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$17.86 -0.04 (-0.20%)
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HTGC vs. FSV, CIGI, MRP, GRP.U, CURB, UE, TSLX, NMRK, CWK, and EXPI

Should you be buying Hercules Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hercules Capital include FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Millrose Properties (MRP), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), Curbline Properties (CURB), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX), Newmark Group (NMRK), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), and eXp World (EXPI). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.

Hercules Capital vs.

Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) and FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Hercules Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FirstService. Hercules Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hercules Capital$353.75M8.86$262.97M$1.6111.10
FirstService$5.31B1.50$134.38M$2.8960.64

Hercules Capital has a net margin of 53.28% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.58%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 17.19% beat FirstService's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hercules Capital53.28% 17.19% 8.77%
FirstService 2.58%17.15%4.79%

Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Hercules Capital pays out 99.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FirstService pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 2 more articles in the media than FirstService. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hercules Capital and 11 mentions for FirstService. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.45 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hercules Capital
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
FirstService
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Hercules Capital received 147 more outperform votes than FirstService when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.63% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 59.85% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hercules CapitalOutperform Votes
475
64.63%
Underperform Votes
260
35.37%
FirstServiceOutperform Votes
328
59.85%
Underperform Votes
220
40.15%

19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Hercules Capital currently has a consensus price target of $19.92, indicating a potential upside of 11.48%. FirstService has a consensus price target of $206.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.55%. Given FirstService's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FirstService is more favorable than Hercules Capital.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hercules Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
FirstService
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Hercules Capital beats FirstService on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HTGC vs. The Competition

MetricHercules CapitalInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.14B$6.70B$11.11B$18.90B
Dividend Yield8.93%6.92%5.77%4.01%
P/E Ratio11.103.5222.1032.87
Price / Sales8.8621.5626.1027.89
Price / Cash10.587.5117.6017.52
Price / Book1.550.862.674.47
Net Income$262.97M$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.31%1.23%0.77%0.73%
1 Month Performance-6.44%-1.96%-0.17%-2.62%
1 Year Performance-7.41%2.15%538.56%4.59%

Hercules Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HTGC
Hercules Capital
2.932 of 5 stars
$17.87
-0.2%
$19.92
+11.5%
-6.6%$3.14B$353.75M11.10100Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
FSV
FirstService
3.1622 of 5 stars
$171.08
-0.6%
$203.33
+18.9%
+19.4%$7.77B$5.22B57.6025,000Earnings Report
CIGI
Colliers International Group
4.8213 of 5 stars
$111.20
-2.5%
$161.80
+45.5%
+14.7%$5.48B$4.82B34.8616,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
MRP
Millrose Properties
N/A$23.56
-1.5%
$27.50
+16.7%
N/A$3.91B$434.01M0.00N/A
GRP.U
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple
N/A$43.76
-3.3%
N/A-7.4%$2.72B$569.14M12.2254
CURB
Curbline Properties
1.3518 of 5 stars
$22.71
-2.0%
$25.82
+13.7%
N/A$2.39B$120.88M0.00N/AEarnings Report
UE
Urban Edge Properties
1.7557 of 5 stars
$18.03
-1.4%
$22.00
+22.0%
+8.0%$2.27B$444.97M30.56120Earnings Report
News Coverage
TSLX
Sixth Street Specialty Lending
3.6942 of 5 stars
$20.04
-1.9%
$23.17
+15.6%
-4.8%$1.88B$252.97M9.87N/AEarnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
NMRK
Newmark Group
3.9071 of 5 stars
$10.09
-2.9%
$15.88
+57.3%
+14.8%$1.82B$2.74B28.835,900Earnings Report
News Coverage
CWK
Cushman & Wakefield
4.6823 of 5 stars
$7.91
-4.5%
$12.75
+61.2%
-2.6%$1.82B$9.45B14.3852,000Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
EXPI
eXp World
1.3858 of 5 stars
$8.58
-2.9%
$13.50
+57.3%
-8.0%$1.30B$4.57B-61.282,020Insider Trade
News Coverage

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