profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
$19.57+2.62% today
+4.4% in 1 year
1-year low $16.501-year high $21.09
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $4.35 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$601 million in 2022 to $724 million in 2025, with $722 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$197M
Free cash flow 2025$71M
Bought back its own shares$3
Paid as dividends$197M
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund vs. similar companies
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund grows the fastest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund | 4.3× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 33.8× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 50.7× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.4× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 73.4× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -601 | 171 | 864 | 724 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -603 | 170 | 862 | 722 | |
| -3.82 | 1.07 | 5.37 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 100.3% | 99.1% | 99.8% | 99.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,291 | 3,294 | 4,168 | 4,759 |
| Cash | – | – | – | – |
| Total debt | 801 | 801 | 941 | 1,050 |
| Total liabilities | 1,134 | 1,144 | 1,352 | 1,419 |
| 2,157 | 2,150 | 2,815 | 3,340 | |
| 158 | 159 | 161 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -28.0% | 7.9% | 30.6% | 21.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 217 | 98 | 137 | 71 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 217 | 98 | 137 | 71 | |
| Dividends paid | 187 | 186 | 197 | 197 |
| – | 0 | – | 0 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 4.3×
- –
- –
- 1.0×
- 4.3×
- 44.5×
- –
- 2.2%
- 23.0%
- 6.4%
Profitability
- 72.6%
- 226.3%
- 99.7%
- 226.3%
- 0.0%
- 9.7%
- 24.2%
- 15.2%
- 16.5%
- –
Growth
- +105.6%
- –
- −109.0%
- +2.4%
- +0.8%
Financial health
- 1.6×
- 0.41
- 28.8%
- 24.4×
- –
- –
- 0.07
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 16%of 843
Top 3%of 866
Top 3%of 862
Bottom 32%of 921
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2025 | 5.03 | – | – |
| Jun 26, 2025 | -0.53 | – | – |
| Apr 29, 2024 | 3.11 | – | – |
| Oct 30, 2023 | -0.08 | – | – |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 1.15 | – | – |
| Oct 30, 2022 | -1.35 | – | – |
| Apr 29, 2022 | -2.47 | – | – |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 1.81 | – | – |
6.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$64a year at today's yield, before tax
+2.4%2020 to 2025
Raised1 yearin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.99 in 2015 → $1.25 in 2025
How safe it looks
27.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 279.4%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
51No pass
Benjamin Graham
67Pass
Philip Fisher
68Pass
Peter Lynch
97Pass
Joel Greenblatt
37No pass
Charlie Munger
54No pass
Terry Smith
43No pass
Questions about Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
Is Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund AI analysis
What does Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund do?
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund is a closed ended balanced mutual fund launched by Calamos Investments LLC. The fund is managed by Calamos Advisors LLC. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. It is in Asset Management, based in Naperville, IL, United States.
Does Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 6.4% a year, about 27% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $197 million in dividends.
Is Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock halal?
No. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 34% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock done over the past year?
Up 4.4% over the past twelve months, to $19.57. It traded between $16.50 and $21.09 and is 7.2% below its high.
Who are Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.