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

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

Equus Total Return Price Performance

EQS traded up $0.11 during trading on Thursday, reaching $1.18. 74,698 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 10,700. The company has a market cap of $16.03 million, a P/E ratio of -2.36 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.37, a quick ratio of 8.59 and a current ratio of 8.59. Equus Total Return has a 12-month low of $1.01 and a 12-month high of $1.95. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $1.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of $1.30.

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.