NYSE:ZTR Virtus Total Return Fund Stock Forecast, Price & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Watchlist Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. $8.06 -0.02 (-0.25%) (As of 07/5/2022 11:02 AM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$8.06▼$8.0750-Day Range$7.62▼$9.3552-Week Range$7.51▼$10.01Volume803 shsAverage Volume97,669 shsMarket Capitalization$387.20 millionP/E RatioN/ADividend Yield11.90%Price TargetN/A ProfileChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial Media Virtus Total Return Fund MarketRank™ ForecastAnalyst RatingN/AUpside/DownsideN/AShort InterestHealthy0.17% of Shares Sold ShortDividend StrengthWeakBased on Four FactorsSustainabilityN/ANews SentimentN/AInsider TradingN/AProj. Earnings GrowthN/ASee Full Details Hide Full Details Overall MarketRank™MarketRank is calculated as 30% analysis score, 20% valuation score, 10% short interest score, 10% dividend score, 10% sustainability score, 10% news and social score, and 10% insider trading score.0.72 out of 5 starsFinance Sector1074th out of 1,398 stocksInvestment Offices, Not Elsewhere Classified Industry36th out of 157 stocks 0.0 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingThere is not enough analysis data for Virtus Total Return Fund. Previous Next 5.0 Short Interest Percentage of Shares Shorted0.17% of the outstanding shares of Virtus Total Return Fund have been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverVirtus Total Return Fund has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Virtus Total Return Fund has recently decreased by 23.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. Previous Next 1.7 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipVirtus Total Return Fund is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 11.90%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthVirtus Total Return Fund has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years. Previous Next 0.0 Sustainability and ESG Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) ScoreThere is no current Upright™ data available for ZTR. Previous Next 2.8 News and Social Media Coverage News SentimentVirtus Total Return Fund has a news sentiment score of 1.00. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.Search Interest5 people have searched for ZTR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 400% compared to the previous 30 days.MarketBeat FollowsOnly 2 people have added Virtus Total Return Fund to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -60% compared to the previous 30 days. Previous Next 0.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Virtus Total Return Fund insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 5.65% of the stock of Virtus Total Return Fund is held by insiders.Percentage Held by InstitutionsOnly 9.18% of the stock of Virtus Total Return Fund is held by institutions. Previous Next 0.0 Earnings and Valuation Previous Next See Top Rated MarketRank™ Stocks Here View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive ZTR Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Virtus Total Return Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address About Virtus Total Return FundVirtus Global Dividend & Income Fund Inc. is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched by Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. The fund is co-managed by Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc., Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC and Newfleet Asset Management, LLC. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in reasonably priced growth (GARP) stocks of large cap companies and investment grade bonds issued by companies and governments. The fund is actively managed. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against a composite index comprised of 60% Russell Developed Large Cap Index and 40% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The fund was formerly known as The Zweig Total Return Fund, Inc. Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund Inc. was formed on September 30, 1988 and is domiciled in the United States.Read More ZTR Stock News HeadlinesJune 17, 2022 | americanbankingnews.comVirtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE:ZTR) Sees Large Growth in Short InterestMay 25, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comVirtus Total Return Fund Inc. Declares DistributionsApril 12, 2022 | seekingalpha.comZTR: Utilities To The RescueApril 11, 2022 | finance.yahoo.comStandard BioTools Launches Hyperion+ Imaging System, the New Standard in High-Plex Spatial ImagingJanuary 5, 2022 | seekingalpha.comVirtus Global Dividend & Income Fund declares $0.08 dividendSeptember 26, 2021 | reuters.comVirtus Total Return Fund IncApril 20, 2021 | seekingalpha.comZTR: This 10%+ Yielder Is Getting PriceyAugust 16, 2020 | nasdaq.comVirtus Total Return Fund Inc. (ZTR)June 18, 2020 | finance.yahoo.comVirtus Closed-End Funds Remove Options StrategiesJune 8, 2020 | www.fool.comThe Zweig Total Return FundMay 26, 2020 | finance.yahoo.comVirtus Total Return Fund Declares DistributionMay 19, 2020 | www.nasdaq.comZTR Virtus Total Return Fund Inc.December 14, 2019 | finance.yahoo.comVirtus Total Return Fund Inc. Declares DistributionDecember 14, 2019 | finance.yahoo.comVirtus Total Return Fund Inc. Discloses Sources of Distribution - Section 19(a) NoticeNovember 18, 2019 | finance.yahoo.comReorganization of Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. and Virtus Global Dividend & Income Fund Inc. Completed; Share Conversion Price AnnouncedJuly 5, 2019 | finance.yahoo.comVirtus Global Dividend & Income Fund Inc. Discloses Sources of Distribution - Section 19(a) NoticeJune 21, 2019 | finance.yahoo.comIIROC Trading Resumption - ZTRJune 15, 2019 | www.marketwatch.comMerrill Lynch asset fund chief retiresMarch 6, 2019 | www.nasdaq.comValidea Joel Greenblatt Strategy Daily Upgrade Report - 3/5/2019 - NasdaqFebruary 27, 2019 | finance.yahoo.comVirtus Global Dividend & Income Fund Declares DistributionFebruary 16, 2019 | www.forbes.com3 Dividend Disasters You Must Sell NowJanuary 14, 2019 | www.nasdaq.comValidea's Top Five Energy Stocks Based On Joel Greenblatt - 1/13/2019 - NasdaqJanuary 14, 2019 | www.nasdaq.comValidea's Top Five Energy Stocks Based On Peter Lynch - 1/13/2019 - NasdaqJanuary 9, 2019 | www.bloomberg.comHas the Market Bottomed? Cases For and Against a Continued RallyJanuary 8, 2019 | finance.yahoo.comHas the Market Bottomed? Cases For and Against a Continued Rally - Yahoo FinanceSee More Headlines Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE Industry Investment offices, not elsewhere classified Sub-IndustryN/A SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:ZTR CUSIPN/A CIK836412 Webwww.virtus.com Phone877-332-8172FaxN/AEmployeesN/AYear FoundedN/ACompany Calendar Today7/05/2022Ex-Dividend for 7/18 Dividend7/08/2022Dividend Payable7/18/2022Ex-Dividend for 8/18 Dividend8/10/2022Dividend Payable8/18/2022Fiscal Year End12/31/2022Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/ANet IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Pretax MarginN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/A Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current RatioN/A Quick RatioN/A Sales & Book Value Annual SalesN/A Price / SalesN/A Cash FlowN/A Price / Cash FlowN/A Book ValueN/A Price / BookN/AMiscellaneous Outstanding Shares48,040,000Free Float45,322,000Market Cap$387.20 million OptionableNot Optionable Beta1.15 Virtus Total Return Fund Frequently Asked Questions How has Virtus Total Return Fund's stock performed in 2022? Virtus Total Return Fund's stock was trading at $9.49 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, ZTR stock has decreased by 15.1% and is now trading at $8.06. View the best growth stocks for 2022 here. Are investors shorting Virtus Total Return Fund? Virtus Total Return Fund saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 84,000 shares, a decrease of 23.4% from the May 31st total of 109,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 97,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.9 days. View Virtus Total Return Fund's Short Interest. How often does Virtus Total Return Fund pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Virtus Total Return Fund? Virtus Total Return Fund announced a monthly dividend on Tuesday, May 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 11th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share on Thursday, August 18th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 11.91%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 10th. View Virtus Total Return Fund's dividend history. Is Virtus Total Return Fund a good dividend stock? Virtus Total Return Fund(NYSE:ZTR) pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 11.90%. ZTR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. View Virtus Total Return Fund's dividend history. Who are Virtus Total Return Fund's key executives? Virtus Total Return Fund's management team includes the following people: Mr. George Robert Aylward Jr., CPA, CPA, Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Pres (Age 58)Mr. William Patrick Bradley III, Chief Financial Officer, VP and Treasurer (Age 50)Mr. Martin Edward Zweig Ph.D., Pres of Zweig Consulting LLCMr. Carlton Bryan Neel, Portfolio Mang. (Age 55)Mr. Richard Sherry C.F.A., CFA, Portfolio Mang.Mr. David Leon Albrycht C.F.A., CFA, Portfolio Mang. Who are some of Virtus Total Return Fund's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Virtus Total Return Fund include Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), Central Securities (CET), Tekla Healthcare Investors (HQH), General American Investors (GAM), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), SLR Investment (SLRC), SPDR Bloomberg Barclays International Treasury Bond ETF (BWX), iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF (EWH), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO) and Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund (FAX). View all of ZTR's competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Virtus Total Return Fund own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Virtus Total Return Fund investors own include AT&T (T), Altria Group (MO), Gladstone Capital (GLAD), Coca-Cola (KO), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Philip Morris International (PM), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), InfraCap MLP ETF (AMZA), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD) and Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Income Fund (EDF). What is Virtus Total Return Fund's stock symbol? Virtus Total Return Fund trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ZTR." How do I buy shares of Virtus Total Return Fund? Shares of ZTR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. Compare Top Brokerages Here. What is Virtus Total Return Fund's stock price today? One share of ZTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $8.06. How much money does Virtus Total Return Fund make? Virtus Total Return Fund (NYSE:ZTR) has a market capitalization of $387.20 million. How can I contact Virtus Total Return Fund? The official website for Virtus Total Return Fund is www.virtus.com. The investment management company can be reached via phone at 877-332-8172. This page (NYSE:ZTR) was last updated on 7/5/2022 by MarketBeat.com Staff 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for $1.00 Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. Stock Ideas and Recommendations Get daily stock ideas from top-performing Wall Street analysts. 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