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HTGC

Hercules Capital Inc. Common Stock

Finance · ·

$17.05

▲ $0.36 (+2.2%)

Market Cap

$3.19B

Day Range

$16.79 - $17.18

52-Week Range

$13.70 - $19.67

Beta

—

Next Earnings

28.10.2026

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Investor Score
65/ 100B-
🟡 Moderate

This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer

📈74BTechnical
💰55CFundamental
🚀63C+Growth
💎55CValuation
📰98A+News
🏦50C-Quality
⚠️50C-Risk

Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%

🔍 Cross-Check

Overall Score

🟡 Mixed

Technical Trend

🟢 Bullish

Insiders

🟢 Bullish

✅ Why is the score relatively high?

  • 🟢 Net income growth: 29.2%
  • 🟢 Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🟢 Price is above the 200-day average
  • 🟢 MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🟢 RSI 62.0 — healthy positive momentum

⚠️ What's concerning?

  • 🔴 -4.0% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🔴 CMF 20 days: -0.14

🚦 Quality & Risk Checks

🟡 Conservative leverage🟡 Daily volatility (ATR)🟡 Leverage risk

📰 News Trend

Based on real financial news (Finnhub)
🟢 Positive

Everyone's writing about Hercules Capital Inc. Common Stock. News trend score: 98. Reason: 9 of the last 16 articles are positive, versus 1 negative.

🟢 Hercules Capital: 0.1% Non-Accruals, 125% Coverage, Top BDC Value — SeekingAlpha🟢 BDCs Are Down 40%. Here's Why I'm Buying — SeekingAlpha🟢 Hercules Capital: Net Asset Value And Dividend Coverage Expands — SeekingAlpha

News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer

📈 Technical Analysis

Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.

🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (8 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 neutral)

Conclusions

  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 50 — Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 200 — Price is above the 200-day average
  • 🟢MACD — MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🟢RSI — RSI 62.0 — healthy positive momentum
  • 🟡Stochastic — %K 78.4 — neutral range
  • 🟡ADX (trend strength) — ADX 19.9 — weak trend/choppy
  • 🟢Volume trend — Rising volume supports the price advance
  • 🔴Relative strength vs. S&P 500 — -4.0% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🟢Bollinger Bands — Price is in the upper third of the Bollinger Bands (91%B) — strong momentum (risk of a pullback)
  • 🟢ROC (rate of change) — ROC 12 days: 3.9%
  • 🟢Parabolic SAR — Price is above the SAR point — uptrend
  • 🔴CMF (money flow) — CMF 20 days: -0.14

Wyckoff Method Analysis

A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.

Markup

The stock is in a clear uptrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.

Low confidence

Evidence Behind This Read

  • 🟢Rising price trend — A 6.2% change over the last 50 days, with no defined trading range.
  • 🔴Divergence between price and cumulative money flow (A/D Line) — Price and the cumulative Accumulation/Distribution Line are moving in opposite directions — a classic Wyckoff sign that the move isn't backed by real money, and may be less stable than it looks.

The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.

🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)

Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.

1️⃣ Market Structure

🟡 Range

The price is oscillating around the 200-day average with no clear direction — the method recommends great caution here (buying at the bottom of the range / selling at the top) or avoiding trading altogether.

2️⃣ Value Zone

🟡 Price far from value zone

The price is currently far from the 50-day average — the method recommends waiting for a "pullback" before entering, rather than chasing prices.

In a range, the method doesn't give a single directional stop point — the market currently lacks a clear direction, consider waiting for a breakout from the range.

💰 Financial Health

Profitability

Gross Margin

—

Operating Margin

—

Net Margin

—

EBITDA Margin

—

Efficiency

ROE

15.3%

ROA

7.4%

ROIC

—

EPS

$1.90

Balance Sheet

Cash

$56.87M

Total Debt

$2.29B

Current Ratio

—

Debt/Equity

1.03

Conclusions

  • 🟡Return on equity (ROE) — Return on equity (ROE): 15.3% — reasonable
  • 🟡Return on assets (ROA) — Return on assets (ROA): 7.4% — reasonable
  • 🟡Debt-to-equity — Debt/equity: 1.03

🚀 Growth

Revenue

אין נתונים היסטוריים זמינים.

Earnings per Share (EPS)

Net Income

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

אין נתונים היסטוריים זמינים.

Conclusions

  • 🟢Earnings per share (EPS) growth — Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 14.9%
  • 🟢Net income growth — Net income growth: 29.2%

💵 Dividends

Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.

Annual Dividend per Share

Ex-Dividend DateAmount per Share
14.5.2026$0.470
25.2.2026$0.470
12.11.2025$0.470
12.8.2025$0.470
13.5.2025$0.470
26.2.2025$0.470
13.11.2024$0.400
13.8.2024$0.480
13.5.2024$0.480
27.2.2024$0.480
14.11.2023$0.480
17.8.2023$0.480

💎 Fair Value (Valuation)

Not enough cash-flow data to calculate a DCF model for this stock.

Book Value per Share

$11.73

Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)

$11.73

Conclusions

  • 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV) — NAV per share: $11.73
  • 🟢P/E — P/E: 9.0

🕴️ Insider Trading

Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 4 purchases and 0 sales out of the last 25 filings.

NameTransaction TypeDateSharesChangePrice
Bluestein ScottTax Withholding in Shares9.7.20262,486,245-9,741$15.69
Bluestein ScottTax Withholding in Shares9.7.20262,475,593-10,652$15.69
Meyer Seth HTax Withholding in Shares9.7.2026439,063-3,011$15.69
Meyer Seth HTax Withholding in Shares9.7.2026435,605-3,458$15.69
Botelho Kiersten ZazaTax Withholding in Shares9.7.202690,406-956$15.69
Botelho Kiersten ZazaTax Withholding in Shares9.7.202689,388-1,018$15.69
Follmann ChristianTax Withholding in Shares9.7.2026145,904-1,433$15.69
Follmann ChristianTax Withholding in Shares9.7.2026144,539-1,365$15.69
BADAVAS ROBERT PGrant/Award from Employer18.6.20268,943+3,873$15.49
BADAVAS ROBERT PGrant/Award from Employer18.6.20268,943+3,873$15.49
BADAVAS ROBERT PGrant/Award from Employer18.6.20268,943+3,873$15.49
BADAVAS ROBERT PGrant/Award from Employer18.6.20268,943+3,873$15.49
Meyer Seth HTax Withholding in Shares9.6.2026442,074-5$15.45
Bluestein ScottTax Withholding in Shares9.4.20262,505,727-10,652$14.74
Bluestein ScottTax Withholding in Shares9.4.20262,495,986-9,741$14.74
Meyer Seth HTax Withholding in Shares9.4.2026445,090-3,458$14.74
Meyer Seth HTax Withholding in Shares9.4.2026442,079-3,011$14.74
Botelho Kiersten ZazaTax Withholding in Shares9.4.202692,380-956$14.74
Botelho Kiersten ZazaTax Withholding in Shares9.4.202691,362-1,018$14.74
Follmann ChristianTax Withholding in Shares9.4.2026148,770-1,365$14.74
Follmann ChristianTax Withholding in Shares9.4.2026147,337-1,433$14.74
BADAVAS ROBERT POpen Market Purchase26.3.20265,070+3,658$14.35
CROWELL GAYLE AOpen Market Purchase26.3.202697,589+7,317$14.35
Randhawa Paramjeet KOpen Market Purchase26.3.202622,486+2,926$14.35
Fallon Thomas JOpen Market Purchase26.3.2026157,669+7,300$14.30

📉 Short Interest

Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.

Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest

→+0.2%

11,552,442 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 11,525,589 on 2026-06-30

Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.

Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity

↑+23.1%

66.6% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 54.1% the prior week

Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.

📰 News & Sentiment

Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 9 positive, 6 neutral, 1 negative out of the last 16 articles.