Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) Short Interest Down 20.7% in January

Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) saw a large drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,900 shares, a drop of 20.7% from the January 15th total of 8,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 10,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days.

Equus Total Return Stock Performance

Equus Total Return stock traded up $0.05 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $1.36. 9,801 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,117. Equus Total Return has a 12-month low of $1.01 and a 12-month high of $1.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.37, a quick ratio of 8.59 and a current ratio of 8.59. The stock has a market cap of $18.43 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.71 and a beta of 0.98. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $1.18 and its 200 day simple moving average is $1.28.

About Equus Total Return

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.