Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE:ZTR) to Issue Monthly Dividend of $0.05

Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE:ZTR) announced a monthly dividend on Wednesday, March 4th. Investors of record on Monday, May 11th will be paid a dividend of 0.05 per share by the investment management company on Thursday, May 28th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.6%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, May 11th.

Virtus Total Return Fund Stock Performance

NYSE ZTR opened at $6.98 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $6.56 and a two-hundred day moving average of $6.46. Virtus Total Return Fund has a 1 year low of $5.22 and a 1 year high of $7.11.

About Virtus Total Return Fund

Virtus Total Return Fund, Inc (NYSE: ZTR) is a closed-end management investment company that seeks to provide investors with high total return with moderate income. The fund, which began operations in 2005, trades on the New York Stock Exchange and is sponsored by Virtus Investment Partners. ZTR offers investors access to a diversified mix of fixed-income and equity opportunities within a single vehicle.

To pursue its stated objective, the fund typically allocates across a broad range of asset classes, including corporate debt securities, high-yield bonds, convertible securities, preferred stocks, common stocks and real estate investment trusts (REITs).