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, Q4 2023
Institutional positions in Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund as of Dec 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
- 173
- +7 vs. Q3 2023
- Shares held
- 34.7M
- +4.93M (+16.6%) vs. Q3 2023
- Total value
- $515.6M
- +$97.0M (+23.2%) vs. Q3 2023
- New holders
- 20
- 53 more added
- Sold out
- 13
- 51 more reduced
2 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 2023: 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 | $805.2M |
| Q1 2026 | 219 | $663.4M |
| Q4 2025 | 216 | $743.9M |
| Q3 2025 | 209 | $724.3M |
| Q2 2025 | 202 | $692.1M |
| Q1 2025 | 201 | $558.3M |
| Q4 2024 | 203 | $603.7M |
| Q3 2024 | 190 | $588.9M |
| Q2 2024 | 189 | $558.6M |
| Q1 2024 | 177 | $645.0M |
| Q4 2023 | 173 | $515.6M |
| 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 | $523.4M |
| Q3 2021 | 144 | $459.6M |
| Q2 2021 | 148 | $460.4M |
| Q1 2021 | 149 | $426.6M |
Institutions, Q4 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund; share changes are against Q3 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | 7,709,456 | $114.6M | 0.01% | +3,898,055+102.3% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 4,600,990 | $68.4M | 0.01% | +3,173+0.1% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 4,080,352 | $60.7M | 0.02% | −84,371−2.0% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 2,691,388 | $40.0M | 0.01% | +107,730+4.2% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 1,762,681 | $26.2M | 0.01% | +61,804+3.6% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 1,254,897 | $18.7M | 0.01% | −153,970−10.9% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. | 924,233 | $13.7M | 0.02% | −200,183−17.8% | Reduced |
| Bensler, LLC | 883,061 | $13.1M | 2.18% | +65,291+8.0% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 878,929 | $13.1M | 0.01% | +93,896+12.0% | Added |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 623,274 | $9.27M | 0.07% | −41,904−6.3% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 604,322 | $8.99M | 0.00% | +598,084+9,587.8% | Added |
| McGowan Group Asset Management, Inc. | 599,321 | $8.91M | 1.43% | +63,228+11.8% | Added |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 497,379 | $7.40M | 0.15% | −2,036−0.4% | Reduced |
| Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD. | 386,523 | $5.75M | 0.11% | +3,692+1.0% | Added |
| Cetera Advisors LLC | 369,705 | $5.50M | 0.08% | −82,330−18.2% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 360,341 | $5.36M | 0.01% | −95,213−20.9% | Reduced |
| Apollon Wealth Management, LLC | 334,432 | $4.97M | 0.17% | +57,987+21.0% | Added |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. | 334,111 | $4.97M | 0.02% | +55,543+19.9% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 271,717 | $4.04M | 0.01% | +75,838+38.7% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 267,872 | $3.98M | 0.00% | −26,062−8.9% | Reduced |
| Shaker Financial Services, LLC | 252,444 | $3.78M | 1.55% | +252,444 | New |
| Truist Financial Corp | 241,386 | $3.59M | 0.01% | +9,378+4.0% | Added |
| Davenport & Co LLC | 224,532 | $3.34M | 0.02% | −5,351−2.3% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 186,303 | $2.77M | 0.01% | −900−0.5% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 185,519 | $2.76M | 0.01% | −8,453−4.4% | Reduced |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 180,879 | $2.69M | 0.01% | −2,389−1.3% | Reduced |
| Landscape Capital Management, L.L.C. | 174,654 | $2.60M | 0.23% | +174,654 | New |
| Pointe Capital Management LLC | 153,019 | $2.28M | 1.58% | +100+0.1% | Added |
| Savant Capital, LLC | 143,776 | $2.14M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| National Asset Management, Inc. | 139,102 | $2.08M | 0.06% | −1,357−1.0% | Reduced |
| Central Trust Co | 112,570 | $1.67M | 0.04% | −9,470−7.8% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 110,671 | $1.65M | 0.00% | +4,137+3.9% | Added |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 102,975 | $1.53M | 0.01% | +1,507+1.5% | Added |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 98,997 | $1.47M | 0.00% | −42,100−29.8% | Reduced |
| Meridian Wealth Advisors, LLC | 97,222 | $1.45M | 0.32% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mariner, LLC | 97,192 | $1.45M | 0.00% | −430−0.4% | Reduced |
| Aviance Capital Partners, LLC | 92,224 | $1.37M | 0.29% | −16,984−15.6% | Reduced |
| Karpus Management, Inc. | 89,658 | $1.33M | 0.04% | +89,658 | New |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 81,334 | $1.21M | 0.02% | +6,884+9.2% | Added |
| Lake Street Financial LLC | 77,700 | $1.16M | 0.18% | +750+1.0% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 76,242 | $1.13M | 0.00% | −5,108−6.3% | Reduced |
| Calamos Wealth Management LLC | 61,970 | $921.5K | 0.06% | −13,410−17.8% | Reduced |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 60,845 | $913.1K | 0.01% | +1,101+1.8% | Added |
| Consolidated Planning Corp | 58,384 | $868.2K | 0.16% | −9,687−14.2% | Reduced |
| Harbour Investments, Inc. | 57,570 | $856.1K | 0.04% | +1,000+1.8% | Added |
| Comerica Bank | 54,670 | $812.9K | 0.00% | −3,770−6.5% | Reduced |
| Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc. | 52,065 | $774.2K | 0.03% | +52,065 | New |
| Palogic Value Management, L.P. | 51,000 | $758.4K | 0.34% | −2,000−3.8% | Reduced |
| Conning Inc. | 47,350 | $704.1K | 0.02% | +1,012+2.2% | Added |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 46,572 | $692.5K | 0.01% | −4,410−8.7% | Reduced |
| M&T Bank Corp | 46,027 | $684.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wedbush Securities Inc | 45,735 | $680.0K | 0.03% | −900−1.9% | Reduced |
| NWF Advisory Services Inc. | 45,534 | $677.1K | 0.13% | −1,000−2.1% | Reduced |
| Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. | 43,567 | $649.7K | 0.01% | +18,540+74.1% | Added |
| 9258 Wealth Management, LLC | 41,855 | $622.4K | 0.11% | −1,419−3.3% | Reduced |
| Quad-Cities Investment Group, LLC | 39,089 | $584.4K | 0.36% | +572+1.5% | Added |
| Lifeworks Advisors, LLC | 37,284 | $554.4K | 0.19% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Jmac Enterprises LLC | 37,212 | $553.3K | 0.12% | +408+1.1% | Added |
| Raymond James Trust N.A. | 35,185 | $523.2K | 0.01% | −1,185−3.3% | Reduced |
| Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC | 34,846 | $518.2K | 0.04% | +668+2.0% | Added |
| Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 31,814 | $473.1K | 0.01% | +1,137+3.7% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 31,646 | $470.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Advisory Services Network, LLC | 31,413 | $467.1K | 0.01% | −4,552−12.7% | Reduced |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC | 30,325 | $450.9K | 0.01% | +3,140+11.6% | Added |
| GPS Wealth Strategies Group, LLC | 30,165 | $448.6K | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 30,000 | $446.1K | 0.00% | +30,000 | New |
| Canal Capital Management, LLC | 28,400 | $422.3K | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cornerstone Advisors, LLC | 28,100 | $417.8K | 0.02% | +28,100 | New |
| David J Yvars Group | 26,931 | $404.0K | 0.32% | −18,078−40.2% | Reduced |
| WealthTrust Axiom LLC | 26,174 | $389.2K | 0.13% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| XML Financial, LLC | 26,128 | $388.5K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| D.A. Davidson & Co. | 25,230 | $375.2K | 0.00% | −3,000−10.6% | Reduced |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 24,496 | $364.3K | 0.00% | +4,656+23.5% | Added |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 24,358 | $362.0K | 0.00% | +8,180+50.6% | Added |
| Nations Financial Group Inc, | 24,287 | $361.2K | 0.03% | −600−2.4% | Reduced |
| ELCO Management Co., LLC | 24,200 | $359.9K | 0.24% | −100−0.4% | Reduced |
| Snowden Capital Advisors LLC | 23,501 | $349.5K | 0.01% | +2,596+12.4% | Added |
| Stonebrook Private Inc. | 23,241 | $345.6K | 0.12% | +23,241 | New |
| Blue Chip Partners, Inc. | 23,221 | $345.3K | 0.04% | +23,221 | New |
| Capital CS Group, LLC | 22,798 | $339.0K | 0.38% | −935−3.9% | Reduced |
| Strategies Wealth Advisors, LLC | 22,440 | $333.7K | 0.06% | +22,440 | New |
| Smith, Moore & Co. | 22,350 | $332.3K | 0.04% | −1,000−4.3% | Reduced |
| Atomi Financial Group, Inc. | 21,499 | $319.7K | 0.04% | +2,714+14.4% | Added |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 21,406 | $318.3K | 0.00% | +1,255+6.2% | Added |
| Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC | 21,210 | $315.4K | 0.01% | −9,043−29.9% | Reduced |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 20,997 | $312.8K | 0.00% | +4,411+26.6% | Added |
| Cyndeo Wealth Partners, LLC | 20,818 | $309.6K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 20,630 | $306.8K | 0.00% | −5,602−21.4% | Reduced |
| Grey Street Capital, LLC | 20,282 | $303.7K | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Old National Bancorp | 20,075 | $298.5K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Institute for Wealth Management, LLC. | 20,017 | $297.7K | 0.05% | −1,000−4.8% | Reduced |
| Game Plan Financial Advisors, LLC | 20,000 | $297.4K | 0.17% | +20,000 | New |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 19,617 | $291.7K | 0.00% | −12,846−39.6% | Reduced |
| Mosaic Family Wealth Partners, LLC | 18,706 | $278.2K | 0.05% | +211+1.1% | Added |
| International Assets Investment Management, LLC | 18,666 | $277.6K | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC | 18,527 | $271.2K | 0.01% | −922−4.7% | Reduced |
| Cerity Partners LLC | 18,115 | $269.4K | 0.00% | +18,115 | New |
| Silverlake Wealth Management LLC | 18,008 | $267.8K | 0.15% | +57+0.3% | Added |
| Stratos Wealth Advisors, LLC | 17,359 | $258.1K | 0.01% | +339+2.0% | Added |
| Telemus Capital, LLC | 17,022 | $253.1K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |