Welcome to our dedicated page for Virtus Total Return Fund SEC filings (Ticker: ZTR), a comprehensive resource for investors and traders seeking official regulatory documents including 10-K annual reports, 10-Q quarterly earnings, 8-K material events, and insider trading forms.
The Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) SEC filings page on Stock Titan provides access to the fund’s regulatory disclosures as they are filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. is a diversified closed-end management investment company whose stated objective is capital appreciation, with income as a secondary objective, pursued through a balance of equity and fixed income investments.
In its public communications, the fund notes that tender offers are conducted pursuant to a tender offer statement on Schedule TO, which includes an offer to purchase, a letter of transmittal, and related documents filed with the SEC. These filings set out the terms and conditions of each tender offer, such as the percentage of outstanding shares the fund intends to repurchase, the pricing formula based on a percentage of net asset value (NAV), and any conditions tied to trading discounts or measurement periods. On this page, investors can review those SEC materials alongside AI-generated summaries that explain the key points of each filing in straightforward language.
As a closed-end fund, Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. also provides information about distributions and their estimated sources through Section 19(a) notices and related disclosures. While these notices themselves are not tax reporting documents, the underlying details about net investment income, realized capital gains, and return of capital are reflected in the fund’s formal SEC filings. Stock Titan’s platform pairs these filings with AI-powered highlights that help clarify how distributions relate to the fund’s investment results and capital structure.
Through this page, users can monitor new SEC submissions for ZTR, including tender offer materials and other required filings, with real-time updates from EDGAR and concise AI explanations that reduce the need to parse lengthy regulatory documents manually.
ZTR filed its Form N-CEN annual report for registered investment companies, providing census-style information on its operations and service providers. The filing details relationships with directors, advisers, custodians, transfer agents, pricing services, administrators, and broker-dealers that support the fund’s day-to-day activities.
The report discloses that the fund paid aggregate brokerage commissions of 152,855.00000000 during the reporting period across multiple brokers. It also lists principal trading activity, including purchases and sales with individual dealers such as one totaling 26,323,864.00000000, giving a sense of the scale of its trading through dealer markets.
Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. reports a strong year for the period ended November 30, 2025. The closed-end fund, which balances global infrastructure equities and U.S. fixed income and uses margin leverage of about 29% of total assets, delivered a 13.76% net asset value (NAV) return, including $0.60 per share in reinvested distributions. Its market price return was 17.03%, outpacing its 60/40 linked benchmark, which returned 8.06%.
The equity sleeve, focused on essential infrastructure sectors and managed by Duff & Phelps, returned 18.66% (gross of fees), beating its FTSE Developed Core Infrastructure 50/50 Index benchmark at 9.56%. The fixed income sleeve, run by Newfleet, returned 10.93% (gross of fees) versus 5.70% for the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, helped by underweights to U.S. Treasuries and allocations to emerging markets and high yield bonds.
The fund continues a Managed Distribution Plan targeting a monthly payout of $0.05 per share, which can include net investment income, realized gains, and return of capital. Management notes this level-distribution approach did not materially affect portfolio strategy during the year. Related Virtus closed-end funds in the complex also reported double-digit NAV gains and meaningful benchmark outperformance.
Virtus Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: ZTR) announced it met the conditions to trigger its second conditional tender offer to acquire an additional 10% of the Fund's outstanding shares. The Fund is a closed-end vehicle focused on capital appreciation with income as a secondary objective. Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. serves as the investment adviser, with Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. and Newfleet Asset Management as subadvisers. The release directs shareholders to contact Shareholder Services by phone, email, or the Closed-End Funds section of virtus.com for the Fund's most recent annual report and additional information. The notice reminds readers that closed-end funds may trade at a premium or discount to NAV.