
Equus Total Return Inc
EQSNYSEFinancial ServicesAsset Management
Previous close
$1.10
+$0.015 · +1.38%
EQS company overview
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Sell
Trim exposure — unfavorable risk-reward
Valuation
47
Fair Value
Momentum
27
Weakening
Sentiment
50
Mixed
Risk resilience
40
Elevated Risk
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Company profile
Company websiteEquus 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. It invests in middle market companies and acts as a lead investor. It invests in technology, telecommunication, financial services, natural resource and industrial manufacturing and services. It invests in companies engaged in the alternative energy, real estate, healthcare, education, e-learning, leisure and entertainment, and foreign investment sector in the United States, China, India, and Europe. It investments include common and preferred stock, debt convertible into common or preferred stock, debt combined with warrants and options, and other rights to acquire common or preferred stock. It seeks to invest in companies between $1 million and $25 million with revenues between $5 million and $150 million with EBITDA between $2 million and $50 million. It seeks to take control and non-control equity positions. Equus Total Return, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Houston, Texas with additional office in Vancouver, Canada.
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Headquarters
- US
- CEO
- John A. Hardy
- Listed since
- Sep 11, 1992
- Employees
- 24
Market position
Day range
Current $1.10
52-week range
Current $1.10
- Open
- $1.0501
- Previous close
- $1.085
- Volume
- 8.79K
- 0.66× average
- Average volume
- 13.33K
- Average daily volume
- Market cap
- 15.36M USD
- Beta
- 0.12
- Market reference 1
- 50-day average
- $1.185
- -7.17% below average
- 200-day average
- $1.4363
- -23.41% below average
Financials
Financial snapshot
Latest / TTMValuation & yield
- Enterprise value
- 21.32M USD
- P/E (TTM)
- -0.81×
- P/B (TTM)
- 0.92×
- P/S (TTM)
- 11.08×
- EV / EBITDA
- -6.13×
- Earnings yield
- -73.29%
- Free cash flow yield
- -12.05%
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
Profitability & efficiency
- Gross margin
- 97.91%
- Operating margin
- -572.10%
- Net margin
- -1331.07%
- Return on equity
- -85.48%
- Return on assets
- -66.38%
- Return on invested capital
- -18.86%
Financial health
- Debt / equity
- 0.14×
- Current ratio
- 0.07×
Financial statements
Margin trends
Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.
Income trends
Revenue
Operating income
Net income
| Metric (USD) | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.37M USD | −14.19M USD | 17.23M USD | 2.5M USD | 6.08M USD |
| Cost of goods sold | — | 138K USD | 25K USD | 4K USD | 3K USD |
| Gross profit | 1.37M USD | −14.33M USD | 17.21M USD | 2.5M USD | 6.08M USD |
| Selling, general, and administrative | 2.87M USD | 2.65M USD | 2.31M USD | 2.05M USD | 1.79M USD |
| Operating expenses | 5.06M USD | 4.45M USD | 4.26M USD | 3.63M USD | 3.45M USD |
| Interest income | 1K USD | 1.27M USD | 249K USD | — | — |
| Interest expense | 683K USD | 138K USD | 25K USD | 4K USD | 3K USD |
| Depreciation and amortization | 212K USD | — | — | 2K USD | — |
| Operating income | −3.69M USD | −18.78M USD | 12.95M USD | −1.13M USD | 2.63M USD |
| Net income | −14.16M USD | −18.78M USD | 12.95M USD | −1.13M USD | 2.59M USD |
Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.
Corporate actions
Corporate action history
| Action | Effective date | Details | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Stock split | Nov 29, 2001 | 11:10 | — | — |
Effective Nov 29, 2001
11:10
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