Equus Total Return (EQS) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of Equus Total Return shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, investors have sold 1,700 shares of EQS short. 0.03% of Equus Total Return's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Equus Total Return's current short interest.

Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.03% of Equus Total Return's floating shares are currently sold short.

Equus Total Return saw a decrease in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,700 shares, a decrease of 55.3% from the previous total of 3,800 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

Equus Total Return currently has issued a total of 13,586,000 shares. Some of Equus Total Return's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Equus Total Return currently has a public float of 5,260,000 shares.

0.03% of Equus Total Return's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to Equus Total Return: Logan Ridge Finance Co. (0.15%), Yotta Acquisition Co. (0.21%), Mexico Equity & Income Fund Inc. (0.10%), Investcorp Credit Management BDC, Inc. (0.43%), MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (0.13%), Nuveen Missouri Quality Municipal Income Fund (0.17%), The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc. (0.18%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling EQS is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Equus Total Return as its price is falling. EQS shares are trading down $0.04 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for Equus Total Return occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of EQS, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including EQS, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025.