Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) Short Interest Up 403.0% in December

Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) saw a significant increase in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 16,600 shares, an increase of 403.0% from the November 30th total of 3,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 7,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days.

Equus Total Return Price Performance

NYSE EQS traded down $0.08 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $1.10. The company had a trading volume of 23,673 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,753. The company has a market capitalization of $14.94 million, a PE ratio of -2.20 and a beta of 0.96. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $1.21 and a 200-day moving average price of $1.30. Equus Total Return has a twelve month low of $1.01 and a twelve month high of $1.95. The company has a current ratio of 8.59, a quick ratio of 8.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.37.

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.