Equus Total Return (EQS) Return on Capital Employed (2022 - 2025)
Equus Total Return posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 16.56% for Q4 2025, down 2480.0% year-on-year from 0.7% in Q4 2024, and down 231.45% on a QoQ basis from 12.6% in Q3 2025.
Equus Total Return (EQS) has 4 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 16.56% in Q4 2025.
- For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 2480.0% year-over-year to 16.56%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 16.56% (down 2480.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 15.59%, down 1804.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 stood at 16.56%, down from 12.6% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 12.6% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 16.56% in Q4 2025.
- The 4-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.32% (2023), against an average of 1.61%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Return on Capital Employed surged 1068 bps; it then plunged 2480 bps in 2025.
- A 4-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 9.01% in 2022, then jumped by 103 bps to 0.32% in 2023, then soared by 2514 bps to 8.24% in 2024, then plunged by 301 bps to 16.56% in 2025.
- The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 16.56% (Q4 2025), 12.6% (Q3 2025), and 5.69% (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock | 158.51 Bn | 148.89 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Blackstone | 92.68 Bn | 91.63 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Kkr | 84.94 Bn | 132.45 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Brookfield Asset Management | 77.34 Bn | 77.68 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Apollo Global Management | 76.27 Bn | 95.00 Bn | 5.04 Bn | - |
| 6 | State Street | 44.42 Bn | 18.75 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Ameriprise Financial | 41.68 Bn | 41.55 Bn | 4.57 Bn | - |
| 8 | Northern Trust | 31.21 Bn | 31.21 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Ares Management | 28.85 Bn | 32.22 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Equus Total Return | 20.28 Mn | 9.68 Mn | 244,000.00 | -16.56% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -16.56% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12.60% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.69% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 8.24% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.84% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.71% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.32% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -6.87% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -7.66% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -8.98% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -9.01% |