Equus Total Return (EQS) Competitors

Equus Total Return (NYSE:EQS) and Rand Capital (NASDAQ:RAND) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Is EQS or RAND more profitable?

Rand Capital has a net margin of 154.01% compared to Equus Total Return's net margin of -621.28%. Rand Capital's return on equity of 6.60% beat Equus Total Return's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equus Total Return	-621.28%	-7.73%	-3.63%
Rand Capital	154.01%	6.60%	5.14%

Does the media prefer EQS or RAND?

In the previous week, Rand Capital had 4 more articles in the media than Equus Total Return. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Rand Capital and 0 mentions for Equus Total Return. Rand Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Equus Total Return's score of 0.00 indicating that Rand Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Equus Total Return	Neutral
Rand Capital	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EQS or RAND?

Equus Total Return has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rand Capital. Equus Total Return is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rand Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Equus Total Return	$250K	72.57	$12.95M	-$0.50	-2.67
Rand Capital	$7.34M	9.88	$6.53M	$4.98	5.64

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQS or RAND?

Rand Capital received 14 more outperform votes than Equus Total Return when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.10% of users gave Equus Total Return an outperform vote while only 61.86% of users gave Rand Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equus Total Return	Outperform Votes 106 63.10%	Underperform Votes 62 36.90%
Rand Capital	Outperform Votes 120 61.86%	Underperform Votes 74 38.14%

Which has more risk and volatility, EQS or RAND?

Equus Total Return has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rand Capital has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rand Capital beats Equus Total Return on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.