Short Interest in Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) Drops By 57.3%

Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) was the target of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,200 shares, a decrease of 57.3% from the February 28th total of 7,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Equus Total Return Stock Performance

Shares of EQS traded down $0.03 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $1.06. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 746 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,665. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $1.23 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $1.25. Equus Total Return has a 52-week low of $1.01 and a 52-week high of $1.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.37, a current ratio of 8.59 and a quick ratio of 8.59. The company has a market cap of $14.40 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.12 and a beta of 1.05.

About Equus Total Return

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.