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Equus Total Return (EQS) Competitors

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$0.96 -0.04 (-3.90%)
As of 04/24/2025 10:18 AM Eastern
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EQS vs. LRFC, ICMB, MXE, CIF, CUBA, AGD, AWP, THQ, THW, and AVK

Should you be buying Equus Total Return stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equus Total Return include Logan Ridge Finance (LRFC), Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), Mexico Equity & Income Fund (MXE), MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF), The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund (CUBA), Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (AGD), abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP), Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (THQ), Abrdn World Healthcare Fund (THW), and Advent Convertible and Income Fund (AVK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Equus Total Return vs.

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

Equus Total Return received 104 more outperform votes than Logan Ridge Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.10% of users gave Equus Total Return an outperform vote while only 15.38% of users gave Logan Ridge Finance an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Logan Ridge FinanceOutperform Votes
2
15.38%
Underperform Votes
11
84.62%
Equus Total ReturnOutperform Votes
106
63.10%
Underperform Votes
62
36.90%

In the previous week, Logan Ridge Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Equus Total Return'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Logan Ridge Finance Neutral
Equus Total Return Neutral

30.9% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Logan Ridge Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of Equus Total Return shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Logan Ridge Finance$5.26M9.17-$2.48M-$0.05-363.00
Equus Total Return-$14.33M-0.91$12.95M-$1.37-0.70

Logan Ridge Finance has a net margin of -16.43% compared to Equus Total Return's net margin of -621.28%. Logan Ridge Finance's return on equity of 3.69% beat Equus Total Return's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Logan Ridge Finance-16.43% 3.69% 1.63%
Equus Total Return -621.28%-7.73%-3.63%

Logan Ridge Finance has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equus Total Return has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Logan Ridge Finance beats Equus Total Return on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EQS vs. The Competition

MetricEquus Total ReturnInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.06M$7.27B$11.12B$18.86B
Dividend YieldN/A7.08%5.92%4.15%
P/E Ratio-1.923.4822.1032.41
Price / Sales-0.9123.5725.8528.58
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.53
Price / BookN/A0.882.634.44
Net Income$12.95M$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.78%1.76%2.57%3.35%
1 Month Performance-8.04%-3.97%-2.04%-5.48%
1 Year Performance-35.07%1.56%536.98%4.28%

Equus Total Return Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQS
Equus Total Return
0.6427 of 5 stars
$0.96
-3.9%
N/A-34.6%$13.06M$-14,326,000.00-1.922,011Gap Down
LRFC
Logan Ridge Finance
N/A$18.18
+0.8%
N/A-17.5%$48.29M$5.26M-14.431
ICMB
Investcorp Credit Management BDC
1.5956 of 5 stars
$2.95
+3.9%
N/A-1.9%$42.52M$11.43M8.942,019
MXE
Mexico Equity & Income Fund
N/A$9.00
-1.3%
N/A-13.7%$39.60M$-14,921,452.000.00N/ANegative News
CIF
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund
N/A$1.61
-1.8%
N/A+0.3%$28.90M$4.42M0.00N/APositive News
CUBA
The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund
N/A$2.39
-0.8%
N/A+1.7%$17.23M$3.99M0.00N/APositive News
AGD
Abrdn Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
N/A$9.40
-1.3%
N/A+4.0%$0.00$56.61M0.00N/ANegative News
High Trading Volume
AWP
abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund
N/A$3.70
-2.1%
N/A+1.9%$0.00$95.16M0.00N/A
THQ
Abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund
N/A$18.51
-2.1%
N/A-2.4%$0.00$191.10M0.001,088Negative News
THW
Abrdn World Healthcare Fund
N/A$10.42
-1.1%
N/A-15.3%$0.00$94.49M0.00N/A
AVK
Advent Convertible and Income Fund
N/A$10.59
-1.8%
N/A-5.4%$0.00$110.08M0.00N/ANews Coverage

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This page (NYSE:EQS) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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