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BFZ vs CSQ

Side-by-side comparison of BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust (BFZ) and Calamos Strategic Total Return (CSQ): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BFZ and CSQ operate in Finance Companies (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • CSQ is the larger of the two at $3.17B, about 7.5x BFZ ($421.9M).
  • Over the past year, BFZ is up 2.3% and CSQ is up 13.0% - CSQ leads by 10.7 points.
  • CSQ has hit the wire 1 time in the past 4 weeks while BFZ has been quiet.
PerformanceBFZ+2.30%CSQ+2.82%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-02-06
MetricBFZCSQ
Company
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust
Calamos Strategic Total Return
Price
$11.10-0.49%
$19.86-0.48%
Market cap
$421.9M
$3.17B
1M return
+1.83%
-1.07%
1Y return
+2.30%
+12.97%
Industry
Finance Companies
Finance Companies
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
2001
2004
News (4w)
0
1
Recent ratings
0
0
BFZ

BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust

BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. It is managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. The fund invests in fixed income markets. It invests primarily in investment grade municipal bonds that are exempt from regular federal and California income taxes. BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust was formed on July 31, 2001 and is domiciled in United States.

CSQ

Calamos Strategic Total Return

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund is a closed ended balanced mutual fund launched by Calamos Investments LLC. The fund is managed by Calamos Advisors LLC. It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in common and preferred stocks of companies across all market capitalizations, convertible securities, and high yield corporate bonds with an average credit rating of BB as rated by S&P. The fund employs both fundamental and quantitative analysis with a combination of bottom-up and top-down security picking approaches to create its portfolio. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund was formed on December 31, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.

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