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. Investors of record on Monday, November 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share on Monday, November 18th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. View Hercules Capital's Dividend History.

Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE:HTGC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The financial services provider reported $0.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.03. The financial services provider had revenue of $69.24 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $68.08 million. Hercules Capital had a return on equity of 12.94% and a net margin of 44.00%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 31.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $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 brokers have issued 1 year target prices 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 4.7%. 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.

Media headlines about HTGC stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hercules Capital earned a news sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Hercules Capital.

Hercules Capital saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,710,000 shares, an increase of 5.0% from the September 15th total of 2,580,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 457,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.9 days. Approximately 2.7% 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), General American Investors (GAM), Blackrock Muniyield Insured Fund (MYI) and Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG).

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 institutional and retail 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 $14.21.

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]