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Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ) Competitors

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$18.20 +0.01 (+0.05%)
Closing price 07/16/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

In the previous week, Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund and Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's score of 1.89 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 Very Positive
Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund Very Positive

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

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%.

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

Summary

Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund beats Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund on 2 of the 3 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CSQ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$1.28B$6.33B$9.31B
Dividend Yield0.08%4.38%4.19%4.05%
P/E RatioN/A22.1913.9819.68
Price / SalesN/A2,361.561,735.45101.06
Price / CashN/A60.71128.4857.53
Price / BookN/A1.231.955.67
Net IncomeN/A$263.65M$1.24B$257.51M
7 Day Performance-0.76%-0.13%0.08%-0.16%
1 Month Performance4.66%2.87%3.71%9.89%
1 Year Performance6.18%5.53%18.14%15.08%

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$18.20
+0.1%
N/A+5.0%$0.00$280.21M0.00N/APositive News
Ex-Dividend
CCD
Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$20.39
-0.1%
N/A-12.3%$0.00$31.70M0.00N/APositive News
Ex-Dividend
CHI
Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund
N/A$10.51
-0.7%
N/A-12.3%$0.00$51.79M0.00N/APositive News
Ex-Dividend
CHW
Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund
N/A$7.08
-1.1%
N/A+0.6%$0.00$39.27M0.00N/APositive News
Ex-Dividend
CHY
Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund
N/A$11.00
-0.5%
N/A-5.1%$0.00$55.98M0.00N/AEx-Dividend
ARES
Ares Management
4.774 of 5 stars
$174.86
-1.7%
$174.94
+0.0%
+21.5%$58.12B$3.88B102.863,200Analyst Forecast
BLK
BlackRock
4.6686 of 5 stars
$1,076.55
-0.5%
$1,110.92
+3.2%
+28.3%$167.65B$20.96B26.1621,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BX
Blackstone
4.5407 of 5 stars
$153.05
-1.3%
$156.65
+2.4%
+21.2%$113.19B$13.23B46.104,895Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ITT
ITT
4.4271 of 5 stars
$158.84
-1.4%
$165.50
+4.2%
+10.4%$12.68B$3.63B25.2511,700Analyst Forecast
KKR
KKR & Co. Inc.
4.7234 of 5 stars
$135.62
-2.2%
$149.47
+10.2%
+22.7%$123.44B$21.88B57.224,834Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.6371 of 5 stars
$171.05
-1.9%
$163.90
-4.2%
+10.3%$51.69B$15.85B37.5987,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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