Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC)

NYSE: HTGC · USD

$16.6

+0.02 (+0.1%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	3.1B
Revenue (ttm)	566.2M
Net income (ttm)	380.3M
EPS (ttm)	$2.01
Shares out	184.6M
P/E (trailing)	8.2x
P/E (forward)	8.5x
Dividend	$1.88 (11.36%)
Volume	1,044,753
Beta	0.76

Market data

Price

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Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 566.2M
Net income (ttm): 380.3M
EPS (ttm): $2.01
P/E (trailing): 8.2x
P/E (forward): 8.5x
Market cap: 3.1B

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Calendar

Next earnings

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E8.5

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Trailing P/E8.2

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ROE17.3

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ROIC6.7

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001280784
Company name	Hercules Capital, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	427096508
Earnings date	2026-10-29
Earnings time	amc
Employees	100
Employees change	0
Employees growth	0%
Enterprise value	$5.4B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	2003
Industry	Asset Management
IPO date	2005-06-09
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US4270965084
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-12
Last earnings date	2026-07-30
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$3.1B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-10-29
Options	Yes
Price	$16.61
Price currency	USD
Sector	Financials
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	HTGC
Tags	business-development-company
U.S. state	California
Website	https://www.htgc.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	8.52x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	15.15x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	10.3x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	18.22x
Earnings yield	12.13%
EV/Earnings	14.12x
EV/EBIT	11.33x
EV/EBITDA	11.32x
EV/FCF	637.36x
EV/Sales	9.48x
FCF / EV yield	0.16%
FCF yield	0.27%
Forward EV/Sales	9.01x
Forward P/E	8.55x
Forward P/S	5.15x
Graham number	23.62991
Graham upside	42.18%
Industry forward P/E	12.81x
Industry P/E	27.36x
Lynch fair value	$10.07
Lynch upside	-39.39%
P/B ratio	1.35x
P/E ratio	8.24x
P/FCF ratio	364.14x
P/OCF ratio	360.67x
P/S ratio	5.42x
Price / tangible book value	1.35x
Price/EBITDA ratio	6.47x
Sector forward P/E	13.61x
Sector P/E	15.65x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	83.71%
EBITDA margin	83.77%
FCF margin	1.49%
Gross margin	100%
Operating margin	83.71%
Pretax margin	67.68%
Profit margin	67.68%
Profit per employee	$3.8M
Profitable quarters	16
Profitable years	21
Revenue per employee	$5.7M
ROA	6.6%
ROA (5Y)	6.35%
ROCE	12%
ROE	17.32%
ROE (5Y)	14.4%
ROIC	6.69%
SBC / revenue	2.75%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	32.93%
EPS growth (Q)	54.67%
EPS growth (QoQ)	192.61%
EPS growth 10Y	13.6%
EPS growth 3Y	-3.2%
EPS growth 5Y	-6.99%
EPS growth quarters	1
EPS growth years	1
FCF growth 5Y	-47.35%
Gross profit growth	12.34%
Gross profit growth (Q)	8.48%
Gross profit growth 3Y	11.75%
Gross profit growth 5Y	14.8%
Net income growth	47.74%
Net income growth (Q)	65.02%
Net income growth (QoQ)	209.75%
Net income growth 3Y	7.99%
Net income growth 5Y	2.35%
Net income growth quarters	1
Net income growth years	1
OCF growth 5Y	-47.26%
Operating income growth	12.12%
Operating income growth (Q)	8.43%
Operating income growth 3Y	13.21%
Operating income growth 5Y	16.54%
Revenue growth	12.34%
Revenue growth (Q)	8.48%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	5.35%
Revenue growth 10Y	12.85%
Revenue growth 3Y	11.75%
Revenue growth 5Y	14.8%
Revenue growth quarters	5
Revenue growth years	4

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-81,000
Depreciation and amortization	$336,000
EBIT	$473.9M
EBITDA	$474.3M
EPS	$2.01
FCF per share	$0.05
Financing cash flow	$-11.3M
Free cash flow	$8.4M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$-7.2M
Gross profit	$566.2M
Investing cash flow	$-81,000
Net borrowing	$268.1M
Net cash flow	$-2.9M
Net income	$380.3M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$-7.1M
Operating income	$473.9M
Revenue	$566.2M
Stock-based compensation	$15.6M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	1.09
Book value per share	$12.32
Debt / EBITDA	4.92
Debt / equity	1.03
Debt / FCF	278.94
Interest coverage	4.04
Long-term assets	$4.6B
Long-term liabilities	$1.7B
Net cash (debt)	$-2.3B
Net cash / market cap	-75.03%
Net debt / EBITDA	4.85
Net debt / equity	1.01
Net debt / FCF	273.22
Piotroski F-Score	4
Property, plant and equipment	$13.8M
Shareholders' equity	$2.3B
Tangible book value	$2.3B
Tangible book value per share	$12.32
Total assets	$4.7B
Total cash	$48.2M
Total debt	$2.4B
Total liabilities	$2.4B
WACC	6.49%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.13
Current assets	$87.2M
Current liabilities	$738.9M
Current ratio	0.12
Net working capital	$-24.6M
Quick ratio	0.11
Working capital	$-651.7M
Working capital turnover	-1.58

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-13.89%
Dividend growth	-0.53%
Dividend growth (10Y)	4.25%
Dividend growth (3Y)	-0.87%
Dividend growth (5Y)	4.76%
Dividend growth years	0
Dividend payment date	2026-08-18
Dividend payment years	22
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$1.88
Dividend yield	11.36%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-11
FCF payout ratio	4,119.19%
Last dividend	$0.47
Payout ratio	93.31%
Shareholder yield	-2.58%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	21.74%
10Y return CAGR	13.39%
10Y total return	251.25%
150-day SMA	$16.17
15Y price change	65.7%
15Y return CAGR	14.34%
15Y total return	646.24%
1D price change	0.15%
1M price change	-2.65%
1M total return	-2.65%
1W price change	1.47%
1W total return	1.47%
1Y price change	-8.07%
1Y return CAGR	3.24%
1Y total return	3.24%
20-day SMA	$16.49
200-day SMA	$16.18
20Y price change	19.88%
20Y return CAGR	12%
20Y total return	864.27%
3M price change	4.62%
3M total return	7.57%
3Y price change	9.48%
3Y return CAGR	14.7%
3Y total return	50.91%
50-day SMA	$17.02
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$19.13
52-week high date	2025-12-05
52-week low	$13.70
52-week low date	2026-03-27
5Y price change	-5.44%
5Y return CAGR	10.73%
5Y total return	66.48%
6M price change	6.72%
6M total return	13.07%
All-time high	$22.04
All-time high date	2025-02-19
All-time low	$3.41
All-time low date	2009-03-05
Average true range (ATR)	$0.28
Average volume	1.1M
Beta (1Y)	0.78
Beta (2Y)	0.8
Beta (5Y)	0.76
Change from 52-week high	-13.2%
Change from 52-week low	21.2%
Change from all-time high	-25.05%
Change from all-time low	384.46%
Change from open	0.03%
Day's gap	0.12%
Dollar volume	$17.3M
High price	$16.66
Low price	$16.50
Monthly RSI	46.74
Open price	$16.60
Position in 52-week range	65.63%
Premarket change	0.36%
Premarket close	$16.58
Premarket price	$16.64
Previous close	$16.58
Price vs 150-day SMA	2.15%
Price vs 20-day SMA	0.21%
Price vs 200-day SMA	2.12%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-2.93%
Relative volume	0.99
RSI	47.28
Sharpe ratio	0.08
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.53
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.37
Sortino ratio	0.35
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.96
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.72
Volume	1M
Weekly RSI	49.21
YTD price change	-12.22%
YTD total return	-4%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	171.5M
Float percentage	92.91%
Shares change (QoQ)	1.4%
Shares change (YoY)	13.89%
Shares held by insiders	1.99%
Shares held by institutions	29.71%
Shares outstanding	184.6M
Short % of float	4.9%
Short % of shares	4.55%
Short ratio	6.7 days

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC)

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