Hercules Capital Inc [HTGC] stock is trading at $18.91, down -0.68%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The HTGC shares have gain 0.11% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.75%, and not 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.
Hercules Capital Inc [HTGC] stock has fluctuated between $14.89 and $21.60 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $21 within the next 12 months. Hercules Capital Inc [NYSE: HTGC] shares were valued at $18.91 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 11.05% based on the average HTGC price forecast.
Analyzing the HTGC fundamentals
Hercules Capital Inc [NYSE:HTGC] reported sales of 494.41M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 7.30%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.89% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.61%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.63%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.63%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.09, Equity is 0.17 and Total Capital is 0.09.
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 18.70 points at the first support level, and at 18.49 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 19.10, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 19.29.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 6.21, the price to book ratio is 1.64 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 9.27.
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.
