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, Q1 2023
Institutional positions in Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund as of Mar 31, 2023. 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
- 169
- +7 vs. Q4 2022
- Shares held
- 29.3M
- +280.5K (+1.0%) vs. Q4 2022
- Total value
- $410.4M
- +$21.7M (+5.6%) vs. Q4 2022
- New holders
- 21
- 57 more added
- Sold out
- 14
- 41 more reduced
2 institutions that held it in Q4 2022 haven't filed for Q1 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 2022: 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.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 223 | $801.0M |
| Q1 2026 | 219 | $663.4M |
| Q4 2025 | 216 | $743.6M |
| Q3 2025 | 209 | $721.5M |
| Q2 2025 | 202 | $644.5M |
| Q1 2025 | 201 | $558.1M |
| Q4 2024 | 203 | $603.7M |
| Q3 2024 | 190 | $573.8M |
| Q2 2024 | 189 | $544.3M |
| Q1 2024 | 177 | $513.6M |
| Q4 2023 | 173 | $453.9M |
| Q3 2023 | 168 | $422.6M |
| Q2 2023 | 160 | $437.1M |
| Q1 2023 | 169 | $410.4M |
| Q4 2022 | 164 | $389.2M |
| Q3 2022 | 157 | $357.6M |
| Q2 2022 | 153 | $366.2M |
| Q1 2022 | 159 | $471.3M |
| Q4 2021 | 169 | $523.2M |
| Q3 2021 | 144 | $459.6M |
| Q2 2021 | 148 | $460.4M |
| Q1 2021 | 149 | $425.1M |
Institutions, Q1 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund; share changes are against Q4 2022.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Luis Wealth Advisors LLC | 24,999 | $350.0K | 0.13% | +24,999 | New |
| WealthTrust Axiom LLC | 26,174 | $366.4K | 0.12% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| XML Financial, LLC | 26,428 | $370.0K | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Smith, Moore & Co. | 27,350 | $382.9K | 0.05% | +600+2.2% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 27,484 | $384.8K | 0.00% | −6,531−19.2% | Reduced |
| D.A. Davidson & Co. | 28,230 | $395.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC | 28,979 | $405.7K | 0.02% | −2,773−8.7% | Reduced |
| Colony Group LLC | 29,451 | $412.0K | 0.01% | +29,451 | New |
| Capital CS Group, LLC | 29,462 | $412.5K | 0.39% | +29,462 | New |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 29,492 | $412.9K | 0.00% | +2,371+8.7% | Added |
| Canal Capital Management, LLC | 31,100 | $435.4K | 0.10% | +2,700+9.5% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 31,646 | $443.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 34,843 | $487.8K | 0.01% | +4,309+14.1% | Added |
| GPS Wealth Strategies Group, LLC | 35,208 | $492.9K | 0.10% | +8,395+31.3% | Added |
| Jmac Enterprises LLC | 36,105 | $505.5K | 0.13% | −112−0.3% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Trust N.A. | 36,370 | $509.0K | 0.02% | −815−2.2% | Reduced |
| Quad-Cities Investment Group, LLC | 37,298 | $522.2K | 0.36% | +722+2.0% | Added |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. | 38,355 | $537.0K | 0.01% | +406+1.1% | Added |
| Nations Financial Group Inc, | 38,456 | $538.4K | 0.06% | −5,556−12.6% | Reduced |
| Wedbush Securities Inc | 42,063 | $589.0K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| David J Yvars Group | 43,959 | $610.7K | 0.55% | +525+1.2% | Added |
| Shaker Financial Services, LLC | 43,693 | $611.7K | 0.27% | −117,291−72.9% | Reduced |
| Conning Inc. | 44,405 | $621.7K | 0.02% | +981+2.3% | Added |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 46,799 | $631.9K | 0.01% | −4,568−8.9% | Reduced |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 45,304 | $634.3K | 0.01% | −1,249−2.7% | Reduced |
| 9258 Wealth Management, LLC | 45,841 | $641.8K | 0.13% | −3,051−6.2% | Reduced |
| NWF Advisory Services Inc. | 47,234 | $696.7K | 0.16% | +47,234 | New |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 54,156 | $758.2K | 0.01% | −7,555−12.2% | Reduced |
| Harbour Investments, Inc. | 54,234 | $759.3K | 0.04% | −1,409−2.5% | Reduced |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 55,350 | $774.9K | 0.00% | +9,458+20.6% | Added |
| Palogic Value Management, L.P. | 57,000 | $798.0K | 0.39% | −2,000−3.4% | Reduced |
| Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC | 72,792 | $1.02M | 0.08% | +5,149+7.6% | Added |
| Calamos Wealth Management LLC | 75,380 | $1.06M | 0.08% | +46,140+157.8% | Added |
| Lake Street Financial LLC | 79,450 | $1.11M | 0.21% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mariner, LLC | 85,659 | $1.20M | 0.00% | +1,139+1.3% | Added |
| Meridian Wealth Advisors, LLC | 94,222 | $1.32M | 0.33% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 105,604 | $1.48M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 107,341 | $1.50M | 0.01% | +4,830+4.7% | Added |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 118,239 | $1.66M | 0.00% | +1,922+1.7% | Added |
| Central Trust Co | 123,940 | $1.74M | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Aviance Capital Partners, LLC | 124,022 | $1.74M | 0.39% | +3,011+2.5% | Added |
| Domani Wealth, LLC | 129,550 | $1.81M | 0.42% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| National Asset Management, Inc. | 138,409 | $1.94M | 0.05% | −5,713−4.0% | Reduced |
| Pointe Capital Management LLC | 148,085 | $2.07M | 1.51% | +170.0% | Added |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 181,431 | $2.54M | 0.01% | +10,918+6.4% | Added |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 186,893 | $2.62M | 0.01% | −1,136−0.6% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 196,593 | $2.75M | 0.00% | +4,454+2.3% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 211,410 | $2.96M | 0.01% | −22,692−9.7% | Reduced |
| Truist Financial Corp | 221,996 | $3.11M | 0.01% | +22,570+11.3% | Added |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 234,121 | $3.28M | 0.03% | −2,928−1.2% | Reduced |
| Apollon Wealth Management, LLC | 264,211 | $3.70M | 0.23% | +6,250+2.4% | Added |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 269,737 | $3.78M | 0.02% | +19,711+7.9% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 275,820 | $3.87M | 0.00% | −6,982−2.5% | Reduced |
| First Republic Investment Management, Inc. | 285,602 | $4.00M | 0.01% | +14,337+5.3% | Added |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 348,994 | $4.89M | 0.13% | −1320.0% | Reduced |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 355,429 | $4.98M | 0.10% | −29,191−7.6% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 393,139 | $5.50M | 0.01% | −25,907−6.2% | Reduced |
| Cetera Advisors LLC | 447,967 | $6.27M | 0.10% | +10,264+2.3% | Added |
| McGowan Group Asset Management, Inc. | 522,759 | $7.32M | 1.16% | −4,533−0.9% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 654,509 | $9.16M | 0.01% | +984+0.2% | Added |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 659,920 | $9.24M | 0.08% | −53,608−7.5% | Reduced |
| Bensler, LLC | 782,946 | $11.0M | 2.21% | +7,284+0.9% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 1,102,927 | $15.4M | 0.03% | +23,217+2.2% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 1,420,863 | $19.9M | 0.02% | −3,880−0.3% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 1,556,826 | $21.8M | 0.01% | +49,377+3.3% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 2,183,329 | $30.6M | 0.01% | +67,432+3.2% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 3,913,238 | $54.8M | 0.01% | +145,705+3.9% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 4,483,253 | $62.8M | 0.03% | −47,109−1.0% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 4,602,566 | $64.4M | 0.01% | +57,809+1.3% | Added |
| Dana Investment Advisors, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −33,074−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bank of Montreal | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −31,045−100.0% | Sold out |
| Avantax Advisory Services, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,360−100.0% | Sold out |
| Money Concepts Capital Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,289−100.0% | Sold out |
| Virtu Financial LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,783−100.0% | Sold out |
| Badgley Phelps Wealth Managers, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,793−100.0% | Sold out |
| HBK Sorce Advisory LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,114−100.0% | Sold out |
| IFP Advisors, Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,190−100.0% | Sold out |
| Accurate Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,600−100.0% | Sold out |
| PrairieView Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,823−100.0% | Sold out |
| Tower View Investment Management & Research LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,044−100.0% | Sold out |
| South State Corp. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −312−100.0% | Sold out |
| Capital Analysts, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −250−100.0% | Sold out |
| Assetmark, Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1−100.0% | Sold out |
| Game Plan Financial Advisors, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| CoreCap Advisors, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |