Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust Common Stock (CPZ)

FairStock Score: 37/100 — MIXED

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

As a Buffett-and-Graham-style investor, I start with what I can verify. The data set lists EPS of $0.07, but no reporting period is supplied, so I cannot treat it as a durable earnings stream. At the 2026-10-13 close of $12.71, the FairStock P/E calculation is 181.57. That is not a margin of safety; it is a very thin earnings yield. The calculated Graham Number is $6.63, putting the price at roughly 1.9 times that value and giving a margin of safety of -91.70%. Business quality is hard to judge because revenue growth, profit growth, ROE, ROCE, and debt-to-equity are not provided. The Piotroski F-Score of 1/9 and Altman Z-Score of 0.66 point to weak financial health and elevated distress risk in the FairStock calculations. The 13.22% dividend yield is the main attraction, but a yield that high on $0.07 of listed EPS must be treated skeptically until distribution coverage is proven. The FairStock Score is 37/100, and no Lynch category can be assigned because there are only 0 years of filed results; that lack of history is itself a red flag for a conservative investor. The price is near the low end of its 52-week range of $12.39 to $15.80, which may mean sentiment is poor, but cheapness cannot be confirmed by the numbers presented. I would want filed annual results, sustainable earnings, and a covered distribution before considering this a value opportunity. Until then, the data describe a speculative high-yield instrument, not a Graham-style bargain.

In plain English: Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust is a listed financial-sector trust that aims to mix long and short stock positions with income-producing investments. The numbers shown are weak: the listed profit per share is only $0.07, while the stock closed at $12.71 on 2026-10-13, so the price looks expensive compared with that profit. The 13.22% dividend yield is high, but with weak health scores and no filed performance history, this looks like a fragile, income-focused security rather than a clearly cheap business.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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