Short Interest in Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) Rises By 107.7%

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 49,277 shares, a growth of 107.7% from the April 15th total of 23,726 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 228,389 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Institutional Trading of Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of CSQ. Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its position in Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund by 8.8% in the 4th quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 6,393 shares of the investment management company’s stock valued at $123,000 after acquiring an additional 519 shares in the last quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC lifted its position in Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund by 0.7% in the 1st quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 81,943 shares of the investment management company’s stock valued at $1,403,000 after acquiring an additional 549 shares in the last quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC lifted its position in Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund by 5.3% in the 4th quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 10,957 shares of the investment management company’s stock valued at $210,000 after acquiring an additional 550 shares in the last quarter. Savant Capital LLC lifted its position in Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 135,343 shares of the investment management company’s stock valued at $2,599,000 after acquiring an additional 600 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC lifted its position in Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC now owns 33,238 shares of the investment management company’s stock valued at $638,000 after acquiring an additional 650 shares in the last quarter.

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Stock Performance

CSQ stock traded down $0.24 during trading on Monday, hitting $19.92. The company had a trading volume of 107,824 shares, compared to its average volume of 268,416. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $18.60 and a 200-day moving average price of $18.93. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund has a 12 month low of $16.41 and a 12 month high of $20.54.

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 21st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.1225 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th.

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Company Profile

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