CRF Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc

XASE
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Key stats
About
Exchange
XASE
Market Cap
$1.0B
List Date
1987-11-05
CIK
0000033934
Homepage
https://www.cornerstonetotalreturnfund.com

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.

Fund profile
Taxable Bond Multisector Bond Cornerstone
Expense ratio
—
Assets
$967M
shares × price, Oct 21, 2026
Trailing yield
—
Average daily volume
$8.9M
30 sessions
Holdings
—
Listed
Nov 5, 1987
NYSE American
FrenzyCap ETF score
69
how it is built
Costn/a
Liquidity65
Scale74
Diversificationn/a

Moves with. US large-cap stocks (28% of its variance, beta 0.76). These factors explain 31% of its daily moves over the last year, so most of what drives this fund is something else.

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Summary
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composite
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No summary data available for this symbol yet.

Each spoke is this symbol's rank within its sector (0–100; the dotted ring marks the sector median at 50). Higher is more constructive for a long. One spoke — News sentiment — is an absolute reading, not a sector rank. Grayed spokes have no data. A fuller shape is a summary, not a recommendation.

Chart
Seasonality
'21'22'23'24'25'26Avg
Jan9.04%-0.22%6.68%0.28%1.72%-1.49%2.67%
Feb-0.39%-2.44%-4.02%1.11%-11.44%-6.05%-3.87%
Mar3.36%1.83%-3.27%2.60%-6.02%-5.83%-1.22%
Apr-13.14%-28.66%-0.53%-0.79%-7.47%3.84%-7.79%
May-1.85%8.76%0.27%1.73%12.48%1.10%3.75%
Jun1.43%-17.77%5.26%2.08%2.24%-1.51%-1.38%
Jul1.23%11.95%4.81%-0.25%-1.02%-0.42%2.72%
Aug7.16%0.84%-3.53%0.77%1.68%-9.85%-0.49%
Sep-1.19%-15.94%-2.68%4.52%2.94%-2.84%-2.53%
Oct5.41%-4.52%-17.28%4.99%-0.25%-3.47%*-2.52%
Nov0.22%0.37%3.75%10.32%-1.48%--2.64%
Dec2.08%-13.83%-3.68%-8.33%0.50%---4.65%
Total12.21%-50.44%-15.42%19.56%-7.82%-24.13%-11.01%
Technical Indicators

Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.

Trend Indicators
  • SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
  • EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
  • MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
  • ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
  • +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
Momentum Oscillators
  • RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
  • Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
  • Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.

Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.

Volume & Volatility
  • Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
  • OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
  • Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
  • ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
  • HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.

Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →

Trend Indicators

SMA 20: $6.09
SMA 50: $6.28
SMA 200: $7.04
Current: $5.84
EMA 12: $6.00
EMA 26: $6.11
MACD: -0.1123 | Signal: -0.0152
BEARISH
ADX (14): 26.84
TREND
+DI: 23.00
−DI: 30.02

Momentum Oscillators

RSI (14): 32.98
NEUTRAL
Stoch %K: 16.29
Stoch %D: 15.01
Williams %R: -94.32

Volume & Volatility

BB Upper: $6.35
BB Lower: $5.82
NEUTRAL
OBV: -657,229
Vol SMA 20: 1,247,889
Vol ROC: -37.53%
ATR: $0.11
True Range: $0.13
HV 20: 19.4%
HV 30: 19.4%
HV 60: 20.6%

Data Summary

Data Points: 500
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-10-23T00:00:00 – 2026-10-21T00:00:00
AI Analysis

LLM Stock Analysis Report: CRF

Executive Summary

Overall Assessment: NEUTRAL (6/10) Key Drivers: Technical support, low volatility Primary Risks: Downtrend potential, lack of recent news catalysts

2-3 sentence investment thesis: CRF is currently trading within a neutral range, supported by its SMA 20 and EMA 12 indicators. The stock's low volatility and stable beta indicate a defensive posture, which may limit upside potential.

Recent news sentiment impact: No recent news available; focus on technical analysis for insights.

Technical Analysis

Trend Direction: Neutral (no clear trend)

Support/Resistance Levels: SMA 20 ($7.90), EMA 12 ($7.95), Bollinger Bands' upper ($8.11) and lower ($7.69) levels

Momentum Signals:

  • RSI (14): 42.26 (neutral)
  • MACD: Bearish crossover
  • Bollinger Bands: Neutral signal

Volume Analysis: Low volume rate of change (-2.69%), On-Balance Volume (OBV) declining, and volume SMA 20 flat

News & Sentiment Analysis

Recent Headlines Summary: No recent news available; focus on technical analysis for insights.

Sentiment Assessment: Neutral (no recent news)

Catalyst Identification: None available; focus on upcoming earnings or product launches for potential catalysts.

Market Narrative: Technical signals are currently neutral, with no clear trend or sentiment bias.

Risk & Volatility Assessment

Beta Interpretation: Low risk relative to market (beta 0.77)

Volatility Regime: Low volatility regime (stock moves less than market)

Options Market Signals: No options data available; focus on technical analysis for insights.

Downside Protection: Support levels at SMA 20 ($7.90) and EMA 12 ($7.95), with potential for a mean reversion trade

Market Context & Positioning

Sector Performance: Neutral (no clear sector bias)

Institutional Activity: No recent institutional activity available; focus on technical analysis for insights.

Correlation Analysis: Low correlation to market (R-squared 0.64); potentially defensive posture

Relative Valuation: CRF is trading within its historical range, with no clear valuation bias.

Key Levels & Action Items

Critical Price Levels: SMA 20 ($7.90) and EMA 12 ($7.95), Bollinger Bands' upper ($8.11) and lower ($7.69)

Breakout/Breakdown Levels: None available; focus on technical analysis for insights.

Time-Sensitive Catalysts: No upcoming earnings or product launches available; focus on technical analysis for insights.

Risk Management: Stop-loss levels at SMA 20 ($7.90), with potential for a mean reversion trade

This comprehensive report provides an in-depth analysis of CRF's stock performance, highlighting key trends, support and resistance levels, momentum signals, volume patterns, news sentiment, risk metrics, and market context. The analysis concludes that CRF is currently trading within a neutral range, supported by its SMA 20 and EMA 12 indicators, with low volatility and stable beta indicating a defensive posture.

Generated

CRF Options Activity & IV Rank

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Spread Scanner GPU
Full Algorithm Docs ↗

Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →

Stage 1 — Base Score (GPU scanner)

score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.

Stage 2 — Skew Adjustment (±25% cap)

RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.

Stage 3 — Technical Overlay (±50% cap, 5 groups)
Group 1 · Directional Bias (±0.25)
  • RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
  • MACD crossover + histogram trend
  • Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
Group 2 · Momentum (±0.10)
  • Stochastic %K <20 / >80
  • Williams %R <−80 / >−20
Group 3 · Volatility (up to −0.25 / +0.15)
  • Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
  • Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
  • BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
Group 4 · IV Regime (±0.15)
  • IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
  • IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
Group 5 · Liquidity (penalty up to −0.10)
  • Min open interest across all legs
  • OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05

score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →

Enter a ticker to scan for optimal spread opportunities.

Evaluates all bull put, bear call, iron condor, and calendar spread combinations using GPU-accelerated analysis.

Skew (Wing IV − ATM IV)
DTE:
Wing Δ:
Metric:
Wing vs ATM
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol points

How much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.

  • Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
  • Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
  • Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
  • Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
Risk Reversal
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each side

Which side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.

  • Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
  • Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
  • Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
  • Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Reading them together

Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:

  • High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
  • Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
  • Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
14 DTE / 10d —
— pts EXTREME
ATM — / Wing —
30 DTE / 10d —
— pts EXTREME
ATM — / Wing —

Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.

Volatility Surface

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Volatility Smile

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IV Rank (7 DTE)
IV Rank (30 DTE)
Straddle Price (30 DTE)
Beta Analysis

Risk Metrics

Beta: 0.7993
Alpha: -39.54%
Correlation: 0.5420
R-Squared: 29.4%
Stock Volatility: 18.8%
Market Volatility: 12.7%

Analysis Details

Benchmark: SPY
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Interpretation:
Low volatility - stock moves less than market
Beta & Alpha Over Time
Notable investors who own CRF
2 of 37 tracked investors
InvestorValueShare of their portfolioRankQ/Q sharesSource
Citadel Hedge fund
Ken Griffin
$689K
0.00%
#4122 of 6285+826.6%13F
Rockefeller Capital Management Family office
Rockefeller family
$362K
0.00%
#2258 of 4729+2.0%13F

Hedge funds, activists, holding companies and family offices we track, from their latest 13F (quarter-end value) and Form 4 filings in the last 3 years. Family offices · all institutions

CRF Institutional Ownership (13F)

Latest filings — 2026-09-30

Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.

  • Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
  • Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
  • % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
  • Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.

Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.

90 filers26,473,874 shares$188.98M value
# Filer Shares Value % of Total % of Float Period
1 SIT INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES INC 3,533,467 $25.37M 13.42% — 2026-06-30
2 Alpine Global Management, LLC 2,989,499 $21.46M 11.36% — 2026-06-30
3 Sculptor Capital LP 2,768,415 $19.88M 10.52% — 2026-06-30
4 Quarry LP 2,525,950 $18.14M 9.60% — 2026-06-30
5 BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 2,349,542 $16.87M 8.93% — 2026-06-30
6 LPL Financial LLC Custodian 2,099,602 $15.08M 7.98% — 2026-06-30
7 Almitas Capital LLC 1,572,309 $11.29M 5.97% — 2026-06-30
8 OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. Custodian 1,201,408 $8.63M 4.56% — 2026-06-30
9 Raymond James Financial, Inc. Custodian 1,009,329 $7.25M 3.83% — 2026-06-30
10 Cable Car Capital, LP 662,510 $4.76M 2.52% — 2026-06-30
11 Advisory Solutions Group, LLC 671,321 $4.14M 2.19% — 2026-09-30
12 Yakira Capital Management, Inc. 518,315 $3.72M 1.97% — 2026-06-30
13 Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 501,790 $3.60M 1.91% — 2026-06-30
14 Perennial Investment Advisors, LLC 500,924 $3.60M 1.90% — 2026-06-30
15 COHEN & STEERS, INC. 270,000 $1.94M 1.03% — 2026-06-30
16 COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 265,416 $1.91M 1.01% — 2026-06-30
17 Morgan Stanley Custodian 237,677 $1.71M 0.90% — 2026-06-30
18 PFG Investments, LLC 231,737 $1.66M 0.88% — 2026-06-30
19 Clear Street Group Inc. 190,486 $1.37M 0.72% — 2026-06-30
20 Baird Financial Group, Inc. 186,644 $1.34M 0.71% — 2026-06-30
21 Cetera Investment Advisers Custodian 172,308 $1.24M 0.65% — 2026-06-30
22 StoneX Group Inc. 145,192 $1.04M 0.55% — 2026-06-30
23 Marex Group Ltd 141,702 $1.02M 0.54% — 2026-06-30
24 Kovack Advisors, Inc. 122,033 $876.08K 0.46% — 2026-06-30
25 WINEBRENNER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 132,051 $813.43K 0.43% — 2026-09-30
# Filer Notional Value % of Total Period
# Filer Notional Value % of Total Period

CRF Insider Trading (Form 4)

Latest: 2026-10-21
Form 4 filings — insider beneficial-ownership changes by officers, directors, and 10%+ holders. Filed within 2 business days of transaction.
Filed Reporter Role Action Shares Avg Price Net $ Link
2026-10-21 Joshua Bradshaw Vice Chairman and President Buy (P) +20,000 $5.88 $117.6K EDGAR
2026-09-01 Peter Greer Director Buy (P) +1,500 $6.41 $9.6K EDGAR
2025-09-11 Matthew Morris Director Sell (S) −1 $7.92 -$9 EDGAR
2025-09-05 Matthew Morris Director Sell (S) −53,272 $7.89 -$420.3K EDGAR
2025-05-27 Ralph W Bradshaw President Exer (M) +2,594 $6.97 $18.1K EDGAR
2023-08-10 Matthew Morris Director Sell (S) −40,000 $8.43 -$337.2K EDGAR
2022-06-30 Matthew Morris Director Exer (M) +15,180 $7.95 $120.7K EDGAR
2022-06-29 Ralph W Bradshaw President Exer (M) +2,000 $7.95 $15.9K EDGAR
2021-09-21 Matthew Morris Director Sell (S) −13,000 $12.68 -$164.8K EDGAR
2021-05-26 Glenn W Wilcox Sr Director Exer (M) +2,097 $10.23 $21.5K EDGAR
2021-05-26 Ralph W Bradshaw President Exer (M) +2,028 $10.23 $20.7K EDGAR
2021-05-26 Matthew Morris Director Exer (M) +13,034 $10.23 $133.3K EDGAR
2021-02-25 Glenn W Wilcox Sr Director Buy (P) +2,674 $12.25 $32.8K EDGAR
2020-12-14 Glenn W Wilcox Sr Director Sell (S) −241 $11.45 -$2.8K EDGAR
2020-03-31 Matthew Morris Director Buy (P) +30,900 $8.08 $249.7K EDGAR
Codes: P = open-market purchase · S = open-market sale · A = grant/award · M = option exercise · F = tax withholding at vest · G = bona-fide gift · D = disposition to issuer · J = other (described in filing footnote — typically 401(k), trust, inheritance) · W = will/inheritance. Only P / S codes carry directional signal.

CRF Insider Holdings

3 insiders · @ $5.84
Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years, ranked by current disclosed exposure (shares × today's price). Shares are direct + indirect (via trusts / LLCs / spouse). Excludes unvested RSU and option grants — those aren't beneficially owned until vest.
# Insider Role Shares Disclosed Exposure Lifetime OM Net Filings Last Filed
1 Ralph W Bradshaw President 73,352 $428.7K $108.3K 13 2025-05-27
2 Matthew Morris Director 11,466 $67.0K -$672.7K 7 2025-09-11
3 Peter Greer Director 1,501 $8.8K $9.6K 1 2026-09-01
Lifetime OM Net = signed sum of open-market buys (P) and sells (S) over their career; excludes grants, tax withholdings, and dispositions to issuer. A large negative number is normal for long-tenured executives — they've sold compensation grants over many years.
ETF Holders
# ETF Provider Weight $ Exposure ETF AUM As Of
Fundamentals

Quarterly filings sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K reports. TTM tiles aggregate the most recent four quarters; bars show the last ~12 quarters oldest → newest.

Metrics
  • Revenue — top-line sales. Look for consistent YoY growth; seasonal businesses need same-quarter comparisons (Q4 '24 vs Q4 '23).
  • Net Income — bottom-line profit after all expenses. Can be volatile from one-time items; red bars = net loss.
  • Diluted EPS — net income per share assuming options/converts are exercised. Direct input to the P/E ratio.
  • Operating Cash Flow — cash generated from core operations, before capex and financing. Harder to manipulate than net income; growing OCF is a quality signal.
How to read the bars
  • Sequential growth — quarter-over-quarter trend. Accelerating bars are a momentum signal.
  • YoY growth — compare to the same quarter a year earlier to remove seasonality.
  • Quality — OCF should roughly track Net Income over time. Large divergence (net income ≫ OCF) flags accruals risk.
  • Margins — scan the bar ratios: Net Income / Revenue tells you margin trend without needing a separate chart.

TTM (trailing-twelve-month) smooths seasonality and is used for the P/E calculation. Filings appear 30–90 days after the period closes.