Financial Analysis: Equus Total Return (NYSE:EQS) vs. Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (NYSE:RFI)

Volatility and Risk

Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equus Total Return has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund and Equus Total Return”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund	$19.06 million	16.05	N/A	N/A	N/A
Equus Total Return	-$2.51 million	-5.63	$12.95 million	($0.50)	-2.08

Equus Total Return has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund.

Profitability

This table compares Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund and Equus Total Return’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Equus Total Return	-621.28%	-7.73%	-3.63%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

20.4% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of Equus Total Return shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund beats Equus Total Return on 7 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund

Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by Cohen & Steers, Inc. The fund is managed by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating in the real estate sector, including real estate investment trusts. It invests in stocks of companies across all market capitalizations. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index, the S&P 500 Index, and a blended index composed of 80% FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index and 20% BofA Merrill Lynch REIT Preferred Securities Index. Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund, Inc. was formed on September 4, 1992 and is domiciled in the United States.

About Equus Total Return

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.