Market Cap 867.72M
Revenue (ttm) 175.61M
Net Income (ttm) 174.58M
EPS (ttm) N/A
PE Ratio N/A
Forward PE N/A
Profit Margin N/A
Debt to Equity Ratio N/A
Volume 83,463
Avg Vol 704,234
Day's Range N/A - N/A
Shares Out 102.93M
Stochastic %K 38%
Beta 1.13
Analysts Strong Buy
Price Target N/A

Company Profile

Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Cornerstone Advisors, LLC. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in value and growth stocks of companies across all market capitalizations. The fund also invests through other closed-end investment companies and ETFs. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against...

Industry: Asset Management
Sector: Financial Services
Phone: 828 210 8184
Address:
1075 Hendersonville Road, Suite 250, Asheville, United States
panda317
panda317 Oct. 25 at 10:27 AM
so, what good are DRIP shares, anyway? well, for me and my (our) RothIRA accounts held @ Fidelity (a *real* brokerage) it's simple, really. DRIP shares are acquired at a discount, either @ NAV like for $CLM & $CRF or a 5% discount to the share price like for $OXLC so they just cost less than if I were to just buy them. So, $100 in dividends becomes instantly worth more and can be sold at a premium. Of course, CLM & CRF currently trade at a premium to NAV so getting shares at NAV is really quite advantageous at this point. OXLC, OTOH, is currently trading at a DISCOUNT to it's NAV and shares are acquired at the lesser of 5% discount to NAV *or* share price. So, you could certainly buy shares at a discount to NAV, but the DRIP acquires them at a discount to that already discounted share price. All of these shares are shown to be acquired at a cost of $0.00, so saying they are FREE shares isn't a lie. I keep track and these are the results. screenshots from 1 acct TYFYATTM Yeah, I'm a bit
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panda317
panda317 Oct. 24 at 11:10 PM
$CLM $CRF predictions
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panda317
panda317 Oct. 24 at 11:06 PM
I have 2930 shares of $CLM worth $24055.30 currently paying me $358.63 monthly or $4303.58 annually at a cost of $22065.40 on 2717.21 shares. This means that I have 212.79 DRIP (or, FREE) shares earning $85.11 monthly or $1021.32 annually. I have 3030 shares of $CRF worth $24058.20 currently paying me $353.90 monthly or $4246.85 annually at a cost of $23187.82 on 2958.788 shares. This means that I have 71.212 DRIP (or, FREE) shares earning $28.48 monthly or $341.76 annually. My 'goal' is to have all or mostly all DRIP (or, FREE) shares generating income. I plan to reduce the total number of shares in each of these funds shortly that will then generate approximately $250 monthly or $3000 annually at little to no cost for each fund. This reduction of shares would free up capital which could be deployed into other securities that will generate even more income, so on these I am slightly
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Keith1950
Keith1950 Oct. 24 at 10:50 PM
$CLM $CRF If S&P 500 closes at 6,890.69 on 10/31/25 (up 99.00 from today), the distribution for 2026 will be the same as it is now. No change. The S&P was up 112 and 128 for the last 2 weeks.
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amf99
amf99 Oct. 24 at 9:00 PM
$CLM ok, about .002 cut per month with current NAV. $CRF less than .001 cut per month. one more week to see the real divvy for 2026. if thereś no rug pull, we may even see a divvy increase for 2026.
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Western_David
Western_David Oct. 24 at 8:58 PM
$CLM NAV 6.89 up .11 $CRF NAV 6.67 up .12. This will be the NAV,used for the DRIP.
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PennyWeasel
PennyWeasel Oct. 21 at 12:37 PM
$OXLC Adding insult to injury and added $14.59 shares in PM. Still bullish at these bargain basement prices. 26%+ discount to NAV? GMAFB! Even IF their upcoming ER were a 💩show, NAV would be down a pinch, not a bucket! For now, $GUT $OMAH $CLM and $CRF keep'n me out of harms way. ⛑️🪖🍀🍀🥃
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dens123
dens123 Oct. 19 at 5:23 AM
$CRF Thinking about taking a $20,000 margin loan out from Fidelity at 9.8%. Should I do it? Pros and cons please. Thank you!
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indernilghosh
indernilghosh Oct. 18 at 10:15 AM
$CLM if we take latest nav of $6.78, and if spy remains same for next 2 weeks, we are looking at 3% yearly drop in dividend from 2025. Absolutely nothing to worry about. You will make $ 1423 instead of $1468 with 1000 $CLM shares. With higher NAV premium than last year, you may possibly have same earnings next year with DRIP. Impact is even lesser with $CRF
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panda317
panda317 Oct. 18 at 3:31 AM
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panda317
panda317 Oct. 25 at 10:27 AM
so, what good are DRIP shares, anyway? well, for me and my (our) RothIRA accounts held @ Fidelity (a *real* brokerage) it's simple, really. DRIP shares are acquired at a discount, either @ NAV like for $CLM & $CRF or a 5% discount to the share price like for $OXLC so they just cost less than if I were to just buy them. So, $100 in dividends becomes instantly worth more and can be sold at a premium. Of course, CLM & CRF currently trade at a premium to NAV so getting shares at NAV is really quite advantageous at this point. OXLC, OTOH, is currently trading at a DISCOUNT to it's NAV and shares are acquired at the lesser of 5% discount to NAV *or* share price. So, you could certainly buy shares at a discount to NAV, but the DRIP acquires them at a discount to that already discounted share price. All of these shares are shown to be acquired at a cost of $0.00, so saying they are FREE shares isn't a lie. I keep track and these are the results. screenshots from 1 acct TYFYATTM Yeah, I'm a bit
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panda317
panda317 Oct. 24 at 11:10 PM
$CLM $CRF predictions
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panda317
panda317 Oct. 24 at 11:06 PM
I have 2930 shares of $CLM worth $24055.30 currently paying me $358.63 monthly or $4303.58 annually at a cost of $22065.40 on 2717.21 shares. This means that I have 212.79 DRIP (or, FREE) shares earning $85.11 monthly or $1021.32 annually. I have 3030 shares of $CRF worth $24058.20 currently paying me $353.90 monthly or $4246.85 annually at a cost of $23187.82 on 2958.788 shares. This means that I have 71.212 DRIP (or, FREE) shares earning $28.48 monthly or $341.76 annually. My 'goal' is to have all or mostly all DRIP (or, FREE) shares generating income. I plan to reduce the total number of shares in each of these funds shortly that will then generate approximately $250 monthly or $3000 annually at little to no cost for each fund. This reduction of shares would free up capital which could be deployed into other securities that will generate even more income, so on these I am slightly
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Keith1950
Keith1950 Oct. 24 at 10:50 PM
$CLM $CRF If S&P 500 closes at 6,890.69 on 10/31/25 (up 99.00 from today), the distribution for 2026 will be the same as it is now. No change. The S&P was up 112 and 128 for the last 2 weeks.
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amf99
amf99 Oct. 24 at 9:00 PM
$CLM ok, about .002 cut per month with current NAV. $CRF less than .001 cut per month. one more week to see the real divvy for 2026. if thereś no rug pull, we may even see a divvy increase for 2026.
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Western_David
Western_David Oct. 24 at 8:58 PM
$CLM NAV 6.89 up .11 $CRF NAV 6.67 up .12. This will be the NAV,used for the DRIP.
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PennyWeasel
PennyWeasel Oct. 21 at 12:37 PM
$OXLC Adding insult to injury and added $14.59 shares in PM. Still bullish at these bargain basement prices. 26%+ discount to NAV? GMAFB! Even IF their upcoming ER were a 💩show, NAV would be down a pinch, not a bucket! For now, $GUT $OMAH $CLM and $CRF keep'n me out of harms way. ⛑️🪖🍀🍀🥃
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dens123
dens123 Oct. 19 at 5:23 AM
$CRF Thinking about taking a $20,000 margin loan out from Fidelity at 9.8%. Should I do it? Pros and cons please. Thank you!
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indernilghosh
indernilghosh Oct. 18 at 10:15 AM
$CLM if we take latest nav of $6.78, and if spy remains same for next 2 weeks, we are looking at 3% yearly drop in dividend from 2025. Absolutely nothing to worry about. You will make $ 1423 instead of $1468 with 1000 $CLM shares. With higher NAV premium than last year, you may possibly have same earnings next year with DRIP. Impact is even lesser with $CRF
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panda317
panda317 Oct. 18 at 3:31 AM
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Keith1950
Keith1950 Oct. 18 at 3:22 AM
$CLM $CRF The S&P 500 needs to increase 3% or 206 from today's close, to wind up at 6,870 on 10/31/25 and the distribution for CLM for 2026 will be unchanged. CRF will be close to unchanged also. It is certainly possible in this crazy market.
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ibew358
ibew358 Oct. 17 at 9:58 PM
$CLM $ORC $CRF Consistent monthly dividends! I have both of these for a few years now. CLM is outperforming ORC but both have great monthly .12c per share dividends! CLM dividend history, little higher than Orchid https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/clm/dividend/ ORC history https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/orc/dividend/ I will check out CRF, thank you. Have a great weekend all!
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Western_David
Western_David Oct. 17 at 9:30 PM
$CLM NAV unchanged, $CRF down .01 to 6.55. Better than I expected so lets hope the next two get better.
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JBuyer
JBuyer Oct. 17 at 4:31 PM
$CLM $CRF If you take a moment to reflect back over the last 10 years and even further, you’ll find that Fall season has double meaning in the US Markets. Stocks Fall in share price into the winter. Probably why October performance is used as the water gauge or where the bar subset for the next year starting in January. Cornerstone has been on this cycle for decades and is one of the staples of Dividend harvester investors for a long long time. The most savvy investors use Cornerstone as the “Corner Stone “ of their portfolios. When it’s on sale, buy a few more. 😎👍
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amf99
amf99 Oct. 10 at 9:24 PM
$CLM with current NAV 5 cent cut in divvy for 2026, $CRF will be 2 cent cut. this is for the year. divide by 12 for month change
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Western_David
Western_David Oct. 10 at 9:22 PM
$CRF new NAV 6.56 down .15 $CLM new NAV 6.78 down .15.
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Western_David
Western_David Oct. 10 at 8:30 PM
$CLM $CRF This sell off today makes no sense. President Trump has levied tariffs before without the market going berserk, what's so special about today's announcement on one of our double dealing, spying on us, stealing our secrets enemy? We've done it before, must be the left doing everything to wreck the economy so they blame, you know ??!
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amf99
amf99 Oct. 10 at 7:06 PM
$CLM $CRF guessing today's sell off will be reflected in the NAV after close. still have 3 wks for it to recover.
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PennyWeasel
PennyWeasel Oct. 10 at 4:35 PM
$CLM Finally broke down and picked up some additional shares of CLM at $8.3770 and $CRF at $8.0670 on this little knee jerk melt-down. 🍀🍀🥃
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Keith1950
Keith1950 Oct. 8 at 11:39 PM
$CRF The 10/3/25 CRF NAV was $6.71 less the Oct 2025 distribution of $0.1168 it will be $6.59 on 10/15/25. If the S&P 500 closes at 6,715.79 on 10/31/25 then the 2026 distribution will be $6.59 x 21% = $1.38/12 = $0.1154/month. If the S&P 500 continues to increase, the 2026 distribution could be very close to the 2025 distribution. $CLM will follow the same pattern.
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Keith1950
Keith1950 Oct. 8 at 11:29 PM
$CLM The 10/3/25 CLM NAV = $6.93 less Oct 2025 distribution of $0.1224 = $6.81 NAV on 10/15/25. If S&P 500 closes at 6,715.79 on 10/31/25 then 2026 distribution will be $6.81 x 21% = $1.43/12 = $0.1191/month. If S&P 500 continues to increase, the 2026 distribution could be very close to the 2025 distribution. $CRF will follow the same pattern.
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Soccer1321
Soccer1321 Oct. 8 at 4:04 PM
$CRF is there a point you think maybe I should sell for a healthy profit and get back in later ?
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