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Equus Total Return, Inc. (EQS)

Financial Services | Asset Management | Houston, United States | NYSE
1.01 USD -0.02 (-1.932%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 2:14 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 1.01

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:44 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is clouded by a severe fundamental deterioration that outweighs the recent technical bounce. While the stock has rallied nearly 41% year-over-year, masking the underlying rot, the company is bleeding cash with negative free cash flow of roughly $1.8 million and operating losses exceeding $35 million annually. The balance sheet is precarious, carrying debt significantly higher than equity, resulting in a return on equity of -73%. This is not a value opportunity; it is a distressed asset where the market is pricing in a potential capital structure reset or liquidation rather than sustainable growth. The recent activist interest provides a glimmer of hope for operational restructuring, but without a proven turnaround plan or immediate cash infusion, the investment case remains deeply flawed.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.125502
AutoARIMA0.145064
AutoETS0.145066
MSTL0.164790

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 38%
H-stat 2.43
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.362
Excess Kurtosis 0.96
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2009-08-20
Last Dividend Date 2009-03-04
Debt to Equity Ratio 13.728
Revenue per Share 0.094
Market Cap 14,106,363
Beta 0.12
Website https://www.equuscap.com

Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2009-03-05 0.108000 3.323077
2008-11-13 0.158000 2.925926
2008-08-21 0.158000 2.222222
2008-05-22 0.158000 2.182321
2008-02-27 0.158000 2.293179
2007-11-15 0.125000 2.012882
2007-08-17 0.125000 1.753156
2007-05-17 0.125000 1.388889
2007-02-22 0.125000 1.460280
2006-11-03 0.125000 1.562500
2006-02-09 2.500000 31.055900
2004-12-06 0.570000 7.279694
2003-11-25 0.720000 8.866995
2000-11-16 0.545455 6.274515
1999-11-10 3.863636 35.051544
1998-11-12 0.590909 3.561644
1997-11-26 0.454545 2.162160
1996-12-12 0.618182 4.387098
1996-11-13 0.004545 0.031247
1995-11-13 1.818182 14.285715
1994-12-09 0.227273 1.851854
1993-12-13 0.618182 4.900902
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2009-08-21
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.108
lastDividendDate 2009-03-05

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.56170213
Address1 700 Louisiana Street
Address2 41st Floor
All Time High 26.25
All Time Low 0.74
Ask 1.05
Ask Size 11,000
Average Daily Volume10 Day 4,720
Average Daily Volume3 Month 14,467
Average Volume 14,467
Average Volume10Days 4,720
Beta 0.123
Bid 0.412
Bid Size 48,900
Book Value 1.499
City Houston
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 1.01
Current Ratio 1.078
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 1.04
Day Low 1.01
Debt To Equity 13.728
Display Name Equus Total Return
Earnings Timestamp End 1,755,892,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,755,547,200
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 12.334
Enterprise Value 16,170,363
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.31
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,250,812,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 212-671-1534
Fifty Day Average 1.1644
Fifty Day Average Change -0.15439999
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.13260047
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -56.17021
Fifty Two Week High 2.49
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.48
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.5943775
Fifty Two Week Low 1.01
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.0
Fifty Two Week Range 1.01 - 2.49
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 716,218,200,000
Float Shares 5,752,044
Free Cashflow -1,813,625
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Fullday Change -0.0199
Fullday Change Percent -1.93222
Fullday Price 1.01
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 1.0
Gross Profits 1,311,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.58816004
Held Percent Institutions 0.00878
Implied Shares Outstanding 13,966,696
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,236,211,200
Last Dividend Value 0.108
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,006,992,000
Last Split Factor 110:100
Long Business Summary 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. 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.
Long Name Equus Total Return, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 14,106,363
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_20247
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -18,462,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 14,384,300
Open 1.01
Operating Cashflow 150,000
Operating Margins -2.6698098
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 1-800-856-0901
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 1.01
Post Market Time 1,787,951,100
Previous Close 1.0299
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.6737825
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 10.760002
Profit Margins 0.0
Quick Ratio 1.078
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0199
Regular Market Change Percent -1.93222
Regular Market Day High 1.04
Regular Market Day Low 1.01
Regular Market Day Range 1.01 - 1.04
Regular Market Open 1.01
Regular Market Previous Close 1.0299
Regular Market Price 1.01
Regular Market Time 1,787,940,857
Regular Market Volume 17,785
Return On Assets -0.063
Return On Equity -0.7277
Revenue Growth -0.109
Revenue Per Share 0.094
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 13,966,696
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0001
Shares Short 948
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 40,216
Short Name Equus Total Return, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0001
Short Ratio 0.1
Source Interval 15
State TX
Symbol EQS
Total Cash 219,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.016
Total Debt 2,283,000
Total Revenue 1,311,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -1.31
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 1.4151
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.4051
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.28626952
Type Disp Equity
Volume 17,785
Website https://www.equuscap.com
Zip 77,002