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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Monday, March 9th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This is a positive change from Hercules Capital's previous quarterly dividend of $0.03. View Hercules Capital's Dividend History.

Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE:HTGC) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 20th. The financial services provider reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.02. The financial services provider had revenue of $70.58 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $69.47 million. Hercules Capital had a net margin of 64.81% and a return on equity of 13.28%. The firm's revenue was up 24.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.32 earnings per share. View Hercules Capital's Earnings History.

Hercules Capital is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Hercules Capital.

6 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Hercules Capital's shares. Their forecasts range from $11.50 to $17.00. On average, they anticipate Hercules Capital's share price to reach $13.88 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.4%. 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 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Hercules Capital.

Media coverage about HTGC stock has trended extremely negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hercules Capital earned a news impact score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Hercules Capital.

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), Blackrock Muniyield Insured Fund (MYI), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), General American Investors (GAM) and Tekla Healthcare Investors (HQH).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hercules Capital investors own include New Residential Investment (NRZ), Ares Capital (ARCC), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), AT&T (T), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Main Street Capital (MAIN), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Verizon Communications (VZ), Starwood Property Trust (STWD) and ARBOR RLTY TR I/SH (ABR).

Hercules Capital's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sound Income Strategies LLC (2.00%), Sound Income Strategies LLC (2.00%), Granite Investment Partners LLC (1.31%), UBS Group AG (1.08%), Advisors Capital Management LLC (1.08%) and Muzinich & Co. Inc. (1.03%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hercules Capital.

HTGC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, UBS Group AG, Advisory Research Inc., Confluence Investment Management LLC, Cetera Advisors LLC, Muzinich & Co. Inc., Greenwich Investment Management Inc. and Guggenheim Capital LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hercules Capital.

HTGC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Sound Income Strategies LLC, Sound Income Strategies LLC, Caxton Associates LP, Van ECK Associates Corp, Boston Private Wealth LLC and Stifel Financial Corp. 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 $15.16.

Hercules Capital has a market capitalization of $1.68 billion and generates $267.87 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $173.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.41 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]