Hercules Capital Stock Today
| HTGC Stock | USD 18.61 0.25 1.33% |
PerformanceFair
| Odds Of DistressLow
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Hercules Capital is trading at 18.61 as of the 6th of January 2026, a 1.33 percent decrease since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's open price was 18.86. Hercules Capital has only a 7 % chance of going through financial distress over the next few years and had a fair performance during the last 90 days. Note, on December 2, 2025, Representative Virginia Foxx of US Congress acquired under $15k worth of Hercules Capital's common stock.
Business Domain Financial Services | IPO Date 9th of June 2005 | Classification Financials |
The firm specializing in providing venture debt, debt, senior secured loans, and growth capital to privately held venture capital-backed companies at all stages of development from startups, to expansion stage including select publicly listed companies and select special opportunity lower middle market companies that require additional capital to fund acquisitions, recapitalizations and refinancing and established-stage companies. The company has 181.72 M outstanding shares of which 4.99 M shares are currently shorted by private and institutional investors with about 3.92 trading days to cover. More on Hercules Capital
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| CEO | Scott Bluestein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business Concentration | Asset Management & Custody Banks, Financial Services, NYSE Composite, Financials, Capital Markets, Asset Management, Financial Services (View all Sectors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Debt LevelsHercules Capital can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Hercules Capital's financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Hercules Capital's total assets is financed by creditors.
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Hercules Capital (HTGC) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA and employs 100 people. Hercules Capital is listed under Asset Management & Custody Banks category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a current market capitalization of 3.43 B. Hercules Capital conducts business under Capital Markets sector and is part of Financials industry. The entity has 181.72 M outstanding shares of which 4.99 M shares are currently shorted by private and institutional investors with about 3.92 trading days to cover.
Hercules Capital currently holds about 115.31 M in cash with (118.09 M) of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 0.92.
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Ownership AllocationHercules Capital has a total of 181.72 Million outstanding shares. Roughly 69.99 (percent) of Hercules Capital outstanding shares are held by general public with 1.73 % owned by insiders and only 28.28 pct. by outside corporations. On December 2, 2025, Representative Virginia Foxx of US Congress acquired under $15k worth of Hercules Capital's common stock.
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Hercules Stock Institutional Holders
| Instituion | Recorded On | Shares | |
| Melia Wealth Llc | 2025-06-30 | 793.6 K | |
| Royal Bank Of Canada | 2025-06-30 | 788.4 K | |
| Advisors Capital Management, Llc | 2025-06-30 | 754.5 K | |
| Wells Fargo & Co | 2025-06-30 | 753.7 K | |
| Muzinich & Co Inc | 2025-06-30 | 738.2 K | |
| Citadel Advisors Llc | 2025-06-30 | 664.2 K | |
| Voloridge Investment Management, Llc | 2025-06-30 | 630.6 K | |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc | 2025-06-30 | 621.7 K | |
| Tectonic Advisors Llc | 2025-06-30 | 621.6 K | |
| Van Eck Associates Corporation | 2025-06-30 | 3.6 M | |
| Sound Income Strategies | 2025-06-30 | 2.9 M |
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Hercules Capital Corporate Directors
| Joseph Hoffman | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Brad Koenig | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Thomas Fallon | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Janice MBA | Managing Director | Profile |
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Is Asset Management & Custody Banks space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Hercules Capital. If investors know Hercules will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Hercules Capital listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.506 | Dividend Share 1.6 | Earnings Share 1.74 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.103 |
The market value of Hercules Capital is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Hercules that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Hercules Capital's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Hercules Capital's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Hercules Capital's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Hercules Capital's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Hercules Capital's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Hercules Capital is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Hercules Capital's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.