Hercules Capital Inc (HTGC)’s latest quarter sales figures and margins explained

A share price of Hercules Capital Inc [HTGC] is currently trading at $18.94, up 0.53%. 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 4.99% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -10.66%, and not 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.

Hercules Capital Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $16.75 and $21.97. 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 $18.94 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 4.28% based on the average HTGC price forecast.

Analyzing the HTGC fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Hercules Capital Inc [NYSE:HTGC] were 493.59M which represents -0.70% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.87% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.57%. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.01.

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 18.80 points at the first support level, and at 18.67 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 19.01, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 19.09.

Ratios To Look Out For

Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 6.64, the price to book ratio is 1.60 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.76.

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.

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