Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) Short Interest Update

Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) saw a significant decline in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 45,500 shares, a decline of 27.7% from the September 30th total of 62,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 49,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.9 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company’s shares are short sold. Currently, 0.8% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 49,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.9 days.

Equus Total Return Stock Up 4.1%

Shares of EQS traded up $0.08 on Tuesday, reaching $1.93. The stock had a trading volume of 13,593 shares, compared to its average volume of 20,947. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.06. Equus Total Return has a 12-month low of $0.74 and a 12-month high of $2.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $26.15 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.54 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $2.17 and a 200-day simple moving average of $1.61.

Equus Total Return (NYSE:EQS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, August 15th. The investment management company reported ($0.05) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Equus Total Return had a negative return on equity of 8.77% and a negative net margin of 1,212.18%.The firm had revenue of $0.36 million during the quarter.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Equus Total Return in a research report on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Sell”.

Equus Total Return Company Profile

Equus Total Return, Inc is a business development company (BDC) specializing in leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, corporate partnerships/joint ventures, growth and expansion capital, acquisition financing, roll-up acquisition strategies, operational turnarounds, recapitalizations of existing businesses, special situations, equity and equity-oriented securities issued by privately owned companies, debt securities including subordinate debt, debt convertible into common or preferred stock, or debt combined with warrants and common and preferred stock, and preferred equity financing.