What is Equus Total Return Financial Strength?
Equus Total Return has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.
GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is rated on a scale of 1 to 10 and is based on these factors:
1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its
Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3.
Altman Z-Score.
4. Other debt related ratios.
A higher score indicates a stronger financial position, with companies rated 7 or above considered financially stable and unlikely to face distress. Conversely, a score of 3 or below suggests potential financial difficulties, indicating a higher risk of distress.
GuruFocus does not calculate Equus Total Return's interest coverage with the available data.
Equus Total Return's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.00.
Altman Z-Score does not apply to banks and insurance companies.
Equus Total Return Financial Strength Calculation
GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors
A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.
1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.
Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:
Equus Total Return's Interest Expense for the
months ended in Dec. 2024 was $-0.01 Mil. Its Operating Income for the
months ended in Dec. 2024 was $0.00 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $0.00 Mil.
Equus Total Return's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is
The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
Equus Total Return's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is
3. Altman Z-Score.
Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.
The zones of discrimination were as such:
When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.
Altman Z-Score does not apply to banks and insurance companies.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Equus Total Return Business Description
Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
700 Louisiana Street, 41st Floor, Houston, TX, USA, 77002
Equus Total Return Inc is a United States-based closed-end management investment company. It invest primarily in companies pursuing growth either through acquisition or organically, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts and recapitalizations of existing businesses or special situations and achieve capital appreciation by making investments in equity and equity-oriented securities issued by privately-owned companies or smaller public companies in transactions.
Executives
| Robert L Knauss |
director |
5151 SAN FELIPE, SUITE 1661, HOUSTON TX 77056 |
| Pallieres Bertrand Des |
director |
EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC., 8 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 930, HOUSTON TX 77046 |
| Michael T Tokarz |
10 percent owner |
287 BOWMAN AVENUE, SUITE 331, PURCHASE NY 10577 |
| Mvc Capital, Inc. |
10 percent owner |
RIVERVIEW AT PURCHASE, 287 BOWMAN AVENUE, 3RD FLOOR, PURCHASE NY 10577 |
| Tokarz Group Advisers Llc |
10 percent owner |
RIVERVIEW PLAZA, 287 BOWMAN AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR, PURCHASE NY 10577 |
| John A. Hardy |
director |
C/O EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC., 8 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 930, HOUSTON TX 77046 |
| Richard F Bergner |
director |
2727 ALLEN PARKWAY, 13TH FLOOR, HOUSTON TX 77019 |
| Fraser Atkinson |
director |
C/O EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC., 8 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 930, HOUSTON TX 77046 |
| Henry W Hankinson |
director |
2727 ALLEN PARKWAY, 13TH FLOOR, HOUSTON TX 77019 |
| Kenneth I Denos |
officer: Executive VP and Secretary |
10757 SOUTH RIVER FRONT PARKWAY, SUITE 125, SOUTH JORDAN UT 84095 |
| Mobiquity Investments Ltd |
director |
19105 36TH AVENUE WEST, SUITE 213, LYNNWOOD WA 98036 |
| Alessandro Benedetti |
director |
C/O EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC., 8 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 930, HOUSTON TX 77046 |
| Tiel Trust Fbo Paula T. Douglass |
10 percent owner |
P.O. BOX 130197, HOUSTON TX 77219 |
| Tiel Trust Fbo Sam P. Douglass |
10 percent owner |
P.O. BOX 130197, HOUSTON TX 77219 |
| Douglass Trust Iv - Fbo S. Preston Douglass |
10 percent owner |
P.O. BOX 130197, HOUSTON TX 77219 |
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