Valuation: Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund

Market Cap 3.29B 2.89B 2.67B 2.46B 4.67B 315B 4.76B 32.05B 12.45B 154B 12.36B 12.09B 536B P/E 2024
3.22x
P/E 2025 4.29x
Enterprise Value 4.66B 4.09B 3.78B 3.49B 6.62B 447B 6.75B 45.41B 17.64B 219B 17.52B 17.13B 759B EV / Sales 2024
51.1x
EV / Sales 2025 55.9x
Free-Float
99.84%
Yield 2024
7.1%
Yield 2025 6.37%
06-30 Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund announces Monthly dividend, payable on July 21, 2026 CI
05-31 Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund announces Monthly dividend, payable on June 22, 2026 CI
04-30 Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund announces Monthly dividend, payable on May 21, 2026 CI
04-01 Calamos Investments closed-end funds announce monthly distributions and required notifications of sources of distribution RE
03-31 Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund announces Monthly dividend, payable on April 21, 2026 CI
03-03 Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund announces Monthly dividend, payable on March 20, 2026 CI
02-04 Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund announces Monthly dividend, payable on February 23, 2026 CI
02-02 Calamos Investments closed-end funds announce monthly distributions and required notifications of sources of distribution RE
12-29 Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Reports Earnings Results for the Full Year Ended October 31, 2025 CI
12-18 Calamos Investments closed-end funds (Nasdaq CHI, CHY, CSQ, CGO, CHW, CCD and CPZ) announce monthly distributions and required notifications of sources of distribution RE
12-17 Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund announces Monthly dividend, payable on January 09, 2026 CI
11-30 Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund announces Monthly dividend, payable on December 19, 2025 CI
11-03 Calamos Investments closed-end funds (Nasdaq Chi, Chy, Csq, Cgo, Chw, Ccd and Cpz) announce monthly distributions and required notifications of sources of distribution RE
1 day-0.15%
1 week-1.16%
Current month-0.83%
1 month+2.51%
3 months+12.71%
6 months+4.62%
Current year+6.20%
1 week 20.19
Extreme 20.19
20.81
1 month 19.37
Extreme 19.37
20.81
Current year 16.41
Extreme 16.4101
20.82
1 year 16.41
Extreme 16.4101
20.82
3 years 12.5
Extreme 12.5
20.82
5 years 11.98
Extreme 11.98
20.82
10 years 6.2
Extreme 6.2
20.82
Manager TitleAgeSince
Director of Finance/CFO 65 31/07/2019
President 86 31/12/2002
Compliance Officer 75 31/12/2004
Director TitleAgeSince
Chairman 86 31/12/2002
Director/Board Member 76 31/12/2002
Director/Board Member 75 31/12/2002
Date Insider Type Main position Quantity % Market Cap.
31/08/25Other

Executive/Senior Manager

15,830 0.0100%
31/08/25Other

Executive/Senior Manager

15,830 0.0100%
28/01/25Buy

Chief Financial Officer

23,190 0.0146%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
-0.68%-1.16%+11.91%+40.14% 3.29B
-0.94%+1.15%+21.52%+104.94% 14.76B
-3.16%-1.11%+49.72%+136.03% 12.36B
+0.69%-0.58%-7.14%+33.76% 8.9B
-1.63%+0.42%+34.18%+124.43% 7.62B
-0.12%-0.12%-12.75%-12.57% 7.72B
+1.19%-2.65%+16.97%+62.79% 6.34B
0.00%+1.06%+11.76%+21.41% 4.69B
-0.27%+1.30%+13.16%+5.20% 4.13B
-1.45%-4.09% - - 3.78B
Average -0.62%+1.69%+15.48%+57.35% 7.36B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.85%+2.36%+18.44%+72.11%

Financials

2024 2025
Net sales 78.48M 68.84M 63.55M 58.73M 111M 7.51B 114M 764M 297M 3.68B 295M 288M 12.77B 79.9M 70.08M 64.7M 59.78M 113M 7.65B 116M 778M 302M 3.74B 300M 293M 13B
Net income 862M 756M 698M 645M 1.22B 82.53B 1.25B 8.39B 3.26B 40.39B 3.24B 3.17B 140B 722M 633M 584M 540M 1.02B 69.11B 1.04B 7.03B 2.73B 33.82B 2.71B 2.65B 117B
Net Debt 1.26B 1.11B 1.02B 945M 1.79B 121B 1.83B 12.29B 4.78B 59.15B 4.74B 4.64B 205B 1.37B 1.2B 1.11B 1.03B 1.95B 131B 1.98B 13.36B 5.19B 64.28B 5.15B 5.04B 223B
Logo Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of capital appreciation and current income. The Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of equities, convertible securities, and high yield securities. The Fund, under normal circumstances, will invest at least 50% of its managed assets in equity securities (including securities that are convertible into equity securities). The Fund may invest up to 35% of its managed assets in securities of foreign issuers, including debt and equity securities of corporate issuers, and debt securities of government issuers in developed and emerging markets. The Fund holds investments in various sectors, such as information technology, consumer discretionary, financials, healthcare, industrials, consumer staples, energy, airlines, utilities, materials, and real estate. Calamos Advisors LLC is its investment advisor.
Employees
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Date Price Change Volume
08/07/26 US$20.39 -0.68% 135,242
07/07/26 US$20.53 -0.82% 181,291
06/07/26 US$20.70 +0.88% 145,491
02/07/26 US$20.52 -0.53% 173,737
01/07/26 US$20.63 +0.34% 178,507
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
1
Last Close Price
20.53
Average target price
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