Short Interest in Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) Decreases By 21.9%

Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,500 shares, a decline of 21.9% from the March 15th total of 3,200 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Equus Total Return Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE EQS traded up $0.05 during trading on Monday, reaching $1.06. 8,259 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 7,812. The company has a 50-day moving average of $1.14 and a 200-day moving average of $1.20. Equus Total Return has a 52-week low of $0.87 and a 52-week high of $1.53. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.40 million, a P/E ratio of -2.12 and a beta of 0.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.37, a current ratio of 8.59 and a quick ratio of 8.59.

Equus Total Return (NYSE:EQS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, April 10th. The investment management company reported ($0.05) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $0.33 million for the quarter. Equus Total Return had a negative return on equity of 7.73% and a negative net margin of 621.28%.

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.