Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE:HTGC - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Hercules Capital in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, December 30th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $0.48 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.49. The consensus estimate for Hercules Capital's current full-year earnings is $2.01 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Hercules Capital's FY2025 earnings at $1.95 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.98 EPS.
Other equities analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Hercules Capital from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. JMP Securities restated a "market outperform" rating and issued a $22.00 price target on shares of Hercules Capital in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upgraded shares of Hercules Capital from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $19.50 to $21.50 in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $20.90.
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Hercules Capital Price Performance
Hercules Capital stock traded up $0.07 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $20.09. The company had a trading volume of 960,354 shares, compared to its average volume of 946,375. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $19.37 and its 200-day simple moving average is $19.64. The company has a market capitalization of $3.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.95 and a beta of 1.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.94, a current ratio of 1.61 and a quick ratio of 1.61. Hercules Capital has a 1 year low of $16.51 and a 1 year high of $21.78.
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The financial services provider reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.51. The business had revenue of $125.25 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $125.80 million. Hercules Capital had a net margin of 65.07% and a return on equity of 17.88%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.52 EPS.
Hercules Capital Announces Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 20th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 13th were issued a $0.48 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, November 13th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 9.56%. Hercules Capital's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 79.21%.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of Hercules Capital by 1,861.8% in the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 407,119 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $79,960,000 after buying an additional 386,367 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC raised its holdings in Hercules Capital by 2,067.0% in the 2nd quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 353,221 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $72,000 after acquiring an additional 336,921 shares during the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its stake in shares of Hercules Capital by 10.3% during the 3rd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 3,115,419 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $61,873,000 after purchasing an additional 290,579 shares during the period. Legacy Capital Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Hercules Capital during the second quarter worth $2,005,000. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Hercules Capital by 28.0% during the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 387,225 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $7,667,000 after purchasing an additional 84,780 shares during the last quarter. 19.69% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Hercules Capital Company Profile
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Hercules Capital, Inc is a business development company. The firm specializing in providing venture debt, debt, senior secured loans, and growth capital to privately held venture capital-backed companies at all stages of development from startups to expansion stage including select publicly listed companies and select special opportunity lower middle market companies that require additional capital to fund acquisitions, recapitalizations and refinancing and established-stage companies.
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