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Virtus Total Return Fund Inc.

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Virtus Total Return Fund Inc.

ZTR·NYSE·Unknown·CIK 0000836412

Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund that invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. The fund is co-managed by Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc., Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, and Newfleet Asset Management, LLC. It seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors, primarily focusing on reasonably priced growth (GARP) stocks of large-cap companies and investment-grade bonds issued by companies and governments. The fund is actively managed and benchmarks its performance against a composite index comprised of 60% Russell Developed Large Cap Index and 40% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. was formed on September 30, 1988, and is domiciled in the United States.

Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE:ZTR) is a publicly traded company in the Unknown sector. Wiseek has independently scored 2 items for ZTR at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-30, rated 7/10. Across its 2 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 1 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for ZTR spans SCHEDULE 13D.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Saba Capital Takes 5.04% Activist Stake in Virtus Total Return Fund
  • Virtus Total Return Fund (ZTR) Boosts Monthly Distribution by 10%

Short Interest & Short Volume

1.00 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 66,027 shares in ZTR as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 30.2% decrease from the prior period — about 1.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 38.4% of ZTR volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)66,027 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 30.2%
Days to cover1.00 at avg daily volume of 108,601
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)38.4% of 96,256 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume33.0%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

$5.94 -0.05% today
52-week range · as of 2026-09-30 $5.93 – $7.11
Market cap
$332.73M
Volume
158.8K (1.3× avg)
3-mo avg 125.1K
Live data · 2026-10-05 04:24 UTC · Market overnight

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ZTR
Sep 30, 2026, 8:07 AM EDT
Filing Type: SCHEDULE 13D
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $6.00
Real-time Price: $5.94 info
Change: -$0.0626 (-1%) info
Market Cap: $332.735M info
ZTR
Jun 03, 2026, 4:35 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $6.57
Real-time Price: $5.94 info
Change: -$0.6326 (-10%) info
Market Cap: $332.735M info
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