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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, Q3 2025

Institutional positions in Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund as of Sep 30, 2025. 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
209
+11 vs. Q2 2025
Shares held
37.4M
+2.16M (+6.1%) vs. Q2 2025
Total value
$721.5M
+$78.5M (+12.2%) vs. Q2 2025
New holders
23
67 more added
Sold out
12
47 more reduced

4 institutions that held it in Q2 2025 haven't filed for Q3 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2025: 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 holdersQ3 2025: 209 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 heldQ3 2025: $721.5M
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, Q3 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund; share changes are against Q2 2025.

Institutions holding CSQ in Q3 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Canal Capital Management, LLC18,384$354.6K0.05%−751−3.9%Reduced
Empower Advisory Group, LLC18,409$355.1K0.00%+18,409New
Strategies Wealth Advisors, LLC18,562$358.1K0.04%−4,900−20.9%Reduced
Mount Yale Investment Advisors, LLC18,605$358.9K0.03%+18,605New
San Luis Wealth Advisors LLC18,649$359.7K0.06%00.0%Unchanged
EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC18,664$360.0K0.01%+20+0.1%Added
Cascade Financial Partners, LLC18,723$361.2K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Dana Investment Advisors, Inc.18,787$362.4K0.01%−617−3.2%Reduced
CAPROCK Group, Inc.19,739$367.5K0.01%+19,739New
Smith, Moore & Co.19,150$369.4K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Mosaic Family Wealth Partners, LLC19,414$372.9K0.04%−436−2.2%Reduced
Game Plan Financial Advisors, LLC20,000$385.8K0.16%00.0%Unchanged
XML Financial, LLC20,828$401.8K0.03%−3,250−13.5%Reduced
Wedbush Securities Inc21,029$406.0K0.01%−1,170−5.3%Reduced
WealthTrust Axiom LLC21,713$418.8K0.11%−2,100−8.8%Reduced
Uniting Wealth Partners, LLC21,765$419.9K0.10%−3,659−14.4%Reduced
ELCO Management Co., LLC22,023$424.8K0.22%−101−0.5%Reduced
Nations Financial Group Inc,22,128$426.9K0.03%−487−2.2%Reduced
Litman Gregory Asset Management LLC22,500$434.0K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Summit Financial, LLC22,963$443.0K0.01%+155+0.7%Added
Guardian Wealth Advisors, LLC23,431$452.0K0.03%+50+0.2%Added
Aptus Capital Advisors, LLC23,431$452.0K0.00%+50+0.2%Added
Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC24,640$475.8K0.00%+1,933+8.5%Added
Doliver Advisors, LP26,247$506.3K0.13%+26,247New
D.A. Davidson & Co.26,350$508.3K0.00%+1,630+6.6%Added
Mezzasalma Advisors, LLC26,459$510.4K0.13%−240−0.9%Reduced
Baird Financial Group, Inc.26,880$518.5K0.00%+4,742+21.4%Added
Brookstone Capital Management26,971$520.3K0.01%−2,794−9.4%Reduced
Fairman Group, LLC27,303$526.7K0.42%−5,748−17.4%Reduced
Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC27,861$537.4K0.01%+909+3.4%Added
WCG Wealth Advisors LLC27,888$538.0K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
David J Yvars Group28,543$549.0K0.29%+1,422+5.2%Added
Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC30,100$580.6K0.01%+2,479+9.0%Added
GPS Wealth Strategies Group, LLC30,165$581.9K0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Pathstone Holdings, LLC30,885$595.8K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Goldman Sachs Group Inc31,646$610.5K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.32,155$620.3K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
QTR Family Wealth, LLC32,301$623.1K0.30%+32,301New
Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC32,588$628.6K0.01%+791+2.5%Added
Quad-Cities Investment Group, LLC32,911$634.9K0.27%−80.0%Reduced
Snowden Capital Advisors LLC35,579$686.3K0.02%−53−0.1%Reduced
Jane Street Group, LLC38,164$736.2K0.00%+21,075+123.3%Added
Palogic Value Management, L.P.38,800$748.5K0.32%00.0%Unchanged
PFG Investments, LLC39,810$767.9K0.04%+2,172+5.8%Added
NWF Advisory Services Inc.40,134$774.2K0.08%00.0%Unchanged
Warren Averett Asset Management, LLC42,452$818.9K0.01%−1,191−2.7%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC45,208$872.1K0.00%+22,550+99.5%Added
Colony Group, LLC45,675$881.1K0.00%+1,015+2.3%Added
M&T Bank Corp45,695$881.5K0.00%+695+1.5%Added
Mesirow Financial Investment Management, Inc.52,333$1.01M0.02%+37+0.1%Added
Harbour Investments, Inc.54,584$1.05M0.02%+465+0.9%Added
GWM Advisors LLC60,183$1.16M0.01%−1,835−3.0%Reduced
U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC63,341$1.22M0.03%+3,377+5.6%Added
Balyasny Asset Management LLC64,418$1.24M0.00%+64,418New
Lake Street Financial LLC65,448$1.26M0.16%00.0%Unchanged
Comerica Bank65,593$1.27M0.00%+11,664+21.6%Added
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC65,908$1.27M0.01%+8,684+15.2%Added
Oppenheimer & Co Inc67,063$1.29M0.02%+2,300+3.6%Added
Private Advisor Group, LLC76,735$1.48M0.01%+4,342+6.0%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc80,619$1.56M0.00%−3,456−4.1%Reduced
Readystate Asset Management LP81,826$1.58M0.08%−27,636−25.2%Reduced
Central Trust Co84,515$1.63M0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Calamos Wealth Management LLC85,160$1.64M0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Captrust Financial Advisors90,407$1.74M0.00%+9,184+11.3%Added
Wolverine Asset Management LLC92,123$1.78M0.03%+92,123New
Aviance Capital Partners, LLC96,220$1.86M0.22%−1,042−1.1%Reduced
Meridian Wealth Advisors, LLC97,722$1.89M0.27%00.0%Unchanged
Invesco Ltd.97,824$1.89M0.00%−9,717−9.0%Reduced
Mariner, LLC103,764$2.00M0.00%−2,272−2.1%Reduced
Founders Financial Securities LLC118,730$2.29M0.16%+7,425+6.7%Added
HighTower Advisors, LLC119,666$2.31M0.00%+860+0.7%Added
J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc.120,023$2.32M0.04%−4,985−4.0%Reduced
Prairie Wealth Advisors, Inc.124,461$2.40M0.99%+4,725+3.9%Added
Pointe Capital Management LLC131,221$2.53M1.24%+10.0%Added
Savant Capital, LLC134,743$2.60M0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC134,791$2.60M0.01%−10,281−7.1%Reduced
Pensionmark Financial Group, LLC137,800$2.66M0.05%+137,800New
Clearstead Advisors, LLC138,190$2.67M0.04%−1,095−0.8%Reduced
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.149,971$2.89M0.01%−3,593−2.3%Reduced
Karpus Management, Inc.152,674$2.95M0.09%+97,341+175.9%Added
PMG Family Office LLC156,767$3.02M3.38%+156,767New
Sanctuary Advisors, LLC174,510$3.37M0.02%−1,255−0.7%Reduced
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC188,947$3.65M0.00%−3,490−1.8%Reduced
Davenport & Co LLC204,077$3.94M0.02%−2,651−1.3%Reduced
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC210,118$4.05M0.01%+20,905+11.0%Added
Smith Asset Management Co., LLC227,982$4.40M3.75%−1,090−0.5%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc278,914$5.38M0.00%+11,288+4.2%Added
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.285,951$5.40M0.01%+5,444+1.9%Added
Truist Financial Corp281,390$5.43M0.01%+15,463+5.8%Added
Guggenheim Capital LLC375,963$7.25M0.05%−58,522−13.5%Reduced
Stifel Financial Corp381,238$7.35M0.01%−1,566−0.4%Reduced
Polar Asset Management Partners Inc.392,794$7.58M0.15%+20,207+5.4%Added
Apollon Wealth Management, LLC407,697$7.86M0.14%−2,211−0.5%Reduced
Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital, LLC431,298$8.32M0.05%+415,111+2,564.5%Added
Shaker Financial Services, LLC497,014$9.59M3.29%+102,247+25.9%Added
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.520,711$10.0M0.17%−9,436−1.8%Reduced
Stratos Wealth Partners, LTD.525,238$10.1M0.12%+12,622+2.5%Added
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.623,914$12.0M0.02%+19,450+3.2%Added
Cetera Investment Advisers761,379$14.7M0.02%+76,051+11.1%Added
McGowan Group Asset Management, Inc.792,485$15.3M1.90%+9,672+1.2%Added