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Hercules Capital Inc

HTGC

19.332USD

+0.113+0.59%

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3.51BMarket Cap

13.43P/E TTM

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Hercules Capital Inc

19.332

+0.113+0.59%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-17

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively stable. Its valuation is considered undervalued,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 fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

60 / 117

Overall Ranking

256 / 4723

Industry

Investment Banking & Investment Services

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 8 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

21.219

Target Price

+10.98%

Upside Space

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

Company 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 160.45.

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%.

Overvalued

The company’s latest PB is 1.62, at a high 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 47.06M shares, decreasing 3.67% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by Paul Tudor Jones

Star Investor Paul Tudor Jones holds 128.99K shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-17

The company's current financial score is 6.11, which is lower than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 7.44. 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

6.11

Change

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Financials

5.40

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

5.32

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

3.13

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

10.00

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

6.70

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-17

The company’s current valuation score is 1.80, which is higher than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 1.44. Its current P/E ratio is 12.35, which is 6.83% below the recent high of 13.20 and -0.51% above the recent low of 12.41.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

1.80

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 60/117

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-17

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 8.00, which is higher than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 7.27. The average price target for Hercules Capital Inc is 20.75, with a high of 25.00 and a low of 19.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

8.00

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 8 analysts

Buy

Current Rating

21.219

Target Price

+10.40%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

Hercules Capital Inc

HTGC

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AAPL

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GEV

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AVTR

Tapestry Inc

TPR

Verisk Analytics Inc

VRSK

...

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：2025-09-17

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.73, which is lower than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 7.45. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 19.57 and the support level at 18.93, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.59

Change

0.14

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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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(3)

Neutral(3)

Buy(1)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

-0.067

Neutral

RSI(14)

48.700

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

25.725

Sell

ATR(14)

0.226

High Vlolatility

CCI(14)

-85.325

Neutral

Williams %R

72.072

Sell

TRIX(12,20)

0.021

Sell

StochRSI(14)

25.419

Buy

Moving Average

Sell(0)

Neutral(0)

Buy(6)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

19.288

Buy

MA10

19.314

Buy

MA20

19.301

Buy

MA50

19.241

Buy

MA100

18.555

Buy

MA200

19.045

Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-17

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 3.00, which is lower than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 6.74. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 26.01%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 3.73%. 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

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name

Shares Held

Chg %

Van Eck Associates Corporation

3.36M

-2.18%

Two Sigma Investments, LP

3.28M

+39.61%

Sound Income Strategies, LLC

2.87M

+2.10%

Bluestein (Scott)

2.29M

-1.02%

LPL Financial LLC

1.13M

+14.49%

Legal & General Investment Management Ltd.

1.18M

+9.11%

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

811.05K

+79.88%

Franklin Advisers, Inc.

841.07K

+15.86%

BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited

685.17K

+4.31%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-17

The company’s current risk assessment score is 5.56, which is higher than the Investment Banking & Investment Services industry's average of 4.89. The company's beta value is 0.90. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.