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CRF Cornerstone Total Return Fund (CRF) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Funds & Trusts · Registered investment company · CIK 0000033934
C-suite buying · 1
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
63
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about CRF

Insiders, 180 days
+$127.2K net bought
2 buyers

Cornerstone Total Return Fund insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

Over the last 180 days, CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC insiders bought a net $127.2K of stock across 7 Form 4 purchases and sales, with 2 insiders buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
Vice Chairman and President
BUY
2026-10-21 SECtraded 2026-10-20
20,000
$117.6K
-4.1%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 97.6% of the 20,484 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
  • 63 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Vice Chairman and President Bradshaw Joshua bought about $117.6K of CRF on Oct 20, 2026, the largest insider purchase at the company on our record; 63 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Director
BUY
2026-09-01 SECtraded 2026-08-31
1,500
$9.6K
-10.2%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 99.9% of the 1,501 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
  • 63 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Greer Peter bought about $9.6K of CRF on Aug 31, 2026, the largest insider purchase at the company on our record; 63 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
SELL
2025-09-11 SECtraded 2025-09-10
1.2
$10
-15.0%
Context
  • 4 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (4 sales), the last on Sep 4, 2025.
  • The trade is 0.0% of the 11,466 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 63 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Morris Matthew sold about $10 of CRF on Sep 10, 2025; 63 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
SELL
2025-09-05 SECtraded 2025-09-04
35,000
$276.5K
-14.1%
Context
  • 3 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (3 sales), the last on Sep 3, 2025.
  • The trade is 305.2% of the 11,467 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 63 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Morris Matthew sold about $276.5K of CRF on Sep 4, 2025, the largest insider sale at the company since 2023; 63 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
SELL
2025-09-05 SECtraded 2025-09-03
18,272
$143.8K
-14.1%
Context
  • 2 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 sales), the last on Aug 8, 2023.
  • The trade is 39.3% of the 46,467 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 63 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Morris Matthew sold about $143.8K of CRF on Sep 3, 2025, the largest insider sale at the company since 2023; 63 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
7 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
net +$127.2K over 180 days
+$127.2K over 90 days
more than 65% of Funds & Trusts
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
63 funds bought in last quarter
more than 71% of Funds & Trusts
Revenue
no revenue reported in any filing
Margin
no margin: no revenue reported
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
11.4 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
What changed in the last 30 days
Oct 21Vice Chairman and President Bradshaw Joshua bought $117.6K (Oct 20)

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
-16.6%12M
-17%-10%-2%+6%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-10-20 · Bradshaw Joshua bought $117.6K2026-08-31 · Greer Peter bought $9.6K
Insider buy
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Who owns CRF: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
$19.9M
2,525,950 sh
$18.1M
2,099,602 sh
$15.1M

Congress trades in CRF

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

CRF planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
Insiders are net buyers of their own stock.
The record shows a net $127.2K bought by insiders over 180 days, 63 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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CRF Stock Sonar score 2/7 axes

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Insider conviction
67
Inputs
  • Net Form 4 buying (codes P and S), 180d$127K · 65 pct, sector of 142
  • Insider buyers, 180d2 · 70 pct, sector of 142
Institutional and government
71
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter63 · 71 pct, sector of 210
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quartersno lobbying filings in the last four quarters
5 not measured: Profitability, Financial health, Growth, Risk and compliance, US patents
  • Profitability needs 2 of 4 inputs, 0 present: not filed
  • Financial health needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: not filed
  • Growth needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog; no revenue for this year and the year before
  • Risk and compliance needs 1 of 4 inputs, 0 present: needs two 10-Ks with a Risk Factors section (not 20-F filers or stubs); no short interest or no free float on file; revenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

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CRF filings, in plain words

Are Cornerstone Total Return Fund insiders buying or selling CRF?

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Cornerstone Total Return Fund insiders were net buyers, a net $127.2K across purchases and sales reported on Form 4, by 2 buyers.

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In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Cornerstone Total Return Fund insiders were net buyers of CRF, a net $127.2K across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 2 buyers. 2 different insiders reported purchases within the last 90 days, a cluster buy, which is rarer than a single purchase. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-28, dated the day the filing was made public.

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