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EQS Equus Total Return (EQS) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

CIK 0000878932
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Activist 13D
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
2
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about EQS

Activist stakes (13D), 180 days
1 filing
Largest: 5.6% of the class

Equus Total Return insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

No insider purchases or sales are on record for EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC. in the period covered. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
KNAUSS ROBERT L
Director
BUY
2023-07-18 SECtraded 2023-07-14
1,000
$1.5K
-53.3%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 1.1% of the 93,670 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
  • 2 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director KNAUSS ROBERT L bought about $1.5K of EQS on Jul 14, 2023, the largest insider purchase at the company on our record; 2 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
des Pallieres Bertrand
SELL
2021-10-01 SECtraded 2021-09-29
1,844,259
$4.4M
-67.4%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 533.9% of the 345,433 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 2 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Insider des Pallieres Bertrand sold about $4.4M of EQS on Sep 29, 2021, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 2 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
2 transactions on record · a thin record, read with care
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
no insider buys or sells on file
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
2 funds bought in last quarter
below 98% of its sector
Revenue
no revenue reported in any filing
Margin
no margin: no revenue reported
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
0.4% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-27) · 2.2 days to cover · settled 2026-10-15
below 58% of its sector
The situation: each line is one rule over one dataset
Howard Todd Horberg disclosed a 5%+ stake (5.61%) in the last six months.
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
-62.2%12M
-62%-39%-16%+8%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-06-23 · Howard Todd Horberg filed a 5%+ stake (5.61%)
13D/G stake
Indexed to 100, dividend-adjusted, not a price chart. When a name files heavily, the largest trades are drawn first.

Who owns EQS: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
MORGAN STANLEY
35,666 sh
$44.2K
SHUFRO ROSE & CO LLC
31,287 sh
$38.8K
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC
20,330 sh
$25.2K
SCHWARZ DYGOS WHEELER INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC
20,000 sh
$24.8K
BLUE BELL PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC
8,897 sh
$11.0K

Congress trades in EQS

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

13D: intends to influence · 13G: passive
Howard Todd Horberg
Activist 13D · 2026-06-23
5.61%

EQS planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
An activist crossed the 5% line with declared intent.
The record shows 2 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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EQS financials

Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of revenue filed
Net margin, TTM
n/a
needs four consecutive quarters of both revenue and net income
Free cash flow, TTM
n/a
capex not filed for the four quarters
Debt to equity
n/a
no debt line filed
Cash flow to debt
n/a
no debt line filed
Return on equity
-61.5%
TTM net income over average of 2024-12-31 and 2025-12-31
Return on assets
-55.2%
TTM net income over average of 2024-12-31 and 2025-12-31
Return on invested capital
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
Return on capital employed
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
P/E, trailing
n/a
trailing loss, a multiple of a loss is not meaningful
Enterprise value
n/a
no debt line filed
FCF yield
n/a
capex not filed for the four quarters
PEG, trailing
n/a
trailing loss, a multiple of a loss is not meaningful
Price as of 2026-10-26. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-122024-122023-122022-12
Net income-$14.2M-$18.8M$12.9M-$1.1M
EPS (diluted)-1.03-1.380.96-0.08
Operating cash flow-$2.1M$38.2M-$51.4M-$7.7M
Cash$133.0K$262.0K$6.5M$19.2M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-28

EQS Stock Sonar score 3/7 axes

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EQS ranks highest on risk and compliance (77th percentile) and profitability (17th), and lowest on institutional and government (1st), among the US-listed universe.

Profitability
17
Inputs
  • Return on equity-61.5% · 18 pct, universe of 3,862
  • Return on assets-55.2% · 17 pct, universe of 4,809
  • Return on invested capitalfewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
  • Return on capital employedfewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
Institutional and government
1
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter2 · 1 pct, universe of 4,970
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quartersno lobbying filings in the last four quarters
Risk and compliance
77
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+0.4% · 77 pct, universe of 6,629
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3yrevenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5yrevenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-Kneeds two 10-Ks with a Risk Factors section (not 20-F filers or stubs)
4 not measured: Financial health, Growth, Insider conviction, US patents
  • Financial health needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no debt line filed
  • Growth needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog; no revenue for this year and the year before
  • Insider conviction needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) in 180 days; no insider trades in 180 days
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

3 of 7 axes scored. Each is a percentile against sector peers (all companies when the sector is thin); higher is better. An unscored axis is unmeasured, not low. How it is scored

EQS filings, in plain words

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1 activist Schedule 13D filing in the last 180 days declared an intent to influence the company, the largest for 5.6% of the class. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-28, dated the day the filing was made public.

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