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Virtus Total Return Fund Inc.

ZTR
Exchange
NYSE
SEC CIK
0000836412

No open-market purchases or sales by Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 91 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $74.1M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

13F holders, Q1 2026

Institutional positions in Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. as of Mar 31, 2026. 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
92
0 vs. Q4 2025
Shares held
10.6M
−166.3K (−1.5%) vs. Q4 2025
Total value
$70.1M
+$2.35M (+3.5%) vs. Q4 2025
New holders
12
28 more added
Sold out
12
22 more reduced

Compare with Q4 2025: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting ZTR 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 2026: 92 institutions
Q1 2021: 67 institutionsQ2 2021: 57 institutionsQ3 2021: 50 institutionsQ4 2021: 56 institutionsQ1 2022: 63 institutionsQ2 2022: 61 institutionsQ3 2022: 71 institutionsQ4 2022: 72 institutionsQ1 2023: 77 institutionsQ2 2023: 73 institutionsQ3 2023: 84 institutionsQ4 2023: 87 institutionsQ1 2024: 82 institutionsQ2 2024: 79 institutionsQ3 2024: 80 institutionsQ4 2024: 91 institutionsQ1 2025: 89 institutionsQ2 2025: 88 institutionsQ3 2025: 84 institutionsQ4 2025: 92 institutionsQ1 2026: 92 institutionsQ2 2026: 91 institutions
Value heldQ1 2026: $70.1M
Q1 2021: $41.0MQ2 2021: $42.4MQ3 2021: $40.1MQ4 2021: $41.9MQ1 2022: $48.7MQ2 2022: $41.9MQ3 2022: $123.9MQ4 2022: $134.1MQ1 2023: $130.7MQ2 2023: $117.4MQ3 2023: $99.7MQ4 2023: $126.3MQ1 2024: $128.6MQ2 2024: $97.3MQ3 2024: $116.3MQ4 2024: $116.1MQ1 2025: $88.1MQ2 2025: $94.9MQ3 2025: $94.4MQ4 2025: $67.7MQ1 2026: $70.1MQ2 2026: $74.1M
Institutions holding ZTR and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 202691$74.1M
Q1 202692$70.1M
Q4 202592$67.7M
Q3 202584$94.4M
Q2 202588$94.9M
Q1 202589$88.1M
Q4 202491$116.1M
Q3 202480$116.3M
Q2 202479$97.3M
Q1 202482$128.6M
Q4 202387$126.3M
Q3 202384$99.7M
Q2 202373$117.4M
Q1 202377$130.7M
Q4 202272$134.1M
Q3 202271$123.9M
Q2 202261$41.9M
Q1 202263$48.7M
Q4 202156$41.9M
Q3 202150$40.1M
Q2 202157$42.4M
Q1 202167$41.0M

Institutions, Q1 2026

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Virtus Total Return Fund Inc.; share changes are against Q4 2025.

Institutions holding ZTR in Q1 2026
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
MAI Capital Management1$70.00%00.0%Unchanged
Citigroup Inc1$70.00%00.0%Unchanged
JPMorgan Chase & Co2$130.00%+2New
JNBA Financial Advisors38$2520.00%00.0%Unchanged
Chelsea Counsel Co65$4310.00%00.0%Unchanged
Key Financial Inc71$4670.00%00.0%Unchanged
Ancora Advisors, LLC78$5160.00%00.0%Unchanged
MTM Investment Management, LLC124$8210.00%00.0%Unchanged
Cedar Mountain Advisors, LLC125$8280.00%00.0%Unchanged
Rothschild Investment LLC145$9600.00%00.0%Unchanged
SJS Investment Consulting Inc.154$1.02K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Gill Capital Partners, LLC215$1.42K0.00%+215New
UMA Financial Services, Inc.222$1.47K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Hilltop National Bank280$1.85K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Glen Eagle Advisors, LLC406$2.69K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Highline Wealth Partners LLC430$2.85K0.00%+116+36.9%Added
Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc.457$3.03K0.00%+10+2.2%Added
Thurston, Springer, Miller, Herd & Titak, Inc.518$3.43K0.00%+518New
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co519$3.44K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Harbour Investments, Inc.654$4.33K0.00%+654New
CWM, LLC794$5.26K0.00%−6,788−89.5%Reduced
Aventura Private Wealth, LLC902$5.97K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Sound Income Strategies, LLC945$6.38K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Nemes Rush Group LLC1,039$6.88K0.00%+1,039New
Geneos Wealth Management Inc.1,145$7.58K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
US Bancorp2,243$14.8K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
NBC Securities, Inc.2,835$18.8K0.00%+14+0.5%Added
McGuire Capital Advisors Inc2,991$19.8K0.01%+2,991New
UBS Group AG6,037$40.0K0.00%+190+3.2%Added
Old Point Trust & Financial Services N A8,000$53.0K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
National Asset Management, Inc.10,291$68.3K0.00%+227+2.3%Added
Bayban10,339$68.4K0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Virtu Financial LLC10,722$71.0K0.00%+10,722New
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC11,099$73.0K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Dakota Wealth Management11,801$78.1K0.00%−5,252−30.8%Reduced
Mascoma Wealth Management LLC11,900$78.8K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Captrust Financial Advisors11,947$79.1K0.00%+11,947New
Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC12,050$79.8K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Doliver Advisors, LP12,250$81.1K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Gridiron Partners, LLC12,282$81.3K0.05%00.0%Unchanged
Tactive Advisors, LLC13,490$89.3K0.03%−405−2.9%Reduced
Bay Colony Advisory Group, Inc d/b/a Bay Colony Advisors13,596$90.0K0.01%+13,596New
Two Sigma Securities, LLC13,928$92.2K0.01%+1,529+12.3%Added
Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC14,882$98.5K0.00%+1,500+11.2%Added
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.16,008$106.0K0.00%−4,420−21.6%Reduced
Shulman DeMeo Asset Management LLC16,055$106.3K0.02%−2,857−15.1%Reduced
Decision Investments, Inc16,100$106.6K0.12%00.0%Unchanged
Jane Street Group, LLC17,155$113.6K0.00%−52,158−75.2%Reduced
Readystate Asset Management LP17,358$114.9K0.01%−11,515−39.9%Reduced
AlphaStar Capital Management, LLC17,402$115.2K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Susquehanna International Group, LLP19,262$127.5K0.00%+19,262New
MML Investors Services, LLC20,807$137.7K0.00%−4,516−17.8%Reduced
Wedbush Securities Inc21,173$140.0K0.00%+3,907+22.6%Added
Creative Planning22,992$152.2K0.00%−1,216−5.0%Reduced
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.23,215$154.0K0.00%+2,489+12.0%Added
CoreCap Advisors, LLC23,719$157.0K0.01%+11,014+86.7%Added
HighTower Advisors, LLC23,920$158.3K0.00%+13,582+131.4%Added
Avise Financial Cooperative, Inc.24,215$160.3K0.13%−2,649−9.9%Reduced
Beverly Hills Private Wealth, LLC24,403$161.5K0.03%−2,544−9.4%Reduced
Stratos Wealth Advisors, LLC25,306$167.5K0.01%+559+2.3%Added
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC36,447$241.3K0.00%+8,309+29.5%Added
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC40,904$270.8K0.00%−1,130−2.7%Reduced
XTX Topco Ltd42,158$279.1K0.00%+42,158New
Cetera Investment Advisers45,655$302.2K0.00%+1,141+2.6%Added
Integrated Capital Management, Inc.46,330$306.7K0.20%+2,853+6.6%Added
Royal Bank of Canada59,951$397.0K0.00%+3,920+7.0%Added
CSS LLC79,387$525.5K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.79,804$528.3K0.00%+8,376+11.7%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc86,704$574.0K0.00%−2,374−2.7%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.101,041$668.9K0.00%−23,853−19.1%Reduced
Stephens Inc115,734$766.2K0.01%−145−0.1%Reduced
Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC130,648$864.9K0.12%+62,257+91.0%Added
Wells Fargo & Company142,714$944.8K0.00%+3,765+2.7%Added
Quarry LP180,332$1.19M0.24%−85,314−32.1%Reduced
Wolverine Asset Management LLC181,059$1.20M0.02%+95,342+111.2%Added
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.187,692$1.24M0.02%+57,248+43.9%Added
Yakira Capital Management, Inc.215,841$1.43M0.42%−65,832−23.4%Reduced
Sculptor Capital LP217,653$1.44M0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Park Avenue Securities LLC222,059$1.47M0.01%+5,846+2.7%Added
Ashton Thomas Securities, LLC226,800$1.50M0.19%+113,300+99.8%Added
Bank of America Corp246,551$1.63M0.00%+1,312+0.5%Added
Envestnet Asset Management Inc252,787$1.67M0.00%+8,260+3.4%Added
Absolute Investment Advisers LLC279,486$1.85M0.22%−406,733−59.3%Reduced
Morgan Stanley289,820$1.92M0.00%−405,701−58.3%Reduced
Private Advisor Group, LLC351,813$2.33M0.01%+14,238+4.2%Added
Capstone Investment Advisors, LLC370,223$2.45M0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Karpus Management, Inc.475,766$3.15M0.10%−201,459−29.7%Reduced
Stifel Financial Corp687,599$4.55M0.00%+14,608+2.2%Added
Penserra Capital Management LLC854,639$5.66M0.07%−68,044−7.4%Reduced
Saba Capital Management, L.P.1,134,735$7.51M0.24%+1,134,735New
Guggenheim Capital LLC1,266,507$8.38M0.07%+20,411+1.6%Added
LPL Financial LLC1,402,464$9.28M0.00%−31,548−2.2%Reduced
CF Capital LLC0$00.00%−222,186−100.0%Sold out
J.W. Cole Advisors, Inc.0$00.00%−107,071−100.0%Sold out
Oxford Asset Management LLP0$00.00%−65,945−100.0%Sold out
Shaker Financial Services, LLC0$00.00%−19,241−100.0%Sold out
Mariner, LLC0$00.00%−13,956−100.0%Sold out
Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC0$00.00%−12,303−100.0%Sold out
Citadel Advisors LLC0$00.00%−10,750−100.0%Sold out
Closed-End Fund Advisors, Inc.0$00.00%−10,522−100.0%Sold out