Financials / Asset ManagementUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

EQS stock hub

Equus Total Return, Inc. has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Fair value midpoint

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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Based on latest report

Confidence

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

18M

NYSE

Market data

Live price

Current market quote for this ticker.

Current price

EQS

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Latest news · EQS

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Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/En/a

P25 8.8P50 10.4P75 13.1

Trailing P/En/a

P25 10.9P50 14.7P75 36.2

ROE-61.5

P25 4.9P50 10.4P75 15

ROIC-12.9

P25 -1.3P50 6.6P75 12.7

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Indicator catalog

All EQS market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

182

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 182 of 182 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000878932
Company name	Equus Total Return, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	294766100
Employees	24
Enterprise value	$20M
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Asset Management
Isin	US2947661003
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$18M
Market cap category	Nano-Cap
Price	$1.29
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	57,208.33x
Sector	Financials
Symbol	EQS
Tags	business-development-company
Website	https://www.equuscap.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	-78.61%
EV/Sales	14.57x
P/B ratio	1.09x
P/S ratio	13.12x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	-218.86%
Gross margin	100%
Gross Profit	$1.4M
Gross Profit Growth	7.77%
Gross Profit Growth Q	-1.23%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	33.98%
Net Income	$-14.2M
Net Income Growth Quarters	2%
Net Income Growth Years	1%
Pretax Margin	-1,031.61%
Profit Per Employee	$-590,167
ROA	-7.33
Roa5y	-4.84
ROCE	-18.14
ROE	-61.48
Roe5y	-14.9
ROIC	-12.88
Roic5y	-11.6

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	-2.72%
Cagr15y	-4.59%
Cagr1y	43.35%
Cagr20y	-7.24%
Cagr3y	-6.14%
Cagr5y	-7.65%
EPS Growth Quarters	2
EPS Growth Years	1
Revenue Growth	7.77x
Revenue Growth Q	-1.23x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth5 Y	33.98x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.05
Assets	$21.3M
Cash	$133,000
Current Assets	$4M
Current Liabilities	$4.8M
Debt	$2.1M
Debt Equity	$0.13
Equity	$16.6M
Interest Coverage	-4.4
Liabilities	$4.8M
Long Term Assets	$17.3M
Long Term Liabilities	$0
Net Cash	$-2M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-11.05
Net Debt Equity	$0.12
Tangible Book Value	$16.6M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$1.19
WACC	6.79

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.84
Net Working Capital	$1.2M
Quick ratio	0.84
Working Capital	$-742,000
Working Capital Turnover	$2.21

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-0.88%
Dividend per share	$0
Dividend Yield	0%
Last Dividend	$0.15

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	-24.12%
1Y total return	43.32%
200-day SMA	1.71
3Y total return	-17.31%
50-day SMA	1.47
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	-32.81%
All Time High	24.47
All Time High Change	-94.73%
All Time High Date	1998-03-03
All Time Low	0.74
All Time Low Change	74.3%
All Time Low Date	2025-05-13
ATR	0.08
Beta	0.06
Beta1y	-1.22
Beta2y	-0.24
Ch YTD	-8.83
High	1.29
High52	2.49
High52 Date	2025-09-18
High52ch	-48.19%
Low	1.12
Low52	0.74
Low52 Date	2025-05-13
Low52ch	74.3%
Ma50ch	-12.42%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-24.61%
RSI	48.19
RSI Monthly	46.47
RSI Weekly	43.19
Sharpe ratio	0.65x
Sortino ratio	1.09
Total Return	-0.88%
Tr YTD	-8.82
Tr15y	-50.57%
Tr1m	-9.15%
Tr1w	12.17%
Tr3m	-1.53%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Operating Income	$-3M
Operating margin	-218.9

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	5,831,339%
Float Percent	41.75%
Shares Insiders	53.43%
Shares Institutions	1.07%
Shares Out	13,966,696
Shares Qo Q	2.11%
Shares Yo Y	0.88%
Short Float	0.16%
Short Ratio	0.81
Short Shares	0.07

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Average Volume	8,139.9x
Bv Per Share	1.19
Ch10y	-24.12
Ch15y	-50.57
Ch1m	-9.15
Ch1w	12.17
Ch1y	43.32
Ch20y	-81.35
Ch3m	-1.53
Ch3y	-17.31
Ch5y	-32.81
Ch6m	-30.23
Change	14.16%
Change From Open	15.18
Close	1.13
Days Gap	-0.88
Dollar Volume	21,349.5
EBIT	$-3M
EPS	$-1.03
F Score	2
Financing CF	2,000,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,991
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Report Date	2025-12-31
Last Split Date	2009-03-05
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-04-17
Ma150	1.63
Ma150ch	-20.62%
Ma20	1.27
Ma20ch	1.57%
Net CF	-129,000
Open	1.12
Optionable	No
Position In Range	100
Price Date	2026-05-08
Ptbv Ratio	1.09
Relative Volume	2.03x
Revenue	1,373,000x
SBC By Revenue	19.66x
Share Based Comp	270,000
Tr20y	-77.74%
Tr6m	-30.24%
Us State	Texas
Volume	16,550
Z Score	-1.71

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Moat score

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Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

Does EQS pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

EQS stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns EQS?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+1.1%

Float: +41.8% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+53.4%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

EQS momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

48.2

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-24.6%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.06

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.65

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

EQS vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
AXP	American Express Company	215.6B	19.7x	3.1x	11.5%	+15.5%	+15.6%	کاهش موقعیت
BAC	Bank of America Corporation	364.1B	12.7x	3.3x	—	+6.3%	+28.2%	کاهش موقعیت
BK	The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation	89.6B	16.2x	4.3x	—	+6.0%	+58.4%	کاهش موقعیت

Questions

About EQS

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What is the current EQS stock rating?

Equus Total Return, Inc. is currently shown with the latest rating in the latest report. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full EQS analysis?

The full report lives at /stocks/EQS/analysis. The bare ticker page is a product hub that summarizes the latest read and sends readers into the relocated analysis tabs without making the analysis surface depend on the hub.

What fair-value range is used for EQS?

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How often is the EQS page updated?

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