Short Interest in Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) Increases By 105.5%

Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE:EQS) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 40,216 shares, an increase of 105.5% from the June 30th total of 19,567 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 13,670 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days.

Equus Total Return Stock Performance

Shares of Equus Total Return stock traded down $0.05 on Thursday, reaching $1.16. 5,557 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 11,145. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.21 million, a PE ratio of -1.07 and a beta of 0.15. Equus Total Return has a 1-year low of $1.07 and a 1-year high of $2.49. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $1.26 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $1.37. The company has a current ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Weiss Ratings raised Equus Total Return from a “sell (e+)” rating to a “sell (d-)” rating in a report on Thursday, July 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Sell”.

Equus Total Return Company Profile

Equus Total Return, Inc (NYSE:EQS) is a publicly registered, non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on acquiring, managing and repositioning income-producing commercial properties. The company seeks to generate long-term total returns through a combination of current income and capital appreciation by targeting corporate-leased office, industrial and retail assets with value-add potential. Equus Total Return operates with the flexibility to pursue core-plus and opportunistic investment strategies across multiple property types and markets.

The REIT’s portfolio spans major metropolitan regions across the United States, including dense urban markets along the East Coast, growth corridors in Texas and established industrial hubs in the Midwest and West Coast.