CRF

Cornerstone Total Return Fund

CRF

Market cap $1.23B

Overview Fund Activity

8.00 USD

+0.04

0.5%

At close Updated Sep 12, 4:00 PM EDT

Pre-market

After hours

8.04

+0.04

0.5%

1 day

0.5%

5 days

0.88%

1 month

1.01%

3 months

3.9%

6 months

6.38%

Year to date

-6.43%

1 year

2.7%

5 years

-25.72%

10 years

-51.6%

About: Cornerstone Total Return Fund Inc is a diversified closed-end management company. Its objective is to seek capital appreciation with current income as a secondary objective. The company invests in sectors such as Information Technology; Health Care; Financials; Communication Services; Consumer Discretionary; Industrials; Exchange-Traded Funds; Utilities; Energy; Real Estate and others.

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Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

189% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $86.8M [Q1] → $250M (+$164M) [Q2]

109% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 23 | Existing positions closed: 11

33% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q1] → 4 (+1) [Q2]

17.07% more ownership

Funds ownership: 10.54% [Q1] → 27.61% (+17.07%) [Q2]

16% more funds holding

Funds holding: 69 [Q1] → 80 (+11) [Q2]

11% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 30 | Existing positions reduced: 27

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Cornerstone Funds Announce Continuing Monthly Distributions for 2025 and Distribution Percentage for 2026

NEW YORK, Aug. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cornerstone Strategic Investment Fund, Inc. (NYSE American: CLM) (CUSIP: 21924B302) and Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. (NYSE American: CRF) (CUSIP: 21924U300), (individually the “Fund” or, collectively, the “Funds”), each a closed-end management investment company, announced that in keeping with each Fund's previously adopted monthly distribution policy, each Fund is declaring the following distributions:

Cornerstone Funds Announce Continuing Monthly Distributions for 2025 and Distribution Percentage for 2026

Closed-End Funds: Screening For Potential Opportunities To Kick Off H2 2025

We closed out the first half of 2025, making it an appropriate time to give the overall CEF space a fresh look for potential opportunities. As the broader equity indexes have been performing quite well, discounts in the CEF space have narrowed overall. The best relative value more broadly is in the municipal bond space and the "hybrid" funds.

Closed-End Funds: Screening For Potential Opportunities To Kick Off H2 2025

Cornerstone Total Return Fund: CEF With High Monthly Distributions

I rate CRF a Hold for income-focused investors, given its high yield but declining share price and dividend over time. The fund trades at a significant premium to NAV, but the DRIP allows reinvested dividends to be purchased at NAV, offering a discount advantage. CRF underperforms the S&P 500 in total return, and its distributions are largely return of capital, risking long-term capital erosion.

Cornerstone Total Return Fund: CEF With High Monthly Distributions

CRF: Steady Compounding, Modest Upside

Cornerstone Total Return Fund offers a diversified, large-cap equity portfolio with a simple, long-term investment approach and minimal portfolio turnover. The fund's high 18% yield is driven by regular distributions from net assets, not portfolio returns, causing a gradual share price decline over time. Dividend reinvestment at NAV or market price enables compounding, often resulting in total returns that outperform the S&P 500.

CRF: Steady Compounding, Modest Upside

Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. Announces Completion Of Rights Offering

NEW YORK, May 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE American: CRF) (CUSIP: 21924U300) is pleased to announce the completion of its one-for-three rights offering which expired on Friday, May 16, 2025 (the “Offering”). Under the terms of the Offering, record date stockholders were entitled to purchase one newly issued share of common stock of the Fund for every three rights held. The subscription price for each newly issued share was determined to be $6.97 which, under the terms of the prospectus, was equal to the greater of (i) 112% of net asset value per share as calculated at the close of trading on the date of expiration of the Offering and (ii) 80% of the market price per share at such time.

Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. Announces Completion Of Rights Offering

Cornerstone CEF Rights Offerings Are Back

Cornerstone Strategic Investment Fund and Cornerstone Total Return Fund announce 1-for-3 rights offerings, allowing shareholders to subscribe for new shares at a premium to NAV. The rights offerings are accretive to NAV per share, benefiting existing shareholders, but market prices typically drop during the offering period due to increased selling pressure. Investors can either sell shares before the ex-rights date to avoid price drops, or participate in the offering if the premium to NAV is above 12%.

Cornerstone CEF Rights Offerings Are Back

Cornerstone Strategic Investment Fund, Inc. Announces Rights Offering

NEW YORK, April 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cornerstone Strategic Investment Fund, Inc. (NYSE American: CLM) (CUSIP: 21924B302) (the “Fund”) announced today that, contingent upon final approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), it has set the close of business on April 21, 2025 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for determination of stockholders entitled to participate in the Fund's 1-for-3 rights offering. The Fund is issuing to its stockholders non-transferable rights entitling the holders to subscribe for an aggregate of 84,252,329 shares of common stock. Each stockholder will receive one non-transferable right for each share of the Fund held as of the Record Date. Fractional shares will not be issued upon the exercise of the rights. Accordingly, the number of rights to be issued to a stockholder on the Record Date will be rounded up to the nearest whole number of rights evenly divisible by three. For every three rights a stockholder receives, he or she will be entitled (but not required) to purchase one new share of the Fund at a subscription price equal to the greater of (i) 112% of net asset value per share as calculated at the close of trading on the expiration date of the offering or (ii) 80% of the market price per share at such time. Fractional shares will not be issued. In addition to the shares offered in the primary subscription, the Fund may offer a 100% over-allotment to oversubscribing stockholders. Stockholders who fully subscribe in the primary offering will have the option to oversubscribe for additional shares, to the extent available.

Cornerstone Strategic Investment Fund, Inc. Announces Rights Offering

Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. Announces Rights Offering

NEW YORK, April 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. (NYSE American: CRF) (CUSIP: 21924U300) (the “Fund”) announced today that, contingent upon final approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), it has set the close of business on April 21, 2025 as the record date (the “Record Date”) for determination of stockholders entitled to participate in the Fund's 1-for-3 rights offering. The Fund is issuing to its stockholders non-transferable rights entitling the holders to subscribe for an aggregate of 39,475,678 shares of common stock. Each stockholder will receive one non-transferable right for each share of the Fund held as of the Record Date. Fractional shares will not be issued upon the exercise of the rights. Accordingly, the number of rights to be issued to a stockholder on the Record Date will be rounded up to the nearest whole number of rights evenly divisible by three. For every three rights a stockholder receives, he or she will be entitled (but not required) to purchase one new share of the Fund at a subscription price equal to the greater of (i) 112% of net asset value per share as calculated at the close of trading on the expiration date of the offering or (ii) 80% of the market price per share at such time. Fractional shares will not be issued. In addition to the shares offered in the primary subscription, the Fund may offer a 100% over-allotment to oversubscribing stockholders. Stockholders who fully subscribe in the primary offering will have the option to oversubscribe for additional shares, to the extent available.

Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. Announces Rights Offering

Cornerstone Funds File Their Annual Reports

NEW YORK, March 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cornerstone Strategic Investment Fund, Inc. (NYSE American: CLM) (CUSIP: 21924B302) and Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. (NYSE American: CRF) (CUSIP: 21924U300) (individually the “Fund” or, collectively, the “Funds”) have each filed copies of their annual report on Form N-CSR with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Each report includes audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The annual reports are available online at www.cornerstonestrategicinvestmentfund.com and www.cornerstonetotalreturnfund.com. Copies of these reports are also available free of charge upon request by calling 1-866-668-6558.

Cornerstone Funds File Their Annual Reports

CRF: Reinvestment Down At The NAV Works To Your Benefit

Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF) offers a high dividend yield of 15.6% with monthly payouts, making it ideal for income-focused investors. The fund trades at a premium to NAV but this allows dividends to be reinvested down at the fund's NAV. This provides an immediate capital gain on distributions. CRF is less resilient during market downturns due to its reliance on net realized gains for distributions, making it riskier in volatile markets.

CRF: Reinvestment Down At The NAV Works To Your Benefit

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