Short Interest in Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) Declines By 27.7%

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

Equus Total Return Stock Up 0.8%

Equus Total Return stock opened at $1.87 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. Equus Total Return has a 1-year low of $0.74 and a 1-year high of $2.49. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $2.17 and a 200 day simple moving average of $1.62. The company has a market cap of $25.34 million, a P/E ratio of -1.49 and a beta of 0.73.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Equus Total Return in a report on Friday, October 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average 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.