Virtus Total Return Fund

ZTR

Market cap $315M

Virtus Total Return Fund trades at a nearly 11% discount, well below its historical average, but has been more consistently at a deep discount following a 2023 distribution cut. ZTR offers a 9.52% yield, supported by a hybrid portfolio tilted toward utilities and industrials, with 73% equity and 27% fixed income. Recent tender offers allowed investors to realize value, but the fund's discount persists, presenting a potential entry point for income-focused investors.

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) previously announced the following monthly distribution on November 19, 2025: Ticker Amount of Distribution Ex-Date/Record Date Payable Date ZTR $0.05 December 11, 2025 December 30, 2025 Under the terms of its Managed Distribution Plan, the Fund will seek to maintain a consistent distribution level that may be paid, in part or in full, from net investment income and realized capital gains, or a combination thereof. Shar.

Utility stocks are supposed to be rather boring, but when you add leverage and appreciation as your primary objective, strange things start happening to utility CEFs. Unlike most CEFs which list income as their primary-objective, the Virtus Total Return fund (ZTR) and the Gabelli Utility Trust are both focused on capital-appreciation first and income second. Which is rather a surprise since both funds offer very competitive 9.5%+ current market yields paid monthly. And both have similar market prices in the low $6/share range.

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) (the “Fund”) today announced final results of its previously announced tender offer to acquire up to 10% of its outstanding shares, which expired December 3, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern). The Fund accepted 5,554,844 shares, representing 10% of its outstanding shares, for payment on or about December 9, 2025. A total of 14,916,518 shares were properly tendered. Therefore, on a prorated basis, approximately 37.25% of the s.

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) (the “Fund”) today announced preliminary results of its previously announced tender offer (“Tender Offer”) to acquire up to 10% of the Fund's outstanding shares, which expired on December 3, 2025 at 5 p.m. (Eastern). Approximately 15,013,106 shares were tendered, including shares tendered pursuant to notices of guaranteed delivery, based on preliminary information. With the Tender Offer oversubscribed, the relative numb.

Unlike a lot of Tender Offers for funds that don't offer much upside, the Virtus Total Return Fund Inc.'s latest Tender Offer is quite attractive. And since this will be the last of ZTR's "conditional" Tender Offers, you still have time to own the shares and submit before the offering expires on December 3rd. But even without the Tender Offer, ZTR stock would be attractive as a leveraged utility, infrastructure, and fixed-income fund whose NAV is actually beating the S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 year-to-date.

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) today announced the following monthly distributions: Ticker Amount of Distribution Ex-Date/Record Date Payable Date ZTR $0.05 December 11, 2025 December 30, 2025 ZTR $0.05 January 12, 2026 January 29, 2026 ZTR $0.05 February 12, 2026 February 26, 2026 The Fund previously announced the following monthly distribution on August 27, 2025: Ticker Amount of Distribution Ex-Date/Record Date Payable Date ZTR $0.05 November 13,.

Virtus Total Return Fund offers diversified exposure to equities and fixed income, focusing on utilities, energy, and industrials sectors. ZTR trades at an -8.78% discount to NAV, with a 9.32% forward yield, and a recent tender offer presents a potential arbitrage opportunity. The fund's sector-focused strategy has outperformed the S&P 500 in the short term due to the growing demand for electricity.

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) (the “Fund”) today announced the commencement of a tender offer (“Tender Offer”) that will begin on November 3, 2025, and expire at 5 p.m. (Eastern) on December 3, 2025 (the “Expiration Date”), which will also be the pricing date, unless the Tender Offer is extended. The Tender Offer was previously announced as a conditional tender offer subject to certain factors that have been determined to have been met. The Fund int.

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) previously announced the following monthly distribution on August 27, 2025: Ticker Amount of Distribution Ex-Date/Record Date Payable Date ZTR $0.05 October 14, 2025 October 30, 2025 Under the terms of its Managed Distribution Plan, the Fund will seek to maintain a consistent distribution level that may be paid, in part or in full, from net investment income and realized capital gains, or a combination thereof. Sharehol.