Equus Total Return, Inc. is a business development company (BDC) specializing in leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, corporate partnerships/joint ventures, growth and expansion capital, acquisition financing, roll-up acquisition strategies, operational turnarounds, recapitalizations of existing businesses, special situations, equity and equity-oriented securities issued by privately owned companies, debt securities including subordinate debt, debt convertible into common or preferred stock, or debt combined with warrants and common and preferred stock, and preferred equity financing. It invests in small to mid-sized companies and acts as a lead investor. It invests in technology, telecommunication, financial services, natural resource and industrial manufacturing and services. It invests in companies engaged in the alternative energy, real estate, healthcare, education, e-learning, leisure and entertainment, and foreign investment sector in the United States, China, India, and Europe. It investments include common and preferred stock, debt convertible into common or preferred stock, debt combined with warrants and options, and other rights to acquire common or preferred stock. It seeks to invest in companies between $1 million to $25 million with revenues between $5 million and $150 million with EBITDA between $2 million to $50 million. It seeks to take control and non-control equity positions. Equus Total Return, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Houston, Texas with additional office in Vancouver, Canada.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at Equus Total Return, Inc. have bought $1,480 and sold $0 worth of Equus Total Return, Inc. stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Equus Total Return, Inc. have bought $1.91M and sold $9.34M worth of stock each year.
Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: KNAUSS ROBERT L (director) — $1,480.
The last purchase of 1,000 shares for transaction amount of $1,480 was made by KNAUSS ROBERT L (director) on 2023‑07‑14.
2023-07-14 | KNAUSS ROBERT L | director | 1,000 0.0073% | $1.48 | $1,480 | -0.67% | ||
2021-09-29 | Sale | des Pallieres Bertrand | 10 percent owner | 1.84M 14.1134% | $2.40 | $4.43M | +2.59% | |
2021-04-29 | Atkinson Fraser | director | 4,034 0.0292% | $1.89 | $7,624 | +23.32% | ||
2021-04-28 | Atkinson Fraser | director | 700 0.0051% | $1.89 | $1,323 | +23.96% | ||
2021-04-27 | Atkinson Fraser | director | 100 0.0007% | $1.90 | $190 | +23.96% | ||
2021-04-26 | Atkinson Fraser | director | 1,352 0.0099% | $1.90 | $2,569 | +23.96% | ||
2021-04-23 | Atkinson Fraser | director | 18,016 0.1312% | $1.89 | $34,050 | +23.96% | ||
2020-07-16 | Sale | TOKARZ MICHAEL T | 3.23M 24.5079% | $1.17 | $3.78M | +57.89% | ||
2020-07-16 | Sale | Tokarz Group Advisers LLC | 3.23M 24.5079% | $1.17 | $3.78M | +57.89% | ||
2020-07-16 | Sale | MVC CAPITAL, INC. | 3.23M 24.5079% | $1.17 | $3.78M | +57.89% | ||
2020-07-16 | Hardy John A. | CEO | 3.23M 24.5079% | $1.17 | $3.78M | +57.89% | ||
2019-08-12 | Sale | TOKARZ MICHAEL T | 608,310 4.4424% | $1.62 | $985,462 | -6.10% | ||
2019-08-12 | Sale | Tokarz Group Advisers LLC | director | 608,310 4.4424% | $1.62 | $985,462 | -6.10% | |
2019-08-12 | Sale | MVC CAPITAL, INC. | 608,310 4.4424% | $1.62 | $985,462 | -6.10% | ||
2019-07-29 | Sale | TOKARZ MICHAEL T | 608,310 4.7813% | $1.70 | $1.03M | -2.81% | ||
2019-07-29 | Sale | Tokarz Group Advisers LLC | 608,310 4.7813% | $1.70 | $1.03M | -2.81% | ||
2019-07-29 | Sale | MVC CAPITAL, INC. | 608,310 4.7813% | $1.70 | $1.03M | -2.81% | ||
2019-07-24 | Sale | TOKARZ MICHAEL T | 1.22M 9% | $1.70 | $2.07M | -7.94% | ||
2019-07-24 | Sale | Tokarz Group Advisers LLC | 1.22M 9% | $1.70 | $2.07M | -7.94% | ||
2019-07-24 | Sale | MVC CAPITAL, INC. | 1.22M 9% | $1.70 | $2.07M | -7.94% |
KNAUSS ROBERT L | director | 93670 0.6929% | $1.30 | 13 | 1 | <0.0001% |
Hardy John A. | CEO | 3728024 27.5782% | $1.30 | 2 | 0 | +57.89% |
MCC Europe LTD | 10 percent owner | 1463013 10.8227% | $1.30 | 3 | 0 | +5.91% |
Benedetti Alessandro | Executive Chairman | 1362962 10.0826% | $1.30 | 1 | 0 | +1.42% |
Mobiquity Investments Ltd | 970087 7.1763% | $1.30 | 13 | 0 | +10.35% | |
Clayton Sharon | 10 percent owner | 357458 2.6443% | $1.30 | 2 | 4 | +5.91% |
Moore Anthony R | 10 percent owner | 357458 2.6443% | $1.30 | 2 | 4 | +5.91% |
des Pallieres Bertrand | 10 percent owner | 345433 2.5554% | $1.30 | 19 | 1 | +8.25% |
Denos Kenneth I | Secretary | 265754 1.9659% | $1.30 | 2 | 4 | <0.0001% |
LEHMANN NOLAN | President | 197951 1.4644% | $1.30 | 0 | 1 | |
Moore, Clayton & Co., Inc. | director | 151569 1.1212% | $1.30 | 2 | 5 | +5.91% |
DOUGLASS SAM P | CEO | 52234 0.3864% | $1.30 | 6 | 2 | <0.0001% |
Douglass Paula Terry | Vice President | 52234 0.3864% | $1.30 | 6 | 0 | <0.0001% |
Williams Edward E | director | 47781 0.3535% | $1.30 | 0 | 1 | |
Atkinson Fraser | director | 45591 0.3373% | $1.30 | 9 | 0 | +14.29% |
Bergner Richard F | director | 19500 0.1443% | $1.30 | 2 | 0 | |
Hankinson Henry W | director | 19500 0.1443% | $1.30 | 1 | 0 | |
FORBES GARY L | Vice President | 14158 0.1047% | $1.30 | 0 | 1 | |
STORMS JOHN W | director | 9237 0.0683% | $1.30 | 0 | 1 | |
TUGGLE FRANCIS D DR | director | 6000 0.0444% | $1.30 | 2 | 1 | +4.58% |
FLANAGAN GREGORY J | director | 4514 0.0334% | $1.30 | 6 | 10 | <0.0001% |
FEINSILVER ALAN D | director | 3200 0.0237% | $1.30 | 0 | 1 | |
Walsh James M | director | 3000 0.0222% | $1.30 | 3 | 0 | +7.13% |
ORVIETO BRAD | director | 2479 0.0183% | $1.30 | 1 | 1 | <0.0001% |
PETERSEN GARY R | director | 2318 0.0171% | $1.30 | 0 | 1 | |
Boyd Charles M | director | 800 0.0059% | $1.30 | 1 | 0 | +4.84% |
TOKARZ MICHAEL T | 0 0% | $1.30 | 3 | 4 | ||
MVC CAPITAL, INC. | 0 0% | $1.30 | 3 | 4 | ||
NICODEMUS HARRY O IV | Vice President, CFO | 0 0% | $1.30 | 0 | 1 | |
Walters James Philip | Vice President, Controller | 0 0% | $1.30 | 0 | 1 | |
Tokarz Group Advisers LLC | 0 0% | $1.30 | 3 | 4 |
Advisor Group Holdings Inc | $725.00 | <0.01 | 497 | New | +$725.00 | <0.0001 | |
Css Llc Il | $33,579.00 | <0.01 | 22,999 | 0% | +$0 | <0.01 | |
Wells Fargo | $1.00 | <0.01 | 1 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 | |
UBS | $54.00 | <0.01 | 37 | New | +$54.00 | <0.0001 | |
Shufro, Rose & Co., LLC | $87,600.00 | <0.01 | 60,000 | -22.82% | -$25,893.10 | 0.01 | |
Fny Investment Advisers Llc | $128,000.00 | <0.01 | 88,264 | -11.74% | -$17,019.49 | 0.09 | |
Blue Bell Private Wealth Management | $13,289.00 | <0.01 | 9,102 | 0% | +$0 | <0.01 | |
Morgan Stanley | $52,073.00 | <0.01 | 35,666 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 |