Hercules Capital Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:HTGC)

Hercules Capital trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HTGC."

Hercules Capital announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 12th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Monday, August 19th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 9.40%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 9th. This is an increase from Hercules Capital's previous quarterly dividend of $0.31. View Hercules Capital's Dividend History.

Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE:HTGC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 1st. The financial services provider reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.03. The financial services provider had revenue of $69.26 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $63.07 million. Hercules Capital had a net margin of 53.97% and a return on equity of 12.25%. The business's revenue was up 39.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.29 earnings per share. View Hercules Capital's Earnings History.

Hercules Capital is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Hercules Capital.

Hercules Capital will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

5 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Hercules Capital's shares. Their predictions range from $11.50 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate Hercules Capital's share price to reach $13.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Hercules Capital.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hercules Capital in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Hercules Capital.

News articles about HTGC stock have trended very positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hercules Capital earned a coverage optimism score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Hercules Capital.

Hercules Capital saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,580,000 shares, an increase of 15.2% from the August 30th total of 2,240,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 459,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.6 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Hercules Capital's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Hercules Capital include DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate&Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Tri-Continental (TY), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Boulder Growth & Income Fund (BIF), Apollo Investment (AINV), AllianceBernstein Global Hgh Incm Fd (AWF), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), General American Investors (GAM) and Blackrock Muniyield Insured Fund (MYI).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hercules Capital investors own include New Residential Investment (NRZ), Ares Capital (ARCC), AT&T (T), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Prospect Capital (psec), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Starwood Property Trust (STWD) and Triplepoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG).

Hercules Capital's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sound Income Strategies LLC (1.83%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.75%), Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC (0.36%), Delphi Management Inc. MA (0.09%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.07%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hercules Capital.

HTGC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC, Delphi Management Inc. MA, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Confluence Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hercules Capital.

HTGC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sound Income Strategies LLC, Wedbush Securities Inc. and DNB Asset Management AS. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hercules Capital.

Shares of HTGC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HTGC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.62.

Hercules Capital has a market capitalization of $1.42 billion and generates $207.75 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $76.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.19 on an earnings per share basis. Hercules Capital employs 69 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Hercules Capital.

The official website for Hercules Capital is http://www.htgc.com/.

Hercules Capital's mailing address is 400 HAMILTON AVE SUITE 310, PALO ALTO CA, 94301. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 650-289-3060 or via email at [email protected]