Equus Total Return (EQS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE: EQS) was a closed-end investment company focused on achieving long-term capital appreciation and current income through investments in small and middle-market businesses. Rather than operating a conventional commercial enterprise, the company invested in the securities of privately held and publicly traded companies.

Its investment activities included acquiring equity interests, subordinated debt, and other debt-related securities. The portfolio generally focused on companies with growth or restructuring opportunities, and investments could include common and preferred stock, convertible securities, and other privately negotiated instruments.

Equus Total Return was based in the United States and primarily pursued investments in domestic businesses. As an investment company, its performance and operations depended on the selection, management, and eventual disposition of portfolio investments rather than the sale of consumer or industrial products.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $0.95 to $1.00
• 50-Day Range: $0.94 to $1.25
• 52-Week Range: $0.94 to $2.45
• Volume: 20,365 shs
• Average Volume: 15,119 shs
• Market Capitalization: $13.96 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Sell

Equus Total Return Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Equus Total Return scored higher than 7% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 833rd out of 855 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Sell

Consensus Rating

Equus Total Return has received a consensus rating of Sell. The company's average rating score is 1.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Equus Total Return has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Equus Total Return is -0.71, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Equus Total Return is -0.71, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Equus Total Return has a P/B Ratio of 0.84. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.01% of the float of Equus Total Return has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Equus Total Return has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.06, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Equus Total Return has recently increased by 248.83%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Equus Total Return does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Equus Total Return does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.10

News Sentiment

Equus Total Return has a news sentiment score of -0.10. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Equus Total Return this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Equus Total Return insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

30.50% of the stock of Equus Total Return is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Equus Total Return has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/14/2026
• Today: 9/27/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:EQS
• CIK: 878932
• Web: www.equuscap.com
• Phone: (713) 529-0900
• Fax: 212-671-1534
• Employees: 2,011
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($1.40)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$14.16 million
• Net Margins: -1,408.24%
• Pretax Margin: -1,408.24%
• Return on Equity: -14.25%
• Return on Assets: -11.34%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.14
• Current Ratio: 2.11
• Quick Ratio: 2.11

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: -$14.18 million
• Price / Sales: -0.98
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $1.19 per share
• Price / Book: 0.84

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 13,967,000
• Free Float: 9,707,000
• Market Cap: $13.96 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.11