Reviewing Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) and Site Centers (NYSE:SITC)

Site Centers (NYSE:SITC) and Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Site Centers and Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Site Centers	1	3	0	0	1.75
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	0	0	0	0	0.00

Site Centers currently has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 122.41%. Given Site Centers’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Site Centers is more favorable than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Site Centers and Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Site Centers	$113.49 million	1.40	$177.86 million	$2.41	1.26
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	$1.06 billion	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Site Centers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund.

Profitability

This table compares Site Centers and Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Site Centers	219.18%	40.56%	27.81%
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

88.7% of Site Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Site Centers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Site Centers beats Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Site Centers

SITE Centers is an owner and manager of open-air shopping centers located in suburban, high household income communities. The Company is a self-administered and self-managed REIT operating as a fully integrated real estate company, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SITC.

About Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund

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.