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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 $805.2M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

13F holders, Q1 2022

Institutional positions in Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund as of Mar 31, 2022. 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
159
−6 vs. Q4 2021
Shares held
26.9M
−193.2K (−0.7%) vs. Q4 2021
Total value
$471.3M
−$50.6M (−9.7%) vs. Q4 2021
New holders
20
61 more added
Sold out
26
29 more reduced

4 institutions that held it in Q4 2021 haven't filed for Q1 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 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 holdersQ1 2022: 159 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 heldQ1 2022: $471.3M
Q1 2021: $426.6MQ2 2021: $460.4MQ3 2021: $459.6MQ4 2021: $523.4MQ1 2022: $471.3MQ2 2022: $366.2MQ3 2022: $357.6MQ4 2022: $389.2MQ1 2023: $410.4MQ2 2023: $437.1MQ3 2023: $422.6MQ4 2023: $515.6MQ1 2024: $645.0MQ2 2024: $558.6MQ3 2024: $588.9MQ4 2024: $603.7MQ1 2025: $558.3MQ2 2025: $692.1MQ3 2025: $724.3MQ4 2025: $743.9MQ1 2026: $663.4MQ2 2026: $805.2M
Institutions holding CSQ and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026223$805.2M
Q1 2026219$663.4M
Q4 2025216$743.9M
Q3 2025209$724.3M
Q2 2025202$692.1M
Q1 2025201$558.3M
Q4 2024203$603.7M
Q3 2024190$588.9M
Q2 2024189$558.6M
Q1 2024177$645.0M
Q4 2023173$515.6M
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$523.4M
Q3 2021144$459.6M
Q2 2021148$460.4M
Q1 2021149$426.6M

Institutions, Q1 2022

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund; share changes are against Q4 2021.

Institutions holding CSQ in Q1 2022
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Bank of America Corp4,773,390$83.7M0.01%−306,154−6.0%Reduced
UBS Group AG4,309,512$75.5M0.03%−175,990−3.9%Reduced
Morgan Stanley3,802,921$66.7M0.01%+152,145+4.2%Added
Wells Fargo & Company1,763,059$30.9M0.01%+15,668+0.9%Added
Royal Bank of Canada1,321,536$23.2M0.01%+52,631+4.1%Added
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.1,174,155$20.6M0.04%+36,422+3.2%Added
Raymond James & Associates1,043,439$18.3M0.02%+7,739+0.7%Added
Bensler, LLC736,558$12.9M2.72%+27,322+3.9%Added
Guggenheim Capital LLC638,415$11.2M0.07%+7,098+1.1%Added
LPL Financial LLC550,567$9.65M0.01%+39,929+7.8%Added
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.417,496$7.64M0.01%+73,584+21.4%Added
Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD.394,270$6.91M0.15%−372−0.1%Reduced
Cetera Advisors LLC361,245$6.33M0.13%+194,227+116.3%Added
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC355,889$6.24M0.01%+1,208+0.3%Added
Apollon Wealth Management, LLC268,660$4.71M0.33%−2,375−0.9%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc239,849$4.21M0.00%+1,107+0.5%Added
B. Riley Wealth Management, Inc.219,301$3.84M0.30%+26,648+13.8%Added
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.209,924$3.68M0.02%+9,787+4.9%Added
Davenport & Co LLC208,750$3.66M0.03%+8,228+4.1%Added
Truist Financial Corp194,759$3.41M0.01%+10,095+5.5%Added
Stifel Financial Corp191,782$3.36M0.00%−3,750−1.9%Reduced
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC186,715$3.27M0.01%−1,545−0.8%Reduced
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.154,429$2.71M0.01%−3,036−1.9%Reduced
Pointe Capital Management LLC150,813$2.64M1.69%−15,357−9.2%Reduced
Shaker Financial Services, LLC133,388$2.34M0.88%+117,377+733.1%Added
Domani Wealth, LLC129,550$2.27M0.49%00.0%Unchanged
Aviance Capital Partners, LLC125,881$2.21M0.41%+17,536+16.2%Added
Central Trust Co124,715$2.19M0.06%−400−0.3%Reduced
Meridian Wealth Advisors, LLC112,750$1.98M0.46%+10,000+9.7%Added
HighTower Advisors, LLC111,413$1.95M0.00%+3,156+2.9%Added
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.109,963$1.93M0.00%−34,122−23.7%Reduced
McGowan Group Asset Management, Inc.102,165$1.79M0.28%−4,814−4.5%Reduced
Cetera Advisor Networks LLC94,319$1.65M0.02%+5,848+6.6%Added
Lake Street Financial LLC83,475$1.46M0.26%−7,150−7.9%Reduced
Mariner, LLC75,508$1.32M0.00%+761+1.0%Added
National Asset Management, Inc.73,579$1.29M0.04%+6,144+9.1%Added
Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC62,596$1.10M0.02%+5,482+9.6%Added
9258 Wealth Management, LLC54,809$961.0K0.22%+146+0.3%Added
Wealthsource Partners, LLC43,737$767.0K0.05%+27,218+164.8%Added
Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc.43,424$761.0K0.01%+43,424New
Frontier Wealth Management LLC45,542$749.0K0.01%+500+1.1%Added
David J Yvars Group42,033$738.0K0.51%+337+0.8%Added
Wedbush Securities Inc41,894$734.0K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
GWM Advisors LLC41,082$720.0K0.01%−7,312−15.1%Reduced
Conning Inc.40,426$704.0K0.02%+467+1.2%Added
Laidlaw Wealth Management LLC38,670$678.0K0.11%+408+1.1%Added
Raymond James Trust N.A.37,185$652.0K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Asset Management Corp37,074$650.0K0.40%+16,126+77.0%Added
Jmac Enterprises LLC37,003$649.0K0.15%+84+0.2%Added
San Luis Wealth Advisors LLC33,025$637.0K0.31%+33,025New
Nations Financial Group Inc,34,868$611.0K0.07%+1,800+5.4%Added
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC34,559$606.0K0.01%−1,210−3.4%Reduced
Quad-Cities Investment Group, LLC34,512$605.0K0.39%+529+1.6%Added
Western Wealth Management, LLC34,176$600.0K0.03%+18,088+112.4%Added
Private Advisor Group, LLC34,014$596.0K0.00%+2,070+6.5%Added
55I, LLC33,310$584.0K0.01%+3,803+12.9%Added
Bank of Montreal32,359$577.0K0.00%+32,359New
Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC32,720$574.0K0.03%−3,332−9.2%Reduced
Kellett Schaffner Wealth Advisors LLC32,379$568.0K0.45%−5,050−13.5%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc31,646$555.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Envestnet Asset Management Inc31,402$550.0K0.00%−487−1.5%Reduced
D.A. Davidson & Co.30,459$534.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Invesco Ltd.30,355$532.0K0.00%−13,269−30.4%Reduced
Advisory Services Network, LLC30,062$527.0K0.02%+121+0.4%Added
Calamos Wealth Management LLC29,240$513.0K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
AE Wealth Management LLC26,997$473.0K0.00%+531+2.0%Added
Smith, Moore & Co.26,750$469.0K0.06%−1,000−3.6%Reduced
XML Financial, LLC26,597$466.0K0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Telemus Capital, LLC25,298$443.0K0.04%−11,374−31.0%Reduced
Game Plan Financial Advisors, LLC25,000$438.0K0.26%00.0%Unchanged
ELCO Management Co., LLC23,900$419.0K0.29%−100−0.4%Reduced
Institute for Wealth Management, LLC.22,742$399.0K0.07%−620−2.7%Reduced
Creative Planning22,079$387.0K0.00%+450+2.1%Added
Brookstone Capital Management22,728$379.0K0.01%+330+1.5%Added
Snowden Capital Advisors LLC21,278$373.0K0.01%+7,434+53.7%Added
Mercer Global Advisors Inc20,173$354.0K0.00%−151−0.7%Reduced
Cresset Asset Management, LLC20,042$351.0K0.00%+20,042New
Canal Capital Management, LLC19,575$343.0K0.09%+5,400+38.1%Added
SMH Capital Advisors Inc19,478$341.0K0.55%+1,016+5.5%Added
Stephens Inc18,611$326.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Silverlake Wealth Management LLC17,630$309.1K0.18%+610+3.6%Added
TFG Advisers LLC17,534$307.0K0.14%−585−3.2%Reduced
WealthTrust Axiom LLC17,424$305.0K0.10%00.0%Unchanged
J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc.17,206$302.0K0.02%+748+4.5%Added
Live Oak Private Wealth LLC16,179$284.0K0.05%00.0%Unchanged
Oppenheimer & Co Inc15,906$279.0K0.01%−38,033−70.5%Reduced
ProVise Management Group, LLC15,000$263.0K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Meristem Family Wealth, LLC15,000$263.0K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Dana Investment Advisors, Inc.14,938$262.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC14,524$255.0K0.02%+3,456+31.2%Added
Lantz Financial LLC14,400$252.0K0.10%00.0%Unchanged
Lokken Investment Group LLC15,854$243.0K0.19%−4,306−21.4%Reduced
Money Concepts Capital Corp13,852$243.0K0.01%+13,852New
Laurel Wealth Advisors, Inc.13,677$240.0K0.02%+647+5.0%Added
Cetera Investment Advisers13,486$236.0K0.00%+562+4.3%Added
GPS Wealth Strategies Group, LLC13,481$236.0K0.05%+13,481New
SeaCrest Wealth Management, LLC12,774$224.0K0.03%+64+0.5%Added
Good Life Advisors, LLC12,234$214.0K0.03%+46+0.4%Added
Cerity Partners LLC12,092$212.0K0.00%+12,092New
Donald L. Hagan, LLC11,000$193.0K0.11%00.0%Unchanged