Equus Total Return, Inc. EQS NYSE

NYSE • Financial Services • Asset Management • US • USD

SharesGrow Score

48/100

1/5 Pass

SharesGrow Intrinsic Value

$4,524.49

+314100.7%

SharesGrow 7-Criteria Score All 7 criteria scored · valuation-related highlighted on this page

Equus Total Return, Inc. (EQS) has a negative trailing P/E of -1.3, meaning the company is currently unprofitable on a trailing twelve-month (TTM) basis. Trailing earnings yield is -77.24%.

Criteria proven by this page:

VALUE (0/100, Fail) — negative P/E indicates the company is currently operating at a loss — DCF and P/E-based valuation models cannot produce meaningful results for unprofitable companies (P/E -1.3); trailing earnings yield is below the 10-year Treasury yield (~4.3%), meaning bonds offer a better return (EY -77.24%).
Trailing Earnings Yield -77.24% — negative yield confirms the company is currently unprofitable. Investors are paying for a turnaround rather than current earnings.

Overall SharesGrow Score: 45/100 with 1/7 criteria passed.

SharesGrow 7-Criteria Score

48/100

SG Score

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VALUE

N/A

No coverage

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FUTURE

N/A

No coverage

PAST

50/100

→ Income

✗

HEALTH

33/100

Debt-to-Equity & liquidity

→ Health

MOAT

46/100

→ Income

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GROWTH

100/100

→ Income

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INCOME

10/100

→ Income

Valuation Snapshot — EQS

Valuation Multiples

P/E (TTM)-1.3

Forward P/EN/A

PEG RatioN/A

Forward PEGN/A

P/B Ratio0.73

P/S Ratio-2.02

EV/EBITDA-1.5

Per Share Data

EPS (TTM)$-1.09

Book Value / Share$1.94

Revenue / Share$-0.71

FCF / Share$3.80

Yields & Fair Value

Earnings Yield-77.24%

Dividend Yield0.00%

SharesGrow IV$4,524.49 (+314100.7%)

Historical Valuation

Year	P/E (TTM)	PEG Ratio	P/B Ratio	P/S Ratio	Dividend Yield
2015	20.5	-0.12	0.61	5.81	-
2016	4.7	0.01	0.60	2.95	-
2017	-38.6	0.34	0.74	8.55	-
2018	519.5	-4.90	0.61	6.48	-
2019	11.4	0.00	0.54	4.17	1.03%
2020	-2.4	0.00	0.86	-4.11	-
2021	12.4	-0.10	0.88	5.29	-
2022	-17.1	0.12	0.55	7.73	-
2023	1.5	0.00	0.41	1.14	-
2024	-0.8	0.00	0.51	-1.05	-

EPS: Actual vs Estimates

P/E Ratio & Earnings Yield

Earnings Per Share (EPS) History

Year	EPS (Diluted)	Revenue	Net Income	Net Margin
2015	$0.08	$3.9M	$1.11M	28.4%
2016	$0.43	$8.62M	$5.43M	63%
2017	$-0.06	$3.73M	$-829K	-22.2%
2018	$0.00	$4.08M	$51K	1.2%
2019	$0.16	$5.9M	$2.17M	36.8%
2020	$-0.91	$318K	$-12.29M	-3865.4%
2021	$0.19	$6.08M	$2.59M	42.6%
2022	$-0.17	$2.5M	$-2.25M	-90.2%
2023	$0.96	$17.21M	$12.95M	75.2%
2024	$-1.38	$1.25M	$-18.78M	-1508.2%