/A$265.04M$1.23B$270.38M
7 Day Performance1.70%0.56%0.83%1.89%
1 Month Performance3.80%1.47%1.88%6.01%
1 Year Performance13.48%8.22%31.94%25.26%

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$19.11
-0.2%
N/A+13.5%$0.00$280.21M0.00N/APositive News
AAPL
Apple
4.7097 of 5 stars
$237.88
-0.8%
$238.99
+0.5%
+6.4%$3.56T$391.04B36.10164,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CCD
Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$21.00
+1.0%
N/A-12.4%$0.00$31.70M0.00N/APositive News
CHI
Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund
N/A$10.52
+0.4%
N/A-6.4%$0.00$51.79M0.00N/A
CHW
Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund
N/A$7.28
+0.4%
N/A+8.4%$0.00$39.27M0.00N/APositive News
CHY
Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund
N/A$11.04
+0.5%
N/A-3.5%$0.00$55.98M0.00N/APositive News
ARES
Ares Management
4.2571 of 5 stars
$176.26
-0.6%
$182.73
+3.7%
+22.0%$57.93B$3.88B101.883,200
BLK
BlackRock
4.7117 of 5 stars
$1,104.21
+0.5%
$1,154.07
+4.5%
+25.8%$170.21B$20.41B26.7021,100Trending News
BX
Blackstone
4.6876 of 5 stars
$173.21
+1.9%
$172.38
-0.5%
+21.6%$125.30B$13.23B46.564,895Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.3383 of 5 stars
$173.12
+1.3%
$182.78
+5.6%
+32.8%$13.33B$3.63B27.2211,700
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.864 of 5 stars
$138.59
+2.3%
$158.07
+14.1%
+17.8%$120.75B$21.88B64.464,834Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CSQ) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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