Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ) Competitors $18.91 -0.05 (-0.26%) Closing price 10/17/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$19.23 +0.32 (+1.71%) As of 10/17/2025 05:14 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock CSQ vs. CCD, CHI, CHW, CHY, ARES, BLK, BX, ITT, KKR, and TELShould 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 Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund Ares Management BlackRock Blackstone ITT KKR & Co. Inc. TE Connectivity 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. Is CSQ or CCD a better dividend stock? 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%. Is CSQ or CCD more profitable? 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 Which has better earnings and valuation, CSQ or CCD? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCalamos Strategic Total Return Fund$280.21MN/AN/AN/AN/ACalamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund$31.70MN/AN/AN/AN/A Does the media refer more to CSQ or CCD? 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. Company Overall Sentiment Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Neutral Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund Positive SummaryCalamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund beats Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund on 3 of the 4 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CSQ and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart CSQ vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCalamos Strategic Total Return FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket CapN/A$1.46B$4.85B$10.57BDividend Yield0.08%4.70%4.39%4.81%P/E RatioN/A2,965.721,287.6627.12Price / SalesN/A1,966.321,363.71131.73Price / CashN/A60.46127.7860.81Price / BookN/A1.363.536.52Net IncomeN/A$264.59M$1.22B$276.93M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CSQCalamos Strategic Total Return FundN/A$18.91-0.3%N/A+7.9%$0.00$280.21M0.00N/APositive NewsCCDCalamos Dynamic Convertible and Income FundN/A$21.69+0.4%N/A-15.7%$0.00$31.70M0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsCHICalamos Convertible Opportunities and Income FundN/A$11.06+0.7%N/A-7.4%$0.00$51.79M0.00N/ACHWCalamos Global Dynamic Income FundN/A$7.72+0.8%N/A+5.6%$0.00$39.27M0.00N/APositive NewsShort Interest ↓CHYCalamos Convertible and High Income FundN/A$11.42+0.5%N/A-6.9%$0.00$55.98M0.00N/ANegative NewsShort Interest ↑Gap DownARESAres Management4.9639 of 5 stars$149.55-0.4%$180.81+20.9%-16.0%$48.64B$3.88B86.063,200Analyst ForecastBLKBlackRock4.9015 of 5 stars$1,181.03+0.1%$1,222.87+3.5%+15.9%$182.60B$20.41B28.5121,100Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓BXBlackstone4.888 of 5 stars$167.03+0.1%$176.83+5.9%-7.9%$122.84B$11.58B44.804,895Trending NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastITTITT4.7479 of 5 stars$180.26-0.3%$190.89+5.9%+15.3%$14.06B$3.70B28.3511,700Trending NewsAnalyst RevisionKKRKKR & Co. Inc.4.9858 of 5 stars$126.65-0.2%$157.40+24.3%-14.6%$112.73B$15.99B58.854,834Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastTELTE Connectivity4.4401 of 5 stars$222.47-0.2%$216.73-2.6%+51.0%$65.81B$16.58B46.1187,000Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies CCD Alternatives CHI Alternatives CHW Alternatives CHY Alternatives ARES Alternatives BLK Alternatives BX Alternatives ITT Alternatives KKR Alternatives TEL Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:CSQ) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThis $65 Billion Machine Could Change the World – or Become a Massive FlopBrace Yourself for Jeff Bezos' "Amazon Helios" Amazon delivers 20 million packages a day... powers some of ...Stansberry Research | SponsoredREVEALED: Something Big Happening Behind White House DoorsWhat I just learned about what’s unfolding in the White House is truly stunning… And you need to see it for...Paradigm Press | SponsoredBuy alert: Move $1,000 before Tesla’s Optimus launchElon's $1,000,000,000,000 payday Elon Musk just made his biggest insider purchase of Tesla stock ever. 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