NYSE:HTGC - Hercules Capital Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Hercules Capital announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 29th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 11th will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share on Monday, November 18th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 7th. View Hercules Capital's Dividend History.

Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE:HTGC) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The financial services provider reported $0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.03. The financial services provider earned $69.24 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $68.08 million. Hercules Capital had a return on equity of 12.94% and a net margin of 44.00%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 31.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.31 earnings per share. View Hercules Capital's Earnings History.

Hercules Capital is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Hercules Capital.

6 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Hercules Capital's stock. Their forecasts range from $11.50 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate Hercules Capital's share price to reach $13.54 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Hercules Capital.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hercules Capital in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Hercules Capital.

Press coverage about HTGC stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hercules Capital earned a media sentiment score of -1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Hercules Capital.

Hercules Capital saw a drop in short interest in November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 2,690,000 shares, a drop of 9.1% from the November 14th total of 2,960,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 493,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.4 days. Approximately 2.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), 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), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), AT&T (T), Ares Capital (ARCC), Prospect Capital (psec), Main Street Capital (MAIN), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Blackstone Group (BX) and Enterprise Products Partners (EPD).

Hercules Capital's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sound Income Strategies LLC (1.83%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.75%), Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC (0.51%), Millennium Management LLC (0.48%), Stifel Financial Corp (0.46%) and Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC (0.36%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hercules Capital.

HTGC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC, Cetera Advisors LLC, Creative Planning, Salzhauer Michael, Delphi Management Inc. MA and Taylor Frigon Capital 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, Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, Sigma Planning Corp, Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. and SG Americas Securities LLC. 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 $14.24.

Hercules Capital has a market capitalization of $1.49 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]