In the past week, HTGC stock has gone up by 1.34%, with a monthly gain of 2.26% and a quarterly surge of 0.95%. The volatility ratio for the week is 0.31%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.03% for Hercules Capital Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 2.06% for HTGC’s stock, with a -5.02% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE: HTGC) Right Now?
Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE: HTGC) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 13.62x compared to its average ratio. HTGC has 36-month beta value of 0.87. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 3 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for HTGC is 171.99M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.11% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of HTGC on June 13, 2025 was 1.32M shares.
HTGC) stock’s latest price update
The stock price of Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE: HTGC) has surged by 0.17 when compared to previous closing price of 18.08, but the company has seen a 1.34% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. businesswire.com reported 2025-06-11 that SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC) (“Hercules” or the “Company”), today announced that it has priced an upsized underwritten public offering of $350.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.000% notes due June 2030 (the “Notes”). The closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and the Notes are expected to be delivered and paid for on June 16, 2025. The Notes are unsecured and bear interest at a rate of 6.000% per year, payable.
Analysts’ Opinion of HTGC
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for HTGC stocks, with Keefe Bruyette repeating the rating for HTGC by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for HTGC in the upcoming period, according to Keefe Bruyette is $21.50 based on the research report published on December 12, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Compass Point, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see HTGC reach a price target of $17.50, previously predicting the price at $17. The rating they have provided for HTGC stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on January 16th, 2024.
UBS gave a rating of “Neutral” to HTGC, setting the target price at $17 in the report published on November 21st of the previous year.
HTGC Trading at 3.00% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought HTGC to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -17.23% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at HTGC starting from Follmann Christian, who purchase 395 shares at the price of $17.83 back on Jun 05 ’25. After this action, Follmann Christian now owns 121,212 shares of Hercules Capital Inc, valued at $7,043 using the latest closing price.
Follmann Christian, the Chief Operating Officer of Hercules Capital Inc, sale 395 shares at $17.83 during a trade that took place back on Jun 05 ’25, which means that Follmann Christian is holding 120,556 shares at $7,043 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for HTGC
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.48 for the present operating margin
- 0.83 for the gross margin
The net margin for Hercules Capital Inc stands at -0.23. The total capital return value is set at 0.05.
Based on Hercules Capital Inc (HTGC), the company’s capital structure generated 0.01 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -23.54. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.01. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.12.
When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 8.1. The receivables turnover for the company is 11.73for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.1.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Hercules Capital Inc (HTGC) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
