Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) Sees Large Decline in Short Interest

Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 7,500 shares, a decline of 17.6% from the February 13th total of 9,100 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 10,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days.

Equus Total Return Trading Up 1.4 %

Shares of NYSE EQS traded up $0.02 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $1.10. 1,016 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,779. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $1.25 and a 200 day simple moving average of $1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.37, a quick ratio of 8.59 and a current ratio of 8.59. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.88 million, a P/E ratio of -2.19 and a beta of 1.05. Equus Total Return has a twelve month low of $1.01 and a twelve month high of $1.63.

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.