NCZ — Virtus Convertible & Income Fund II

US equity
15.51 +0.58% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 13.00 · high 16.16

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Performance

1 day+0.58%
1 week-4.02%
1 month+1.11%
3 months+0.85%
6 months+5.01%
Year to date+11.34%
1 year+18.22%
3 years+31.00%
5 years-27.11%

Technicals

RSI 1449.1
vs 50-day avg-0.42%
vs 200-day avg+5.27%
Volatility 1y18.1%
Max drawdown 1y-12.87%
Avg volume 30d73.0K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)9.28%
Paid last 12m1.4400
Payments in 12m12
Paying since2016-01-12

Measured signals that fired on NCZ

datesignal measured base rate
2026-07-17Volume shock without a price move
price
-1.33% over 21 days · t = -4.53 · n = 16,432
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-18MCDANIEL CONNIE D
Director
Open-market purchase38215.706.0K
2025-06-17MCDANIEL CONNIE D
Director
Open-market purchase42212.315.2K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
MORGAN STANLEY39.2M2.9M
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.14.7M1.1M
Congress Park Capital LLC7.2M536.2K
Saba Capital Management, L.P.4.7M351.8K
LPL Financial LLC4.2M310.2K
GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC3.6M265.1K
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC1.2M88.8K
OPPENHEIMER & CO INC1.1M80.3K
OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC.1.0M75.9K
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA999.0K74.5K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d52.2% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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