CALAMOS STRATEGIC TOTAL RETURN FUND

Fund Profile

Fund profile

Fund manager

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund

Total assets

$4.55 bn

Liabilities

$1.74 bn

Net assets

$2.82 bn

Number of holdings

840.00

Top 200 of 840 Holdings

As of Oct 2024

Security	$Holding	Balance	% of Fund	Category	Position	Country
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio	462.52 mm	462.52 mm shares	16.43	Short-term investment vehicle	Long	USA
MSFT Microsoft Corporation	201.58 mm	496.08 k shares	7.16	Common equity	Long	USA
AAPL Apple Inc.	200.65 mm	888.18 k shares	7.13	Common equity	Long	USA
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation	192.79 mm	1.45 mm shares	6.85	Common equity	Long	USA
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc.	128.30 mm	688.32 k shares	4.56	Common equity	Long	USA
GOOG Alphabet Inc.	113.25 mm	661.84 k shares	4.02	Common equity	Long	USA
META Meta Platforms, Inc.	75.01 mm	132.15 k shares	2.66	Common equity	Long	USA
Broadcom Pte. Ltd.	61.03 mm	359.49 k shares	2.17	Common equity	Long	USA
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation	50.16 mm	429.49 k shares	1.78	Common equity	Long	USA
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co.	47.05 mm	212.02 k shares	1.67	Common equity	Long	USA
LLY Eli Lilly and Company	45.49 mm	54.83 k shares	1.62	Common equity	Long	USA
BA The Boeing Company	43.89 mm	816.86 k shares	1.56	Preferred equity	Long	USA
V Visa Inc.	41.08 mm	141.74 k shares	1.46	Common equity	Long	USA
MA Mastercard Incorporated	36.13 mm	72.32 k shares	1.28	Common equity	Long	USA
TSLA Tesla, Inc.	36.00 mm	144.10 k shares	1.28	Common equity	Long	USA
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated	35.15 mm	62.27 k shares	1.25	Common equity	Long	USA
WMT Walmart Inc.	32.15 mm	392.37 k shares	1.14	Common equity	Long	USA
NOW ServiceNow, Inc.	30.44 mm	32.63 k shares	1.08	Common equity	Long	USA
PG The Procter & Gamble Company	30.35 mm	183.75 k shares	1.08	Common equity	Long	USA
TMUS T-Mobile US, Inc.	30.32 mm	135.86 k shares	1.08	Common equity	Long	USA
BAC Bank of America Corporation	27.74 mm	663.37 k shares	0.99	Common equity	Long	USA
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation	27.60 mm	31.58 k shares	0.98	Common equity	Long	USA
Trip.com Group Ltd	27.41 mm	23.25 mm principal	0.97	Debt	Long	Cayman Islands
ORCL Oracle Corporation	27.15 mm	161.75 k shares	0.96	Common equity	Long	USA
WFC Wells Fargo & Company	26.69 mm	411.13 k shares	0.95	Common equity	Long	USA
CSX CSX Corporation	26.17 mm	777.89 k shares	0.93	Common equity	Long	USA
Linde PLC	25.93 mm	56.84 k shares	0.92	Common equity	Long	Ireland
PSN Parsons Corporation	25.43 mm	19.62 mm principal	0.90	Debt	Long	USA
NFLX Netflix, Inc.	24.47 mm	32.36 k shares	0.87	Common equity	Long	USA
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	24.44 mm	152.90 k shares	0.87	Common equity	Long	USA
PH Parker-Hannifin Corporation	24.29 mm	38.32 k shares	0.86	Common equity	Long	USA
ABBV AbbVie Inc.	24.15 mm	118.48 k shares	0.86	Common equity	Long	USA
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc	23.93 mm	19.27 mm principal	0.85	Debt	Long	USA
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc.	23.77 mm	9.55 mm principal	0.84	Debt	Long	USA
APO Apollo Global Management, Inc.	22.94 mm	300.41 k shares	0.81	Preferred equity	Long	USA
UNP Union Pacific Corporation	22.84 mm	98.42 k shares	0.81	Common equity	Long	USA
MRK Merck & Co., Inc.	22.46 mm	219.49 k shares	0.80	Common equity	Long	USA
HON Honeywell International Inc.	21.55 mm	104.79 k shares	0.77	Common equity	Long	USA
Chubb Ltd	21.51 mm	76.16 k shares	0.76	Common equity	Long	Switzerland
SO The Southern Company	21.51 mm	19.26 mm principal	0.76	Debt	Long	USA
KO The Coca-Cola Company	21.50 mm	329.14 k shares	0.76	Common equity	Long	USA
VST Vistra Corp.	21.36 mm	170.95 k shares	0.76	Common equity	Long	USA
PPL Capital Funding Inc	21.30 mm	20.36 mm principal	0.76	Debt	Long	USA
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company	21.04 mm	58.65 k shares	0.75	Common equity	Long	USA
Welltower OP LLC	20.80 mm	17.41 mm principal	0.74	Debt	Long	USA
HD The Home Depot, Inc.	20.57 mm	52.24 k shares	0.73	Common equity	Long	USA
BSX Boston Scientific Corporation	20.21 mm	240.50 k shares	0.72	Common equity	Long	USA
PM Philip Morris International Inc.	19.90 mm	149.93 k shares	0.71	Common equity	Long	USA
EMR Emerson Electric Co.	19.85 mm	183.34 k shares	0.71	Common equity	Long	USA
Walt Disney Co	19.33 mm	200.92 k shares	0.69	Common equity	Long	USA
MKSI MKS Instruments, Inc.	19.20 mm	19.93 mm principal	0.68	Debt	Long	USA
TTEK Tetra Tech, Inc.	19.08 mm	14.14 mm principal	0.68	Debt	Long	USA
WDC Western Digital Corporation	18.64 mm	13.02 mm principal	0.66	Debt	Long	USA
MCD McDonald's Corporation	18.26 mm	62.50 k shares	0.65	Common equity	Long	USA
GE General Electric Company	17.96 mm	104.57 k shares	0.64	Common equity	Long	USA
MS Morgan Stanley	17.96 mm	154.47 k shares	0.64	Common equity	Long	USA
CMS-PB Consumers Energy Company	17.67 mm	16.66 mm principal	0.63	Debt	Long	USA
RTX RTX Corporation	17.63 mm	145.75 k shares	0.63	Common equity	Long	USA
Seagate HDD Cayman	17.54 mm	13.10 mm principal	0.62	Debt	Long	Cayman Islands
JD JD.com, Inc.	17.36 mm	15.21 mm principal	0.62	Debt	Long	Cayman Islands
ON ON Semiconductor Corporation	17.29 mm	17.32 mm principal	0.61	Debt	Long	USA
MTH Meritage Homes Corporation	17.19 mm	16.18 mm principal	0.61	Debt	Long	USA
DUK Duke Energy Corporation	17.05 mm	16.15 mm principal	0.61	Debt	Long	USA
MMC Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.	16.79 mm	76.92 k shares	0.60	Common equity	Long	USA
BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited	16.67 mm	14.46 mm principal	0.59	Debt	Long	Cayman Islands
KKR KKR & Co. Inc.	16.63 mm	120.29 k shares	0.59	Common equity	Long	USA
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corporation	16.58 mm	114.00 k shares	0.59	Common equity	Long	USA
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.	16.53 mm	30.26 k shares	0.59	Common equity	Long	USA
Morgan Stanley Finance LLC	16.22 mm	11.28 mm principal	0.58	Debt	Long	USA
AXP American Express Company	16.00 mm	59.23 k shares	0.57	Common equity	Long	USA
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc.	15.93 mm	14.80 mm principal	0.57	Debt	Long	USA
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd	15.65 mm	3.77 mm principal	0.56	Debt	Long	Liberia
AMT American Tower Corporation	15.15 mm	70.93 k shares	0.54	Common equity	Long	USA
ARES Ares Management Corporation	15.10 mm	280.08 k shares	0.54	Preferred equity	Long	USA
C Citigroup Inc.	14.87 mm	231.67 k shares	0.53	Common equity	Long	USA
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.	14.63 mm	262.25 k shares	0.52	Common equity	Long	USA
LYV Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.	14.61 mm	11.48 mm principal	0.52	Debt	Long	USA
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc.	14.46 mm	12.00 mm principal	0.51	Debt	Long	USA
LOW Lowe's Companies, Inc.	14.31 mm	54.67 k shares	0.51	Common equity	Long	USA
FI Fiserv, Inc.	14.31 mm	72.30 k shares	0.51	Common equity	Long	USA
LALT PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II	14.15 mm	674.12 k shares	0.50	Common equity	Long	USA
SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF	14.14 mm	337.93 k shares	0.50	Common equity	Long	USA
GS The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	14.14 mm	27.30 k shares	0.50	Common equity	Long	USA
BP PLC	13.95 mm	475.00 k shares	0.50	Common equity	Long	UK
Vulcan Materials Company	13.83 mm	50.49 k shares	0.49	Common equity	Long	USA
PEB Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	13.82 mm	15.12 mm principal	0.49	Debt	Long	USA
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company	13.64 mm	145.51 k shares	0.48	Common equity	Long	USA
CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc.	13.56 mm	247.52 k shares	0.48	Common equity	Long	USA
CyberArk Software Ltd	13.28 mm	7.55 mm principal	0.47	Debt	Long	Israel
AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.	13.27 mm	92.13 k shares	0.47	Common equity	Long	USA
TGT Target Corporation	12.69 mm	84.55 k shares	0.45	Common equity	Long	USA
Medtronic PLC	12.68 mm	142.05 k shares	0.45	Common equity	Long	Ireland
SPGI S&P Global Inc.	12.64 mm	26.32 k shares	0.45	Common equity	Long	USA
LNT Alliant Energy Corporation	12.39 mm	11.92 mm principal	0.44	Debt	Long	USA
GM General Motors Company	12.36 mm	243.46 k shares	0.44	Common equity	Long	USA
ZBH Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.	12.05 mm	112.72 k shares	0.43	Common equity	Long	USA
DHR Danaher Corporation	12.02 mm	48.95 k shares	0.43	Common equity	Long	USA
TJX The TJX Companies, Inc.	11.83 mm	104.68 k shares	0.42	Common equity	Long	USA
NEE NextEra Energy, Inc.	11.73 mm	262.05 k shares	0.42	Preferred equity	Long	USA
CRM Salesforce, Inc.	11.60 mm	39.83 k shares	0.41	Common equity	Long	USA
SAP SE	11.39 mm	48.79 k shares	0.40	Common equity	Long	Germany
Welltower OP LLC	11.16 mm	7.77 mm principal	0.40	Debt	Long	USA
FIS Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.	10.89 mm	121.36 k shares	0.39	Common equity	Long	USA
GWRE Guidewire Software, Inc.	10.84 mm	10.65 mm principal	0.39	Debt	Long	USA
AIG American International Group, Inc.	10.54 mm	138.89 k shares	0.37	Common equity	Long	USA
Blackrock Inc	10.51 mm	10.72 k shares	0.37	Common equity	Long	USA
SBUX Starbucks Corporation	10.49 mm	107.33 k shares	0.37	Common equity	Long	USA
iShares China Large-Cap ETF	10.42 mm	330.04 k shares	0.37	Common equity	Long	USA
LRCX Lam Research Corporation	10.38 mm	139.65 k shares	0.37	Common equity	Long	USA
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF	10.01 mm	225.14 k shares	0.36	Common equity	Long	USA
LLYVK Liberty Live Group	9.85 mm	8.90 mm principal	0.35	Debt	Long	USA
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc.	9.73 mm	53.58 k shares	0.35	Common equity	Long	USA
ELV Elevance Health Inc.	9.51 mm	23.44 k shares	0.34	Common equity	Long	USA
ABT Abbott Laboratories	9.39 mm	82.82 k shares	0.33	Common equity	Long	USA
GEV GE Vernova Inc.	9.09 mm	30.13 k shares	0.32	Common equity	Long	USA
ICON PLC	9.06 mm	40.78 k shares	0.32	Common equity	Long	Ireland
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc.	8.83 mm	196.12 k shares	0.31	Common equity	Long	USA
SLB Schlumberger Limited	8.80 mm	219.71 k shares	0.31	Common equity	Long	Curaçao
VERX Vertex, Inc.	8.58 mm	6.51 mm principal	0.30	Debt	Long	USA
MU Micron Technology, Inc.	8.58 mm	86.10 k shares	0.30	Common equity	Long	USA
PPG PPG Industries, Inc.	8.45 mm	67.85 k shares	0.30	Common equity	Long	USA
MIDD The Middleby Corporation	8.41 mm	7.64 mm principal	0.30	Debt	Long	USA
ITGR Integer Holdings Corporation	8.36 mm	5.50 mm principal	0.30	Debt	Long	USA
CVX Chevron Corporation	8.10 mm	54.45 k shares	0.29	Common equity	Long	USA
AXON Axon Enterprise, Inc.	7.99 mm	4.22 mm principal	0.28	Debt	Long	USA
iShares Biotechnology ETF	7.90 mm	56.30 k shares	0.28	Common equity	Long	USA
LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc.	7.79 mm	6.72 mm principal	0.28	Debt	Long	USA
MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc.	7.78 mm	113.67 k shares	0.28	Common equity	Long	USA
HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company	7.73 mm	133.59 k shares	0.27	Preferred equity	Long	USA
ABNB Airbnb, Inc.	7.65 mm	8.21 mm principal	0.27	Debt	Long	USA
HES Hess Corporation	7.55 mm	56.11 k shares	0.27	Common equity	Long	USA
LLYVK Liberty Live Group	7.48 mm	5.97 mm principal	0.27	Debt	Long	USA
ITRI Itron, Inc.	7.48 mm	6.85 mm principal	0.27	Debt	Long	USA
NCL Corp Ltd	7.48 mm	5.22 mm principal	0.27	Debt	Long	Bermuda
SNAP Snap Inc.	7.40 mm	8.26 mm principal	0.26	Debt	Long	USA
FLR Fluor Corporation	7.23 mm	5.52 mm principal	0.26	Debt	Long	USA
SYK Stryker Corporation	7.23 mm	20.30 k shares	0.26	Common equity	Long	USA
NOK Nokia Oyj	7.16 mm	1.52 mm shares	0.25	Common equity	Long	Finland
BILL Bill.com Holdings, Inc.	6.92 mm	7.84 mm principal	0.25	Debt	Long	USA
MGR Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.	6.87 mm	35.43 k shares	0.24	Common equity	Long	USA
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.	6.82 mm	6.73 mm principal	0.24	Debt	Long	USA
VRNS Varonis Systems, Inc.	6.82 mm	6.74 mm principal	0.24	Debt	Long	USA
BOX Box, Inc.	6.76 mm	6.89 mm principal	0.24	Debt	Long	USA
POST Post Holdings, Inc.	6.57 mm	5.74 mm principal	0.23	Debt	Long	USA
INTU Intuit Inc.	6.30 mm	10.33 k shares	0.22	Common equity	Long	USA
AEIS Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.	6.28 mm	5.91 mm principal	0.22	Debt	Long	USA
T AT&T Inc.	5.97 mm	264.89 k shares	0.21	Common equity	Long	USA
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	5.97 mm	107.01 k shares	0.21	Common equity	Long	USA
AIZ Assurant, Inc.	5.75 mm	29.98 k shares	0.20	Common equity	Long	USA
NXP Semiconductors NV	5.59 mm	23.83 k shares	0.20	Common equity	Long	Netherlands
DXCM DexCom, Inc.	5.51 mm	6.25 mm principal	0.20	Debt	Long	USA
CMS-PB Consumers Energy Company	5.39 mm	77.48 k shares	0.19	Common equity	Long	USA
DXCM DexCom, Inc.	5.05 mm	71.61 k shares	0.18	Common equity	Long	USA
AMG Capital Trust II	4.32 mm	80.25 k shares	0.15	Preferred equity	Long	USA
Federal Realty OP LP	4.23 mm	4.12 mm principal	0.15	Debt	Long	USA
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC 2023 Term Loan B	4.14 mm	4.06 mm principal	0.15	Loan	Long	USA
INVH Invitation Homes Inc.	3.74 mm	119.20 k shares	0.13	Common equity	Long	USA
SPDR S+P 500 ETF TRUST	3.57 mm	1.98 k contracts	0.13	Equity derivative	N/A	USA
GOOG Alphabet Inc.	3.40 mm	19.70 k shares	0.12	Common equity	Long	USA
Light and Wonder International Inc 2024 Term Loan B2	3.36 mm	3.36 mm principal	0.12	Loan	Long	USA
CNP CenterPoint Energy, Inc.	3.31 mm	84.89 k shares	0.12	Preferred equity	Long	USA
EL The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.	3.26 mm	47.28 k shares	0.12	Common equity	Long	USA
Charter Communications Operating LLC 2019 Term Loan B2	3.26 mm	3.26 mm principal	0.12	Loan	Long	USA
Flutter Financing BV Term Loan B	3.21 mm	3.21 mm principal	0.11	Loan	Long	Netherlands
MO Altria Group, Inc.	3.20 mm	58.75 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	USA
Station Casinos LLC 2024 Term Loan B	3.18 mm	3.18 mm principal	0.11	Loan	Long	USA
Jazz Financing Lux Sarl 2024 1st Lien Term Loan B	3.18 mm	3.17 mm principal	0.11	Loan	Long	Luxembourg
Virgin Media Bristol LLC USD Term Loan N	3.15 mm	3.24 mm principal	0.11	Loan	Long	USA
ChampionX Corporation 2022 Term Loan B2	3.12 mm	3.11 mm principal	0.11	Loan	Long	USA
STWD Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	3.11 mm	157.63 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	USA
Avolon TLB Borrower 1 (US) LLC 2023 Term Loan B6	3.07 mm	3.07 mm principal	0.11	Loan	Long	USA
GEHC GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.	3.04 mm	34.86 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	USA
SS&C Technologies Inc 2024 Term Loan B8	2.94 mm	2.94 mm principal	0.10	Loan	Long	USA
Chemours Company (The) 2023 USD Term Loan B	2.91 mm	2.89 mm principal	0.10	Loan	Long	USA
Iron Mountain Inc 2023 Term Loan B	2.90 mm	2.91 mm principal	0.10	Loan	Long	USA
WOLF Wolfspeed, Inc.	2.85 mm	5.67 mm principal	0.10	Debt	Long	USA
Air Canada 2024 Term Loan B	2.82 mm	2.81 mm principal	0.10	Loan	Long	Canada
Jefferies Finance LLC / JFIN Co-Issuer Corp	2.77 mm	3.00 mm principal	0.10	Debt	Long	USA
II-VI Incorporated 2024 Term Loan B	2.76 mm	2.75 mm principal	0.10	Loan	Long	USA
Venture Global LNG Inc	2.73 mm	2.74 mm principal	0.10	Debt	Long	USA
THC Tenet Healthcare Corporation	2.71 mm	2.71 mm principal	0.10	Debt	Long	USA
PetSmart Inc 2021 Term Loan B	2.59 mm	2.61 mm principal	0.09	Loan	Long	USA
Adient US LLC 2024 Term Loan B2	2.58 mm	2.57 mm principal	0.09	Loan	Long	USA
HEES H&E Equipment Services, Inc.	2.57 mm	2.78 mm principal	0.09	Debt	Long	USA
W Wayfair Inc.	2.50 mm	2.37 mm principal	0.09	Debt	Long	USA
IRM Iron Mountain Incorporated	2.43 mm	2.47 mm principal	0.09	Debt	Long	USA
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp	2.42 mm	2.65 mm principal	0.09	Debt	Long	USA
TransDigm Inc 2023 Term Loan J	2.38 mm	2.38 mm principal	0.08	Loan	Long	USA
GTLS Chart Industries, Inc.	2.28 mm	46.19 k shares	0.08	Preferred equity	Long	USA
Orange SA	2.25 mm	205.09 k shares	0.08	Common equity	Long	France
goeasy Ltd	2.24 mm	2.10 mm principal	0.08	Debt	Long	Canada
DaVita Inc 2024 Extended Term Loan B1	2.18 mm	2.18 mm principal	0.08	Loan	Long	USA
KFC Holding Co 2021 Term Loan B	2.18 mm	2.17 mm principal	0.08	Loan	Long	USA
CIVI Civitas Resources, Inc.	2.18 mm	2.08 mm principal	0.08	Debt	Long	USA
CSC Holdings LLC 2019 Term Loan B5	2.14 mm	2.30 mm principal	0.08	Loan	Long	USA
Berry Global Inc 2023 Term Loan AA	2.12 mm	2.11 mm principal	0.08	Loan	Long	USA
MET MetLife, Inc.	2.09 mm	2.00 mm principal	0.07	Debt	Long	USA
United Airlines Inc 2024 Term Loan B	2.04 mm	2.03 mm principal	0.07	Loan	Long	USA
EQM Midstream Partners, LP	2.02 mm	1.97 mm principal	0.07	Debt	Long	USA
Frontier Florida LLC	2.01 mm	1.93 mm principal	0.07	Debt	Long	USA