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Hercules Capital Inc

HTGC
17.750USD
-0.170-0.95%
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3.23BMarket Cap
10.30P/E TTM

Hercules Capital Inc

17.750
-0.170-0.95%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Hercules Capital Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively stable. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Buy. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Hercules Capital Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
52 / 116
Overall Ranking
192 / 4618
Industry
Investment Banking & Investment Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 8 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
20.906
Target Price
+16.66%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Hercules Capital Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Hercules Capital, Inc. is a specialty finance company. The Company is focused on providing financing solutions to venture capital-backed and institutional-backed companies in a variety of technology, life sciences and sustainable and renewable technology industries. It is structured as an internally managed, non-diversified, closed-end investment company. Its business objectives are to increase its net income, net investment income, and net asset value (NAV) through its investments in primarily Structured Debt or senior secured debt instruments of venture capital-backed and institutional-backed companies across a variety of technology related industries at attractive yields. It invests in a range of companies active in the technology industry sub-sectors characterized by products or services that require advanced technologies, including, computer software and hardware, networking systems, semiconductors, semiconductor capital equipment, information technology infrastructure and others.
High Growth
The company's revenue has grown steadily over the past 3 years, averaging 80.00% year-on-year.
High Profit Growth
The company's net income leads the industry, with the latest annual income totaling USD 430.90M.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 120.03%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 120.03%.
Fairly Valued
The company’s latest PB is 1.51, at a medium 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Buying
The latest institutional holdings are 50.25M shares, increasing 4.81% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Invesco
Star Investor Invesco holds 78.95K shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company's current financial score is 5.98, which is lower than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 7.28. Its financial status is weak, and its operating efficiency is low. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 127.63M, representing a year-over-year increase of 51.04%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 100.08%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
5.98
Change
0

Financials

5.49

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

4.84

Operational Efficiency

2.84

Growth Potential

10.00

Shareholder Returns

6.71

Hercules Capital Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current valuation score is 7.52, which is higher than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 7.19. Its current P/E ratio is 11.52, which is 76.75% below the recent high of 20.36 and 43.48% above the recent low of 6.51.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.52
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 52/116
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 8.00, which is higher than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 7.28. The average price target for Hercules Capital Inc is 20.25, with a high of 25.00 and a low of 18.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.00
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 8 analysts
Buy
Current Rating
20.906
Target Price
+16.66%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

62
Total
4
Median
6
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Hercules Capital Inc
HTGC
8
Apple Inc
AAPL
51
GE Vernova Inc
GEV
34
Tapestry Inc
TPR
22
FMC Corp
FMC
21
Avantor Inc
AVTR
21
1
2
3
...
13

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current price momentum score is 7.01, which is lower than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 7.18. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 18.78 and the support level at 16.84, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.76
Change
0.25

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(1)
Neutral(4)
Buy(1)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
0.204
Neutral
RSI(14)
49.466
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
63.974
Neutral
ATR(14)
0.312
Low Volatility
CCI(14)
64.423
Neutral
Williams %R
17.094
Overbought
TRIX(12,20)
-0.212
Sell
StochRSI(14)
80.230
Buy
Moving Average
Sell(4)
Neutral(0)
Buy(2)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
17.856
Sell
MA10
17.731
Buy
MA20
17.568
Buy
MA50
18.538
Sell
MA100
18.680
Sell
MA200
18.813
Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 3.00, which is lower than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 5.82. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 27.66%, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of 6.32%. The largest institutional shareholder is Paul Tudor Jones, holding a total of 128.99K shares, representing 0.07% of shares outstanding, with 1.00% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
3.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
Van Eck Associates Corporation
3.62M
+7.58%
Two Sigma Investments, LP
3.40M
+3.57%
Millennium Management LLC
2.91M
+648.94%
Sound Income Strategies, LLC
2.93M
+1.94%
Bluestein (Scott)
2.27M
-1.05%
LPL Financial LLC
1.30M
+14.70%
Legal & General Investment Management Ltd.
1.25M
+6.56%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited
898.09K
-1.44%
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
1.15M
+42.16%
Muzinich & Co., Inc.
738.17K
+44.63%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current risk assessment score is 9.61, which is higher than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 6.97. The company's beta value is 0.88. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
9.61
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.88
VaR
+2.29%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+26.18%
240-Day Volatility
+25.48%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+2.57%
120 days
+2.57%
5 years
+8.61%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-3.67%
120 days
-3.67%
5 years
-11.73%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
-1.79
120 days
+0.70
5 years
+0.67

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+26.18%
3 years
+28.82%
5 years
+39.45%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
-0.23
3 years
+0.41
5 years
+0.09
Skewness
240 days
-0.15
3 years
-1.27
5 years
-0.79

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+25.48%
5 years
+26.49%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+2.02%
5 years
+1.92%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+102.05%
240 days
+102.05%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+10.66%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+14.37%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+0.58%
120 days
+0.69%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
-3.63%
60 days
-9.30%
120 days
+8.33%

Peer Comparison

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