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Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ) Price, Holdings & Fees

$427.27−0.36%−$1.55End-of-day price as of Oct 9, 2026

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ) closed at $427.27 on Oct 9, 2026, down 0.36% from the previous close of $428.82.

Share price, past year

1Y +36.86%

52-week range $301.93 – $444.36. Daily closing prices.
Monthly closing prices
Last closing price of each month
DateClose
Oct 9, 2026$427.27
Sep 30, 2026$426.32
Aug 31, 2026$426.76
Jul 31, 2026$412.87
Jun 30, 2026$398.17
May 29, 2026$414.09
Apr 30, 2026$376.33
Mar 31, 2026$339.80
Feb 27, 2026$330.64
Jan 30, 2026$311.45
Dec 31, 2025$308.95
Nov 28, 2025$307.45
Oct 31, 2025$322.55

Key statistics

Expense ratio
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Net assets
$3.6B
as of Jul 31, 2026
Holdings
822
as of Jul 31, 2026
52-week range
$301.93 – $444.36

Holdings

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund held 822 investments worth $3.57B as of Jul 31, 2026. Its largest holding was Apple Inc, at 7.46% of the fund.

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund largest holdings by share of net assets
#Holding% of fundValue
1Apple Inc7.46%$265.91M
2NVIDIA Corp7.25%$258.47M
3Alphabet Inc6.21%$221.60M
4Microsoft Corp5.57%$198.70M
5Amazon.com Inc4.92%$175.61M
6Broadcom Inc2.94%$104.94M
7Meta Platforms Inc2.16%$76.95M
8Eli Lilly & Co1.90%$67.83M
9JPMorgan Chase & Co1.88%$67.01M
10Micron Technology Inc1.73%$61.71M
11Tesla Inc1.59%$56.84M
12Johnson & Johnson1.56%$55.67M
13Lam Research Corp1.45%$51.67M
14Visa Inc1.42%$50.76M
15CSX Corp1.28%$45.55M
16Advanced Micro Devices Inc1.24%$44.19M
17ExxonMobil Holdings Corp1.22%$43.34M
18Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The1.21%$43.01M
19Marathon Petroleum Corp1.20%$42.69M
20Mastercard Inc1.16%$41.44M
21Citigroup Inc1.15%$41.18M
22GE Vernova Inc1.15%$40.95M
23Morgan Stanley1.11%$39.63M
24SEAGATE HDD CAYMAN1.10%$39.34M
25Bank of America Corp1.06%$37.71M

Top 25 of 822 holdings, as of Jul 31, 2026. Percentages are of the fund's net assets.

What the fund owns

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund holdings by asset type
Asset type% of fund
Stocks96.71%
Bonds and other debt30.12%
Preferred stock5.94%
Loans3.58%
Derivatives0.18%
Other asset-backed securities0.03%
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund holdings by country, largest 10
Country% of fund
United States129.70%
Ireland1.29%
Cayman Islands1.16%
Israel0.85%
Canada0.54%
Switzerland0.46%
Finland0.39%
Japan0.38%
Liberia0.33%
Bermuda0.31%

Shares of net assets from the fund's N-PORT report. Funds that borrow can add up to more than 100%, with borrowing (such as repurchase agreements) shown as a negative share.

Monthly total returns

Over the 3 months to Jul 31, 2026, Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's total return was +4.84%, as reported to the SEC.

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund monthly total returns
MonthTotal return
Jul 31, 2026−1.40%
Jun 30, 2026+0.07%
May 31, 2026+6.25%

The fund's own total returns as reported to the SEC (N-PORT), including reinvested distributions. Not the sample prices above.

Fund profile

Name
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
Ticker
CSQ
Exchange
NASDAQ
Fund type
Closed-end fund
Trust
CALAMOS STRATEGIC TOTAL RETURN FUND
SEC CIK
0001275214
Fractional shares
Yes

Recent SEC filings

Frequently asked questions

What is CSQ's price?

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ) closed at $427.27 on Oct 9, 2026, down 0.36% from the previous close of $428.82.

What does CSQ hold?

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund held 822 investments worth $3.57B as of Jul 31, 2026. Its largest holding was Apple Inc, at 7.46% of the fund. Its five largest holdings were Apple Inc, NVIDIA Corp, Alphabet Inc, Microsoft Corp, Amazon.com Inc.

How has CSQ performed?

Over the 3 months to Jul 31, 2026, Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's total return was +4.84%, as reported to the SEC.

Sources and methodology

Holdings, net assets and monthly returns come from the fund's N-PORT filing with the SEC, as of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 29, 2026). Prices are generated sample data for development. Data sources and disclosures