Calamos Dynamic Convertible & Income screens cheap versus peers and shows a technical breakout, but a weak Piotroski F-Score and a yield-trap warning on its distribution keep quality below the engine's floor.
Thesis pillars
- Attractive Relative Valuation→Stable
- Extremely Weak Piotroski Score→Stable
- Yield Trap Distribution Risk→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Jul 5, 2026
Calamos Dynamic Convertible & I (CCD) Stock Analysis
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Financial Services · Asset Management
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $22.17: Quality below floor (0.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.6/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Calamos Investments LLC. It is managed by Calamos Advisors LLC. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It primarily invests in a portfolio of... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $22.17: Quality below floor (0.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.6/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity no date, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: aggressive.
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1 floor-breaker·1 ceiling hit
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $22.17: Quality below floor (0.9 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.6/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $21.10. Score 5.6/10, moderate confidence.
Resistance target: $24.04 (+8.4% upside). Prior stop was $21.10. Stop-loss: $21.10.
Quality below floor (0.9 < 4.0).
Calamos Dynamic Convertible & I trades at a P/E of 2.6 (forward N/A). TrendMatrix value score: 10.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
8 analysts cover CCD with a consensus score of 2.3/5.
What does Calamos Dynamic Convertible & I do?Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Calamos Investments...
Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Calamos Investments LLC. It is managed by Calamos Advisors LLC. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It primarily invests in a portfolio of convertible securities, investment grade and below investment grade bonds, loans, equity-linked notes, and floating rate securities. The fund also invests through derivatives such as options. It employs fundamental analysis with a top-down global macroeconomic approach to create its portfolio. Calamos Dynamic Convertible and Income Fund was formed on March 11, 2014 and is domiciled in the United States.