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Equus Total Return, Inc. Financial Ratios 2020-2011 | EQS

Brief overview of Equus Total Return, Inc.'s multiples and efficiency

The review covers five available annual periods spanning 2013 to 2019.

Market valuation is represented by P/E 11.07x (median 19.46x), P/B 0.7x (median 0.62x), P/CF 3.03x (median 2.45x). Current valuation broadly matches recent historical reference points; the difference from five-year medians is +13.5%.

The inverse P/E implies an earnings yield of 9%. This is not a dividend yield, but current earnings relative to market price.

End-period return metrics are ROE -0%, ROA -0%, ROCE -0%. The business is not generating positive returns on invested resources. Valuation should be read cautiously until earnings recover.

For financial institutions, P/B, ROE and ROA are particularly relevant, while EV/EBITDA and ordinary liquidity ratios have limited comparability.

Conclusion

Equus Total Return, Inc.'s profile looks neutral, with price and fundamental efficiency broadly aligned.

Annual Financial Ratios Equus Total Return, Inc.

2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

P/E

-33843347.6 11.1 519.5 -39.1 4.9 19.5 -17.2 60.8 -4.6 -4.6

P/S

49079875.5 4.1 6.5 8.7 3.1 5.5 11.6 6.0 -11.4 39.3

EV/EBITDA

-33925625.9 - - - - - - - - -

PEG

338433.37 0.0 4.89 0.34 0.01 0.11 0.04 0.57 0.41 -0.07

P/B

0.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6

P/CF

-93.9 -4.4 -2.2 3.0 -1.3 16.1 -7.0 -1.1 1.9 1.1

ROE %

-0.00 4.73 0.12 -1.93 12.71 2.97 -3.78 1.03 -16.04 -11.87

ROA %

-0.00 2.89 0.07 -1.35 7.43 2.11 -2.63 0.71 -15.84 -10.22

ROCE %

-0.00 - - - -3.37 -4.49 -4.72 -6.49 -8.07 -

DSO

58309128.6 64.9 101.0 98.3 48.8 89.3 279.9 66.2 -63.1 1532.3

All numbers in USD currency

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