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CGO

CALAMOS GLOBAL TOTAL RETURN FUND

Sell
$13.60
▲ +1.57%
$13.60▲ +26.72%
over 1Y
L $10.44H $14.03
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+1.6%
1W+1.2%
1M-3.0%
3M+20.5%
YTD+22.2%
1Y+26.7%
OverviewValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Sell
Quality
A
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Clean
Sell
Conviction
Horizon
Medium (3–12mo)

Mixed signals in the latest filings.

CALAMOS GLOBAL TOTAL RETURN FUND shows limited reported revenue.

On these fundamentals, CGO screens as SELL on the SEC figures.

Is CGO a buy? The one-page verdict, explained →

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
Bear put spread~60d expiry
  • Long put 13.5 @ ~0.42 est
  • Short put 12 @ ~0.04 est
debit $38max +$112max −$38BE 13.12

SELL verdict, defined risk: profits into weakness down to the short strike; max loss is the net debit.

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Educational template, not a trade recommendation. Strikes and premiums are Black-Scholes model estimates from the last close and 30-day realized volatility — real chains, spreads and IV will differ. Options involve substantial risk.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$70.5M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales—
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield—
FCF yield—

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)—
Free cash flow—
Total debt—
Net cash—

Capital returns

Buyback yield—
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield—

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Routine disclosure cadence — no material red flags in recent filings.
  1. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-05-11
  2. DEF 14A Proxy statement2025-05-12
  3. 8-K Charter / bylaws change2024-05-14
  4. DEF 14A Proxy statement2024-05-14
  5. DEF 14A Proxy statement2023-05-08
  6. DEF 14A Proxy statement2022-05-11
  7. 8-K Charter / bylaws change2021-08-26
  8. DEF 14A Proxy statement2021-05-12
  9. 8-K Charter / bylaws change2021-01-12

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
N-CSRSPeriod ending 2026-04-302026-07-02open ↗40-17GFiling2026-06-29open ↗NPORT-PPeriod ending 2026-04-302026-06-26open ↗DEF 14APeriod ending 2026-06-232026-05-11open ↗NPORT-PPeriod ending 2026-01-312026-03-31open ↗N-CENPeriod ending 2025-10-312026-01-13open ↗N-CSRPeriod ending 2025-10-312025-12-29open ↗NPORT-PPeriod ending 2025-10-312025-12-23open ↗NPORT-PPeriod ending 2025-07-312025-09-29open ↗40-17G/AFiling2025-09-16open ↗3/APeriod ending 2025-09-012025-09-09open ↗3Period ending 2025-09-012025-09-09open ↗

Quality score

A
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
Value—
Growth—
Profitability—
Financial health—
MomentumA
10.4452-week14.03
Revenue
—
Net margin
—
ROE
—
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals

Frequently asked

Is CALAMOS GLOBAL TOTAL RETURN FUND (CGO) a buy?
CGO currently carries a Sell rating with 2/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Mixed signals in the latest filings.
What is CALAMOS GLOBAL TOTAL RETURN FUND's quality score?
CGO scores 83.26523661544212/100 (grade A) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001285650, latest N-CSRS filed 2026-07-02) · EODHD · as of 7/4/2026, 10:01:33 PM.

›About this recommendation — produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg · not investment advice

Rule-based analysis, generated automatically from SEC filing data.

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jul 4, 2026, 6:01 PM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

Research and education only — not financial advice. TENKis not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer and gives no personalized advice. Every call is impersonal — identical for all users, generated on a schedule from SEC filings plus a delayed/third-party price feed — may be wrong or out of date, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities TENK rates; see Disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do your own research.

Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2023-11-01
NEAL JOHN E
Director
Sell7.06K @ $8.20$57.9K
2020-03-20
NEAL JOHN E
Director
Sell10.1K @ $7.41$74.7K
2019-12-19
TRIPPLE DAVID D
Director
Sell500.00 @ $13.18$6.59K
2018-01-02
Mickey Mark
Chief Compliance Officer
Sell1.00K @ $14.98$15.0K
2016-03-01
Hamacher Theresa
Director
Buy1.00K @ $10.16$10.2K
2014-07-10
TRIPPLE DAVID D
Director
Sell1.00K @ $14.69$14.7K
2009-07-09
TRIPPLE DAVID D
Director
Sell1.90K @ $10.98$20.9K
2007-08-16
CALAMOS JOHN P SR
president and chairman
Buy5.00K @ $14.23$71.2K
2007-08-16
CALAMOS JOHN P SR
president and chairman
Buy3.70K @ $14.35$53.1K

Dividends

Monthly
Yield (TTM)
7.7%
Annual / share
$1.05
Last ex-date
2026-07-14
Last amount
$0.09
ex 2026-07-14paid 2026-07-21$0.09
ex 2026-06-12paid 2026-06-22$0.08
ex 2026-05-14paid 2026-05-21$0.08
ex 2026-04-14paid 2026-04-21$0.08
ex 2026-03-13paid 2026-03-20$0.08
ex 2026-02-13paid 2026-02-23$0.08

Source: EODHD. Yield = trailing-12-month dividends ÷ price.

Congressional trades

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Disclosed under the STOCK Act

2015-06-10Raúl M. GrijalvaBuy$1.00K–$15.0KPTR ↗

Self-reported periodic transaction reports (STOCK Act). Amounts are disclosed ranges; a trade may be a spouse's. Disclosures lag the trade by up to ~45 days. Source: House Clerk + Senate eFD.

Vs tracked universe

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1195 tracked peers · median

TENK Score83 vs 67
Revenue growth— vs 7.5%
Net margin— vs 10.0%
Return on equity— vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2