A share price of Hercules Capital Inc [HTGC] is currently trading at $18.08, up 0.61%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The HTGC shares have gain 1.86% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.89%, 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 November 04, 2025, when Compass Point upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $19.50 for it. Previously, Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to Outperform on December 12, 2024, and elevated its price target to $21.50. On January 16, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $17.50 on the stock. UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and suggested a price target of $17 on November 21, 2023. Compass Point upgraded its rating to a Buy but $17.50 remained the price target by the analyst firm on August 30, 2023. Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to Mkt Perform for this stock on August 04, 2023, and upped its price target to $17. In a note dated April 06, 2023, Piper Sandler upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock but restated the target price of $16.
Hercules Capital Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $15.53 and $21.80. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $19.5 within the next 12 months. Hercules Capital Inc [NYSE: HTGC] shares were valued at $18.08 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 7.85% based on the average HTGC price forecast.
Analyzing the HTGC fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Hercules Capital Inc [NYSE:HTGC] were 422.61M which represents 9.33% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.8% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.91%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.55%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.55%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.01.
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 17.86 points at the first support level, and at 17.65 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 18.20, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 18.33.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Hercules Capital Inc [NYSE:HTGC] is 1.63. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.63, and the Cash Ratio is 1.76. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 7.77, the price to book ratio is 1.50 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 10.52.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved CROWELL GAYLE A, Director, that happened on Nov 03 ’25 when 6000.0 shares were purchased. Chief Operating Officer, Follmann Christian completed a deal on Jun 05 ’25 to buy 395.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Operating Officer Follmann Christian sold 395.0 shares on Jun 05 ’25.
