Equus Total Return, Inc.

NYSE:EQS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$16.0m

Equus Total Return Valuation

Is EQS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of EQS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: EQS ($1.21) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($1.44)

Significantly Below Fair Value: EQS is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for EQS?

Key metric: As EQS is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for EQS. This is calculated by dividing EQS's market cap by their current revenue.
What is EQS's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio14.5x
SalesUS$1.14m
Market CapUS$16.03m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does EQS's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for EQS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.7x
HGPI Horizon Group Properties
1.2xn/aUS$19.1m
BKFG BKF Capital Group
1.2xn/aUS$11.7m
HPH Highest Performances Holdings
0.3xn/aUS$77.9m
WINS.F Wins Finance Holdings
0.1xn/aUS$4.0m
EQS Equus Total Return
14.5xn/aUS$16.0m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: EQS is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (14.5x) compared to the peer average (0.7x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does EQS's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Capital Markets Industry?

23 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SNEX StoneX Group
0.03xn/aUS$3.27b
OPY Oppenheimer Holdings
0.5xn/aUS$635.07m
BKKT Bakkt Holdings
0.1x-151.2%US$420.36m
MKTW MarketWise
0.06x-3.5%US$180.58m
EQS 14.5xIndustry Avg. 3.3xNo. of Companies23PS03.26.49.612.816+
23 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: EQS is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (14.5x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (3.5x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is EQS's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

EQS PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio14.5x
Fair PS Ration/a

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate EQS's Price-To-Sales Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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