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NYSE:HTGC

Hercules Capital (HTGC) Competitors

$14.46
-0.31 (-2.10%)
(As of 05/31/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$14.39
$14.74
50-Day Range
$12.18
$14.77
52-Week Range
$10.94
$16.28
Volume
1.18 million shs
Average Volume
1.59 million shs
Market Capitalization
$2.06 billion
P/E Ratio
9.84
Dividend Yield
10.79%
Price Target
$14.71

HTGC vs. ADX, NUV, PTY, GAB, USA, GSBD, TY, RVT, QQQX, and STEW

Should you be buying Hercules Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hercules Capital include Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Tri-Continental (TY), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), and SRH Total Return Fund (STEW). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.

Hercules Capital vs.

Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

18.8% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.8% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Hercules Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Hercules Capital has a consensus target price of $14.71, suggesting a potential upside of 1.76%. Given Hercules Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Hercules Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Hercules Capital pays out 106.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hercules Capital has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Hercules Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Hercules Capital received 307 more outperform votes than Adams Diversified Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.62% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Adams Diversified Equity FundOutperform Votes
146
53.09%
Underperform Votes
129
46.91%
Hercules CapitalOutperform Votes
453
64.62%
Underperform Votes
248
35.38%

In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Adams Diversified Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hercules Capital and 2 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.85 indicating that Adams Diversified Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Hercules Capital
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hercules Capital has a net margin of 55.30% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 15.58% beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Adams Diversified Equity Fund N/A N/A N/A
Hercules Capital 55.30% 15.58% 7.21%

Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adams Diversified Equity FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Hercules Capital$321.69 million6.40$102.08 million$1.479.84

Summary

Hercules Capital beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HTGC vs. The Competition

MetricHercules CapitalInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.06B$5.46B$5.98B$14.24B
Dividend Yield10.80%7.02%7.22%4.06%
P/E Ratio9.840.74159.8519.51
Price / Sales6.4021.376,396.619.06
Price / Cash9.7010.8632.2423.16
Price / Book1.370.842.399.09
Net Income$102.08M$1.62M$644.07M$896.31M
7 Day Performance3.80%1.02%32.97%-1.03%
1 Month Performance9.21%-2.03%13.57%-2.91%
1 Year Performance2.70%-11.75%7.34%-10.42%

Hercules Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
0 of 5 stars
$15.85
+0.1%
N/A-5.2%$1.91BN/A0.00N/APositive News
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
0 of 5 stars
$8.81
+0.9%
N/A-6.0%$1.83BN/A0.00640Short Interest ↑
PTY
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
0 of 5 stars
$12.67
+1.7%
N/A-12.4%$1.71BN/A0.00147,000Positive News
GAB
The Gabelli Equity Trust
0 of 5 stars
$5.33
-0.4%
N/A-22.0%$1.59BN/A0.00N/APositive News
USA
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
0 of 5 stars
$5.97
-0.5%
N/A-14.1%$1.55BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
2.1258 of 5 stars
$13.13
+0.1%
$15.67
+19.3%
-28.1%$1.44B$357.45M32.02N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
TY
Tri-Continental
0 of 5 stars
$26.11
-0.3%
N/A-11.6%$1.41BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
RVT
Royce Value Trust
0 of 5 stars
$12.74
-0.3%
N/A-18.2%$1.37BN/A0.00147,000
QQQX
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund
0 of 5 stars
$25.07
-0.6%
N/A+2.5%$1.21BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
0 of 5 stars
$12.45
flat
N/A-7.5%$1.21BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage

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