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 0.83%. The ex-dividend date 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 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.03. The financial services provider earned $69.24 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $68.08 million. Hercules Capital had a net margin of 44.00% and a return on equity of 12.94%. The company's revenue was up 31.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.31 EPS. 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 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Hercules Capital's stock. Their forecasts range from $11.50 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate Hercules Capital's stock price to reach $13.54 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.3%. 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 stories about HTGC stock have trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hercules Capital earned a daily sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles 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 impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Hercules Capital.

Hercules Capital saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 2,420,000 shares, a drop of 10.0% from the November 28th total of 2,690,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 493,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.9 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's shares 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), Tri-Continental (TY), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Royce Value Trust (RVT), 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), 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.21%) and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.16%). View Institutional Ownership Trends 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, CFO4Life Group LLC, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Gilman Hill Asset Management 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 $14.45.

Hercules Capital has a market capitalization of $1.51 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]