profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Equus Total Return
$0.54+0.00% today
-72.9% in 1 year
1-year low $0.531-year high $1.99
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2023.
0%20% a year
You pay $0.58 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Equus Total Return sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.50 million in 2022 to -$9.79 million in 2025, with -$14.2 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Equus Total Return vs. similar companies
Equus Total Return grows the fastest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equus Total Return | 0.6× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 34.0× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 49.1× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.5× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 70.0× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Equus Total Return's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 17 | -14 | -10 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -1 | 13 | -19 | -14 | |
| -0.08 | 0.96 | -1.38 | -1.03 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -45.2% | 75.2% | 131.1% | 144.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 42 | 94 | 30 | 21 |
| Cash | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Total debt | 6 | 45 | – | 2 |
| Total liabilities | 6 | 45 | 0 | 5 |
| 35 | 48 | 30 | 17 | |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -3.2% | 26.8% | -63.6% | -85.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -8 | -51 | 38 | -2 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -8 | -51 | 38 | -2 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 0.6×
- –
- –
- 1.1×
- 0.4×
- –
- –
- -681.0%
- 171.7%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 100.0%
- -268.6%
- 75.2%
- -268.6%
- -18.9%
- -24.3%
- -50.9%
- -66.4%
- -18.9%
- –
Growth
- +589.1%
- –
- −106.1%
- –
- +0.3%
Financial health
- -0.5×
- 0.13
- 9.9%
- -5.4×
- 0.07
- 0.07
- 0.06
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 2%of 667
Top 1%of 903
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2026 | -0.04 | – | – |
| Nov 20, 2025 | -0.10 | – | – |
| Aug 15, 2025 | -0.05 | – | – |
| May 19, 2025 | -0.08 | – | – |
| Apr 10, 2025 | -0.05 | – | – |
| Nov 15, 2024 | -0.04 | – | – |
| Aug 19, 2024 | -0.06 | – | – |
| May 15, 2024 | -0.18 | – | – |
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
46No pass
Benjamin Graham
65Pass
Philip Fisher
62Pass
Peter Lynch
100Pass
Joel Greenblatt
4No pass
Charlie Munger
48No pass
Terry Smith
39No pass
Questions about Equus Total Return
Is Equus Total Return a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Equus Total Return AI analysis
What does Equus Total Return do?
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, recapitaliz… It is in Asset Management.
Does Equus Total Return pay a dividend?
No. Equus Total Return does not pay a dividend at the moment.
Is Equus Total Return stock halal?
No. Equus Total Return does not pass our halal screen: its cash and receivables are 53% of its market value, at or above the 49% limit. How we check
How has Equus Total Return stock done over the past year?
Down 72.9% over the past twelve months, to $0.54. It traded between $0.53 and $1.99 and is 72.9% below its high.
Who are Equus Total Return's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Equus Total Return's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.