Currently, Hercules Capital Inc [HTGC] is trading at $19.52, up 0.15%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The HTGC shares have gain 3.23% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 5.34%, 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.
This stock has fluctuated between a low of $15.59 and a high of $21.88 over the last 52 weeks. 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 $19.52 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 1.18% based on the average HTGC price forecast.
Analyzing the HTGC fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Hercules Capital Inc [NYSE:HTGC] were 504.00M which represents 10.00% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.79% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.47%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.47%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.21%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.02, Equity is -0.04 and Total Capital is 0.04. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.01.
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Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 7.04, the price to book ratio is 1.65 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 12.84.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Follmann Christian, Chief Operating Officer, that happened on Jun 05 ’25 when 395.0 shares were purchased. Chief Operating Officer, Follmann Christian completed a deal on Jun 05 ’25 to sell 395.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Theodosopoulos Nikos bought 5999.0 shares on May 08 ’25.
