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Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund

CSQ
Exchange
Nasdaq
SEC CIK
0001275214

No open-market purchases or sales by Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 223 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $801.0M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

13F holders, Q2 2021

Institutional positions in Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund as of Jun 30, 2021. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
148
−1 vs. Q1 2021
Shares held
25.3M
+540.7K (+2.2%) vs. Q1 2021
Total value
$460.4M
+$35.3M (+8.3%) vs. Q1 2021
New holders
13
55 more added
Sold out
14
34 more reduced

Compare with Q1 2021: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting CSQ on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ2 2021: 148 institutions
Q1 2021: 149 institutionsQ2 2021: 148 institutionsQ3 2021: 144 institutionsQ4 2021: 169 institutionsQ1 2022: 159 institutionsQ2 2022: 153 institutionsQ3 2022: 157 institutionsQ4 2022: 164 institutionsQ1 2023: 169 institutionsQ2 2023: 160 institutionsQ3 2023: 168 institutionsQ4 2023: 173 institutionsQ1 2024: 177 institutionsQ2 2024: 189 institutionsQ3 2024: 190 institutionsQ4 2024: 203 institutionsQ1 2025: 201 institutionsQ2 2025: 202 institutionsQ3 2025: 209 institutionsQ4 2025: 216 institutionsQ1 2026: 219 institutionsQ2 2026: 223 institutions
Value heldQ2 2021: $460.4M
Q1 2021: $425.1MQ2 2021: $460.4MQ3 2021: $459.6MQ4 2021: $523.2MQ1 2022: $471.3MQ2 2022: $366.2MQ3 2022: $357.6MQ4 2022: $389.2MQ1 2023: $410.4MQ2 2023: $437.1MQ3 2023: $422.6MQ4 2023: $453.9MQ1 2024: $513.6MQ2 2024: $544.3MQ3 2024: $573.8MQ4 2024: $603.7MQ1 2025: $558.1MQ2 2025: $644.5MQ3 2025: $721.5MQ4 2025: $743.6MQ1 2026: $663.4MQ2 2026: $801.0M
Institutions holding CSQ and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026223$801.0M
Q1 2026219$663.4M
Q4 2025216$743.6M
Q3 2025209$721.5M
Q2 2025202$644.5M
Q1 2025201$558.1M
Q4 2024203$603.7M
Q3 2024190$573.8M
Q2 2024189$544.3M
Q1 2024177$513.6M
Q4 2023173$453.9M
Q3 2023168$422.6M
Q2 2023160$437.1M
Q1 2023169$410.4M
Q4 2022164$389.2M
Q3 2022157$357.6M
Q2 2022153$366.2M
Q1 2022159$471.3M
Q4 2021169$523.2M
Q3 2021144$459.6M
Q2 2021148$460.4M
Q1 2021149$425.1M

Institutions, Q2 2021

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund; share changes are against Q1 2021.

Institutions holding CSQ in Q2 2021
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Assetmark, Inc1$00.00%00.0%Unchanged
Liberty Wealth Management LLC7$00.00%+7New
Brendel Financial Advisors LLC81$1.00K0.00%+81New
Arkadios Wealth Advisors209$3.00K0.00%+4+2.0%Added
SOA Wealth Advisors, LLC.253$4.00K0.00%+4+1.6%Added
Bartlett & Co. Wealth Management LLC270$4.91K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Bartlett & Co. LLC270$5.00K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Key Financial Inc250$5.00K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Capital Analysts, LLC250$5.00K0.00%+250New
North Star Investment Management Corp.400$7.00K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Hoover Financial Advisors, Inc.518$9.00K0.00%+518New
Capital Advisory Group Advisory Services, LLC628$11.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Carroll Financial Associates, Inc.733$13.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
NEXT Financial Group, Inc750$14.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Cascade Investment Advisors, Inc.833$15.2K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
TCI Wealth Advisors, Inc.1,000$18.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Mark Sheptoff Financial Planning, LLC1,000$18.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Center for Financial Planning, Inc.1,000$18.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.1,000$18.0K0.00%+1,000New
Addison Advisors LLC1,341$24.0K0.02%+1,341New
American Portfolios Advisors1,462$26.6K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Dividend Assets Capital, LLC1,583$29.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
CWM, LLC1,660$30.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Pacific Center for Financial Services1,692$31.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Atlas Private Wealth Advisors1,882$34.0K0.02%+15+0.8%Added
Asset Dedication, LLC2,400$44.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Caldwell Trust Co2,526$45.9K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co2,743$50.0K0.00%+2,735+34,187.5%Added
Pinnacle Bancorp, Inc.2,800$51.0K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Wolff Wiese Magana LLC2,900$53.0K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
FNY Investment Advisers, LLC3,000$54.0K0.02%+3,000New
First Manhattan Co3,100$56.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Nelson, Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group, LLC3,200$58.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
FourThought Financial, LLC3,355$61.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Geneos Wealth Management Inc.3,645$66.0K0.00%−100−2.7%Reduced
Fifth Third Bancorp3,618$66.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Citigroup Inc3,729$68.0K0.00%+20+0.5%Added
Allworth Financial LP3,958$72.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Ford Financial Group, LLC4,000$72.0K0.03%+4,000New
US Bancorp4,247$77.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Sargent Bickham Lagudis LLC5,380$98.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Financial Perspectives, Inc5,718$104.0K0.05%−91,112−94.1%Reduced
Parallel Advisors, LLC5,995$109.0K0.00%−57−0.9%Reduced
Spire Wealth Management6,650$121.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc.6,828$124.0K0.01%+42+0.6%Added
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC10,063$183.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co10,050$183.0K0.01%+10,050New
J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc.10,311$188.0K0.01%+97+0.9%Added
Transcend Wealth Collective, LLC10,705$195.0K0.03%+500+4.9%Added
Badgley Phelps & Bell Inc10,793$196.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Wealth Alliance Advisory Group, LLC10,787$196.0K0.10%−23−0.2%Reduced
Donald L. Hagan, LLC11,000$200.0K0.12%00.0%Unchanged
Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC11,161$203.0K0.02%−546−4.7%Reduced
Coldstream Capital Management Inc11,714$213.0K0.01%+11,714New
Good Life Advisors, LLC12,167$221.0K0.04%−289−2.3%Reduced
Cetera Investment Advisers12,161$221.0K0.00%+18+0.1%Added
RPG Investment Advisory, LLC12,200$222.0K0.04%−2,800−18.7%Reduced
Lido Advisors, LLC12,778$232.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Laurel Wealth Advisors, Inc.12,913$235.0K0.03%+208+1.6%Added
Lokken Investment Group LLC13,089$238.0K0.19%−74−0.6%Reduced
Oppenheimer & Co Inc13,492$245.0K0.00%+42+0.3%Added
Snowden Capital Advisors LLC13,501$245.6K0.01%+176+1.3%Added
Canal Capital Management, LLC14,175$258.0K0.07%00.0%Unchanged
SeaCrest Wealth Management, LLC14,214$259.0K0.03%−349−2.4%Reduced
Lantz Financial LLC14,400$262.0K0.13%00.0%Unchanged
Meristem Family Wealth, LLC15,000$273.0K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Baird Financial Group, Inc.15,529$282.0K0.00%−2,000−11.4%Reduced
Live Oak Private Wealth LLC16,179$294.0K0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Dana Investment Advisors, Inc.16,557$301.0K0.01%−4,864−22.7%Reduced
Claraphi Advisory Network, LLC16,951$308.0K0.09%−612−3.5%Reduced
Mosaic Family Wealth, LLC16,908$308.0K0.09%+1,494+9.7%Added
WealthTrust Axiom LLC17,424$316.0K0.10%00.0%Unchanged
SMH Capital Advisors Inc18,361$334.0K0.67%+108+0.6%Added
Creative Planning18,723$341.0K0.00%−11,338−37.7%Reduced
Stephens Inc18,861$343.0K0.01%−650−3.3%Reduced
TFG Advisers LLC18,837$343.0K0.17%−666−3.4%Reduced
Proequities, Inc.18,919$344.0K0.02%+1,040+5.8%Added
Mercer Global Advisors Inc20,144$366.0K0.00%−200−1.0%Reduced
Asset Management Corp20,134$366.0K0.24%+224+1.1%Added
Brookstone Capital Management21,757$399.0K0.01%−829−3.7%Reduced
AE Wealth Management LLC23,038$419.0K0.00%−582−2.5%Reduced
Sigma Planning Corp23,403$426.0K0.01%+701+3.1%Added
ELCO Management Co., LLC23,700$431.0K0.32%+2,400+11.3%Added
Institute for Wealth Management, LLC.23,756$432.0K0.08%−35−0.1%Reduced
Game Plan Financial Advisors, LLC25,000$455.0K0.27%00.0%Unchanged
Smith, Moore & Co.27,672$503.0K0.08%+2,672+10.7%Added
Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC29,030$528.0K0.06%+2,130+7.9%Added
D.A. Davidson & Co.29,136$530.0K0.01%−1,541−5.0%Reduced
Calamos Wealth Management LLC29,240$532.0K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC29,964$545.0K0.09%+29,964New
Advisory Services Network, LLC30,116$548.0K0.02%+113+0.4%Added
Private Advisor Group, LLC30,214$550.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
WealthShield Partners, LLC30,762$560.0K0.09%−6,056−16.4%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc31,646$576.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Envestnet Asset Management Inc32,711$595.0K0.00%−409−1.2%Reduced
Nations Financial Group Inc,32,716$595.0K0.10%+5,123+18.6%Added
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC34,923$635.0K0.01%+8,202+30.7%Added
Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC35,235$641.0K0.09%−210−0.6%Reduced
Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC36,712$668.0K0.04%+6,493+21.5%Added
Quad-Cities Investment Group, LLC37,757$687.0K0.47%+526+1.4%Added