Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ)
Nasdaq · Common stock
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CSQ at a glance
Key statistics
$3.21B
Market capitalization
- Previous close
- $20.03
- Open
- $20.03
- Day range
- $20.03 – $20.22
- Volume
- 303.2K
- Average volume (30 sessions)
- 191.4K
- Shares outstanding
- 160.37M
- Beta (1 year, vs SPY)
- 1.18
Where the price sits in its year
52-week range
78% of the range
- Below the 52-week high
- -5.0%
- Above the 52-week low
- +22.5%
Completed sessions through Oct 20, 2026
Technical snapshot
Below its 50-day average, above its 200-day
- 20-day average
- $20.40-1.8%
- 50-day average
- $20.63-2.9%
- 200-day average
- $19.76+1.4%
Between the conventional 30 and 70 bands.
-2.9%
1 week
-4.3%
1 month
-2.2%
3 months
+4.3%
Year to date
+5.9%
1 year
Price change over each window, from completed sessions. Past performance does not indicate future results.
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From the public news wire
CSQ headlines
SEC Form 4, most recent first
Insider filings
MetLife Investment Management, LLC
−600.0K
10% owner · Other acquisition or disposition
$15.00M · Aug 24, 2026
Herman Thomas E
+11.5K
VP and CFO · Open-market purchase
$211.64K · Jan 30, 2025
Herman Thomas E
+11.7K
VP and CFO · Open-market purchase
$213.02K · Jan 29, 2025
THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS
+660.0K
10% owner · Other acquisition or disposition
$16.50M · Sep 6, 2024
MetLife Investment Management, LLC
−160.0K
10% owner · Other acquisition or disposition
· Sep 6, 2024
MetLife Investment Management, LLC
−1.04M
10% owner · Other acquisition or disposition
· Sep 6, 2024
MetLife Investment Management, LLC
−148.0K
10% owner · Other acquisition or disposition
· Sep 6, 2024
Koudounis John S.
−1.7K
Vice President · Open-market sale
$24.55K · Dec 6, 2023
About Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's objective is to provide total return through a combination of capital appreciation and current income. Its investment portfolio comprises equities, convertible securities, and high-yield corporate bonds.
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Security
- Common stock
- Listed since
- Mar 26, 2004
- Website
- calamos.com
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