Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ) Competitors $17.86 +0.30 (+1.71%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends CSQ vs. AGD, AWP, THW, AVK, AWF, AFB, ARDC, BFZ, BHK, and HYTShould you be buying Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund include Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund (AFB), Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund (ARDC), BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust (BFZ), BlackRock Core Bond Trust (BHK), and BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund (HYT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund vs. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund Abrdn World Healthcare Fund Advent Convertible and Income Fund AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust BlackRock Core Bond Trust BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) and Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AGD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CSQ or AGD? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCalamos Strategic Total Return Fund$487.29MN/AN/AN/AN/AAbrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund$17.85MN/AN/AN/AN/A Does the MarketBeat Community favor CSQ or AGD? Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund received 24 more outperform votes than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund an outperform vote while only 62.79% of users gave Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCalamos Strategic Total Return FundOutperform Votes8463.16% Underperform Votes4936.84% Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundOutperform Votes10862.79% Underperform Votes6437.21% Is CSQ or AGD more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Calamos Strategic Total Return FundN/A N/A N/A Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund N/A N/A N/A Does the media favor CSQ or AGD? In the previous week, Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund and 0 mentions for Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Neutral Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Neutral Is CSQ or AGD a better dividend stock? Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. SummaryCalamos Strategic Total Return Fund beats Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund on 3 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CSQ vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCalamos Strategic Total Return FundAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket CapN/A$904.09M$3.42B$9.08BDividend Yield0.08%12.46%4.49%4.21%P/E RatioN/A751.93435.2017.15Price / SalesN/A3,709.173,086.33116.80Price / CashN/A86.4649.4337.88Price / BookN/A1.651.504.78Net IncomeN/A$59.48M$410.68M$225.60M7 Day Performance-1.76%-1.82%-1.54%-1.23%1 Month Performance-0.39%0.11%0.76%3.07%1 Year Performance20.03%6.43%9.58%16.48% Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CSQCalamos Strategic Total Return FundN/A$17.86+1.7%N/A+21.3%$0.00$487.29M0.00N/ADividend AnnouncementAGDAbrdn Global Dynamic Dividend FundN/A$10.09+0.2%N/A+6.0%$0.00$17.85M0.00N/AAWPabrdn Global Premier Properties FundN/A$4.12flatN/A+1.7%$0.00$-9,264,203.000.00N/APositive NewsTHWAbrdn World Healthcare FundN/A$11.42-1.0%N/A-7.1%$0.00$94.49M0.00N/AAVKAdvent Convertible and Income FundN/A$12.23flatN/A+7.3%$0.00$40.96M0.00N/ANews CoverageAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.81-0.5%N/A+6.1%$0.00$152.17M0.00N/AAFBAllianceBernstein National Municipal Income FundN/A$11.19-1.0%N/A+1.9%$0.00$5.80M0.00N/APositive NewsARDCAres Dynamic Credit Allocation FundN/A$15.32flatN/A+12.3%$0.00$56.16M0.00N/ABFZBlackRock California Municipal Income TrustN/A$11.63-0.2%N/A-4.0%$0.00$12.86M0.00N/ABHKBlackRock Core Bond TrustN/A$11.00-0.1%N/A-2.5%$0.00$26.22M0.00N/APositive NewsHYTBlackRock Corporate High Yield FundN/A$9.90+0.2%N/A+5.4%$0.00$164.69M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AGD Alternatives AWP Alternatives THW Alternatives AVK Alternatives AWF Alternatives AFB Alternatives ARDC Alternatives BFZ Alternatives BHK Alternatives HYT Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:CSQ) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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