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 Tuesday, October 29th. Stockholders 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 of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. View Hercules Capital's Dividend History.

Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE:HTGC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The financial services provider reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.03. The financial services provider had revenue of $69.24 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $68.08 million. Hercules Capital had a net margin of 44.00% and a return on equity of 12.94%. Hercules Capital's quarterly revenue was up 31.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last 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 brokers 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 twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.7%. 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.

News stories about HTGC stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hercules Capital earned a news sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Hercules Capital.

Hercules Capital saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 2,420,000 shares, a decline of 10.0% from the November 28th total of 2,690,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 493,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.9 days. Approximately 2.4% 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), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), General American Investors (GAM), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG) 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), AT&T (T), Ares Capital (ARCC), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Main Street Capital (MAIN), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Starwood Property Trust (STWD), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Blackstone Group (BX).

Hercules Capital's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sound Income Strategies LLC (2.00%), Sound Income Strategies LLC (2.00%), Advisors Capital Management LLC (1.08%), Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC (0.36%), Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware (0.29%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.21%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hercules Capital.

HTGC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Telemus Capital LLC 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Sound Income Strategies LLC, Sound Income Strategies LLC, Advisors Capital Management LLC, Wakefield Asset Management LLLP, Jag Capital Management LLC, CFO4Life Group LLC and Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware. 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 $14.36.

Hercules Capital has a market capitalization of $1.50 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]