At the time of writing, Hercules Capital Inc [HTGC] stock is trading at $19.98, up 0.60%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The HTGC shares have lost -0.79% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.25%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Hercules Capital Inc [NYSE: HTGC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 16, 2024, when Compass Point downgraded its rating to a Neutral and also boosted its price target to $17.50 from $17. Previously, UBS started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on November 21, 2023, and set its price target to $17. On August 30, 2023, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $17.50 on the stock. Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform and increased its price target to $17 on August 04, 2023. Piper Sandler upgraded its rating to a Overweight but $16 remained the price target by the analyst firm on April 06, 2023. Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to Underperform for this stock on March 13, 2023, and downed its price target to $10.50. In a note dated July 29, 2022, Oppenheimer downgraded an Perform rating on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Hercules Capital Inc fluctuated between $14.76 and $21.69. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $19.75 within the next 12 months. Hercules Capital Inc [NYSE: HTGC] shares were valued at $19.98 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -1.15% based on the average HTGC price forecast.
Analyzing the HTGC fundamentals
According to Hercules Capital Inc [NYSE:HTGC], the company’s sales were 485.91M for trailing twelve months, which represents an 7.60% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.9% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.59%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.64%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.64%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.16 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.94.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 19.87 points at the first support level, and at 19.76 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 20.07, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 20.15.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 6.68, the price to book ratio is 1.72 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.16.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Bluestein Scott, Chief Executive Officer, that happened on Sep 26 ’24 when 100000.0 shares were sold. Officer, SCOTT BLUESTEIN completed a deal on Sep 26 ’24 to buy 100000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Theodosopoulos Nikos bought 1608.0 shares on Aug 06 ’24.
