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Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ) Competitors

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$20.74 +0.06 (+0.29%)
As of 08/21/2026 04:00 PM Eastern
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CSQ vs. CCD, CGO, CHI, CHW, and CHY

Should you buy Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock or one of its competitors? Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's main competitors and comparable companies include Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund (CCD), Calamos Global Total Return Fund (CGO), Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund (CHI), Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund (CHW), and Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund (CHY). Companies are selected based on similarities in market, industry, and size. These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

How does Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund compare to Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund?

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

In the previous week, Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Neutral
Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund Neutral

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.41 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 9.2%.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund$1.06BN/AN/AN/AN/A
Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund$242.97MN/AN/AN/AN/A

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 Strategic Total Return Fund and Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund tied by winning 1 of the 2 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund compare to Calamos Global Total Return Fund?

Calamos Global Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CGO) and Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Calamos Global Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Calamos Global Total Return Fund Neutral
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Neutral

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Calamos Global Total Return FundN/A N/A N/A
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund N/A N/A N/A

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Calamos Global Total Return Fund$44.42MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund$1.06BN/AN/AN/AN/A

Calamos Global Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%.

Summary

Calamos Global Total Return Fund and Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund tied by winning 1 of the 2 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund compare to Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund?

Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund (NASDAQ:CHI) and Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%.

In the previous week, Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund and 0 mentions for Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund Positive
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund$303.67MN/AN/AN/AN/A
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund$1.06BN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

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

How does Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund compare to Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund?

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund$1.06BN/AN/AN/AN/A
Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund$183.69MN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Neutral
Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund Neutral

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

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%.

Summary

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund and Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund tied by winning 1 of the 2 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund compare to Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund?

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) and Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund (NASDAQ:CHY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%.

In the previous week, Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Neutral
Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund$1.06BN/AN/AN/AN/A
Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund$327.88MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund and Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund tied by winning 1 of the 2 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CSQ vs. The Competition

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MetricCalamos Strategic Total Return FundCapital Markets IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market CapN/A$5.66B$13.63B$12.85B
Dividend Yield0.08%7.38%5.89%11.08%
P/E RatioN/A39.1029.6124.25
Price / SalesN/A1,260.31521.31101.53
Price / CashN/A48.3138.1953.99
Price / BookN/A2.132.186.20
Net IncomeN/A$416.48M$1.31B$348.59M
7 Day Performance-0.91%-0.25%-0.30%0.08%
1 Month Performance3.03%2.06%2.37%3.88%
1 Year Performance12.84%5.71%9.68%16.98%

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/A$20.74
+0.3%		N/A+12.8%$0.00$1.06BN/AN/A
CCD
Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$26.49
+1.6%		N/A+24.9%$0.00$242.97MN/AN/A
CGO
Calamos Global Total Return Fund
N/A$13.30
+0.8%		N/A+11.9%$0.00$44.42MN/A2,219
CHI
Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund
N/A$13.39
+1.9%		N/A+25.4%$0.00$303.67MN/AN/A
CHW
Calamos Global Dynamic Income Fund
N/A$8.66
+0.1%		N/A+18.4%$0.00$183.69MN/AN/A

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This page (NASDAQ:CSQ) was last updated on 8/23/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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