At the time of writing, Hercules Capital Inc [HTGC] stock is trading at $20.02, down -0.30%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The HTGC shares have gain 4.22% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 5.98%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Hercules Capital Inc [NYSE: HTGC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 12, 2024, when Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to a Outperform and also boosted its price target to $21.50 from $19.50. Previously, Compass Point downgraded its rating to Neutral on January 16, 2024, and elevated its price target to $17.50. On November 21, 2023, UBS initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned a price target of $17 on the stock. Compass Point upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $17.50 on August 30, 2023. Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform and raised its price target to $17 on August 04, 2023. Piper Sandler upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on April 06, 2023, but kept the price target unchanged to $16. In a note dated March 13, 2023, Keefe Bruyette downgraded an Underperform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $14.50 to $10.50.
For the past year, the stock price of Hercules Capital Inc fluctuated between $16.24 and $21.60. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $21 within the next 12 months. Hercules Capital Inc [NYSE: HTGC] shares were valued at $20.02 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 4.9% based on the average HTGC price forecast.
Analyzing the HTGC fundamentals
According to Hercules Capital Inc [NYSE:HTGC], the company’s sales were 494.41M for trailing twelve months, which represents an 7.30% jump. 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 19.82 points at the first support level, and at 19.62 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 20.18, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 20.34.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 6.79, the price to book ratio is 1.73 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 9.81.
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.
