Funds / CRF
CRF Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc.
Cornerstone Advisors · pays monthly
Latest payout
$0.1176
payable Dec 31, 2026
Return of capital
94%
Sep 30 payout · estimated (19a-1)
Next ex-date
Oct 15, 2026
pays Oct 30 · $0.1176 declared
Distribution rate
22.91%
issuer’s annualized rate, Sep 30, 2026
Payouts per share
- Income (the berries)
- Return of capital (a cutting from the bush)
- Return of capital, estimated
- Split not published
What the past year did to your cost basis
Holding 100 shares of CRF through the last 12 payouts, you’d have collected $140.88. About $74.62 of it (53%) was return of capital: not taxed when paid, but it came off your cost basis, which raises the gain when you sell.
Uses the issuer’s final Form 8937 figures where filed and 19a-1 estimates otherwise. Gooseberry does this per lot, with your real purchase dates.
Upcoming dates
| Ex-date | Pay date | Per share | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | $0.1176 | Declared |
| Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 30, 2026 | $0.1176 | Declared |
| Dec 15, 2026 | Dec 31, 2026 | $0.1176 | Declared |
| Jan 15, 2027 | Feb 2, 2027 | — | Projected |
| Feb 12, 2027 | Mar 2, 2027 | — | Projected |
| Mar 12, 2027 | Mar 30, 2027 | — | Projected |
To be paid, you need to own shares before the ex-date. “Projected” dates are estimated from the fund’s usual schedule until the issuer announces them.
Payout history
| Paid | Per share | Return of capital |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2026 | $0.1176 | Not published |
| Nov 30, 2026 | $0.1176 | Not published |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $0.1176 | Not published |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.1176 | 94% estimated (19a-1) |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $0.1176 | 49% estimated (19a-1) |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $0.1176 | 79% estimated (19a-1) |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.1176 | 33% estimated (19a-1) |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.1176 | 100% estimated (19a-1) |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.1176 | 100% estimated (19a-1) |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.1176 | 13% estimated (19a-1) |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.1176 | 0% estimated (19a-1) |
| Jan 30, 2026 | $0.1176 | 0% estimated (19a-1) |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.1168 | 56% final (Form 8937) |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.1168 | 56% final (Form 8937) |
| Oct 31, 2025 | $0.1168 | 56% final (Form 8937) |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $0.1168 | 56% final (Form 8937) |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.1168 | 56% final (Form 8937) |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.1168 | 56% final (Form 8937) |
| Jun 30, 2025 | $0.1168 | 56% final (Form 8937) |
| May 30, 2025 | $0.1168 | 56% final (Form 8937) |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.1168 | 56% final (Form 8937) |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.1168 | 56% final (Form 8937) |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.1168 | 56% final (Form 8937) |
| Jan 31, 2025 | $0.1168 | 56% final (Form 8937) |
Show 48 earlier payouts
| Dec 31, 2024 | $0.1037 | 57% final (Form 8937) |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.1037 | 57% final (Form 8937) |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.1037 | 57% final (Form 8937) |
| Sep 30, 2024 | $0.1037 | 57% final (Form 8937) |
| Aug 30, 2024 | $0.1037 | 57% final (Form 8937) |
| Jul 31, 2024 | $0.1037 | 57% final (Form 8937) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | $0.1037 | 57% final (Form 8937) |
| May 31, 2024 | $0.1037 | 57% final (Form 8937) |
| Apr 30, 2024 | $0.1037 | 57% final (Form 8937) |
| Mar 28, 2024 | $0.1037 | 57% final (Form 8937) |
| Feb 29, 2024 | $0.1037 | 57% final (Form 8937) |
| Jan 31, 2024 | $0.1037 | 57% final (Form 8937) |
| Dec 29, 2023 | $0.1173 | 62% final (Form 8937) |
| Nov 30, 2023 | $0.1173 | 62% final (Form 8937) |
| Oct 31, 2023 | $0.1173 | 62% final (Form 8937) |
| Sep 29, 2023 | $0.1173 | 62% final (Form 8937) |
| Aug 31, 2023 | $0.1173 | 62% final (Form 8937) |
| Jul 31, 2023 | $0.1173 | 62% final (Form 8937) |
| Jun 30, 2023 | $0.1173 | 62% final (Form 8937) |
| May 31, 2023 | $0.1173 | 62% final (Form 8937) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | $0.1173 | 62% final (Form 8937) |
| Mar 31, 2023 | $0.1173 | 62% final (Form 8937) |
| Feb 28, 2023 | $0.1173 | 62% final (Form 8937) |
| Jan 31, 2023 | $0.1173 | 62% final (Form 8937) |
| Dec 30, 2022 | $0.1734 | 88% final (Form 8937) |
| Nov 30, 2022 | $0.1734 | 88% final (Form 8937) |
| Oct 31, 2022 | $0.1734 | 88% final (Form 8937) |
| Sep 30, 2022 | $0.1734 | 88% final (Form 8937) |
| Aug 31, 2022 | $0.1734 | 88% final (Form 8937) |
| Jul 29, 2022 | $0.1734 | 88% final (Form 8937) |
| Jun 30, 2022 | $0.1734 | 88% final (Form 8937) |
| May 31, 2022 | $0.1734 | 88% final (Form 8937) |
| Apr 29, 2022 | $0.1734 | 88% final (Form 8937) |
| Mar 31, 2022 | $0.1734 | 88% final (Form 8937) |
| Feb 28, 2022 | $0.1734 | 88% final (Form 8937) |
| Jan 31, 2022 | $0.1734 | 88% final (Form 8937) |
| Dec 31, 2021 | $0.1537 | 38% final (Form 8937) |
| Nov 30, 2021 | $0.1537 | 38% final (Form 8937) |
| Oct 29, 2021 | $0.1537 | 38% final (Form 8937) |
| Sep 30, 2021 | $0.1537 | 38% final (Form 8937) |
| Aug 31, 2021 | $0.1537 | 38% final (Form 8937) |
| Jul 30, 2021 | $0.1537 | 38% final (Form 8937) |
| Jun 30, 2021 | $0.1537 | 38% final (Form 8937) |
| May 28, 2021 | $0.1537 | 38% final (Form 8937) |
| Apr 30, 2021 | $0.1537 | 38% final (Form 8937) |
| Mar 31, 2021 | $0.1537 | 38% final (Form 8937) |
| Feb 26, 2021 | $0.1537 | 38% final (Form 8937) |
| Jan 29, 2021 | $0.1537 | 38% final (Form 8937) |
Fund facts
- Issuer
- Cornerstone Advisors
- Exchange
- NYSE American
- Pays
- Monthly
- Inception
- May 15, 1973
- Net assets
- $1.0B
- Price
- $6.16 · Sep 30, 2026
- CUSIP
- 21924U300
Issuer documents
Latest 19a-1 notices
- Sep 30, 2026 payout
- Aug 31, 2026 payout
- Jul 31, 2026 payout
- Jun 30, 2026 payout
- May 29, 2026 payout
- Apr 30, 2026 payout
Form 8937 (final return of capital)
Data from Cornerstone Advisors’s public disclosures, updated Oct 1, 2026, 11:28 AM ET. Not investment or tax advice.