Equus Total Return (EQS) Competitors

Invesco High Income Trust II (NYSE:VLT) and Equus Total Return (NYSE:EQS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VLT or EQS?

Equus Total Return received 14 more outperform votes than Invesco High Income Trust II when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Equus Total Return an outperform vote while only 61.33% of users gave Invesco High Income Trust II an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invesco High Income Trust II	Outperform Votes 92 61.33%	Underperform Votes 58 38.67%
Equus Total Return	Outperform Votes 106 63.10%	Underperform Votes 62 36.90%

Is VLT or EQS more profitable?

Invesco High Income Trust II has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Equus Total Return's net margin of -621.28%. Invesco High Income Trust II's return on equity of 0.00% beat Equus Total Return's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco High Income Trust II	N/A	N/A	N/A
Equus Total Return	-621.28%	-7.73%	-3.63%

Does the media refer more to VLT or EQS?

In the previous week, Equus Total Return had 1 more articles in the media than Invesco High Income Trust II. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Equus Total Return and 1 mentions for Invesco High Income Trust II. Equus Total Return's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Invesco High Income Trust II's score of 0.00 indicating that Equus Total Return is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Invesco High Income Trust II	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Equus Total Return	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, VLT or EQS?

Equus Total Return has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Invesco High Income Trust II.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Invesco High Income Trust II	$7.72M	9.03	N/A	N/A	N/A
Equus Total Return	-$7.91M	-2.34	$12.95M	-$0.95	-1.44

Which has more risk and volatility, VLT or EQS?

Invesco High Income Trust II has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equus Total Return has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VLT or EQS?

21.6% of Invesco High Income Trust II shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Invesco High Income Trust II shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.9% of Equus Total Return shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Invesco High Income Trust II beats Equus Total Return on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.