---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001712543-24-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQS"
cik: "0000878932"
company_name: "EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T03:11:14.784852+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equus Q4 NAV $3.55; Morgan E&P fair value up $7.6M, Equus Energy down $5.5M

## Summary
- Net assets $48.3M as of Dec 31, 2023; NAV per share $3.55 vs $3.49 prior quarter.
- Morgan E&P fair value increased $7.6M to $22.6M due to successful drilling and production.
- Equus Energy fair value decreased $5.5M to $10.0M due to uneconomic gas reserves.
- Shares outstanding 13,586 as of Dec 31, up from 13,518.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001712543-24-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQS
- cik: 0000878932
- company_name: EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878932/000171254324000010/0001712543-24-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878932/000171254324000010/f8k_equus04032024.htm

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