Equus Total Return (EQS) Retained Earnings (2021 - 2025)

Equus Total Return posted quarterly Retained Earnings of $59.5 million for Q4 2025, up 31.27% year-on-year from $45.3 million in Q4 2024, and up 220.03% on a QoQ basis from -$49.5 million in Q3 2025.

Equus Total Return (EQS) has 5 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at $59.5 million in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Retained Earnings rose 31.27% year-over-year to $59.5 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at $59.5 million (up 31.27% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $59.5 million, up 31.27% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q4 2025 stood at $59.5 million, up from -$49.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $59.5 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$49.5 million in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is -$37.3 million (2022), against an average of -$25.7 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Retained Earnings surged 270.82%; it then tumbled 65.68% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at -$38.3 million in 2021, then dropped by 2.94% to -$39.5 million in 2022, then surged by 32.81% to -$26.5 million in 2023, then soared by 270.82% to $45.3 million in 2024, then soared by 31.27% to $59.5 million in 2025.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at $59.5 million (Q4 2025), -$49.5 million (Q3 2025), and -$41.4 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - 39.18 Bn
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - -15.77 Mn
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 14.08 Bn
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 180.00 Mn
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn 5.16 Bn
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - -
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 28.43 Bn
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - 17.07 Bn
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - -1.66 Bn
10 Equus Total Return 20.28 Mn 9.68 Mn 244,000.00 59.45 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 59.45 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -49.53 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -41.43 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -41.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 45.29 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -34.63 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -25.01 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -28.91 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -26.51 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -27.57 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -34.65 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -40.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -39.46 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -38.47 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -37.54 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -37.26 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -38.33 Mn