In the past week, HTGC stock has gone down by -1.85%, with a monthly decline of -4.56% and a quarterly plunge of -4.48%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.01%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.17% for Hercules Capital Inc The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 0.77% for HTGC stock, with a simple moving average of -3.13% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE: HTGC) Right Now?
Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE: HTGC) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 11.84x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.89. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 3 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for HTGC is 169.92M, and at present, short sellers hold a 3.65% of that float. On April 03, 2025, the average trading volume of HTGC was 1.20M shares.
HTGC) stock’s latest price update
Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE: HTGC)’s stock price has plunge by -0.21relation to previous closing price of 19.10. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -1.85% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-04-02 that Hercules Capital (HTGC) closed at $19.06 in the latest trading session, marking a -0.21% move from the prior day.
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 -5.16% 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 -13.23% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.17%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.01%, as shares sank -0.16% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -8.59% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, HTGC fell by -1.85%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -2.76% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $18.91. In addition, Hercules Capital Inc saw -4.81% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at HTGC starting from Bluestein Scott, who sale 100,000 shares at the price of $19.59 back on Sep 26 ’24. After this action, Bluestein Scott now owns 2,161,207 shares of Hercules Capital Inc, valued at $1,958,640 using the latest closing price.
SCOTT BLUESTEIN, the Officer of Hercules Capital Inc, proposed sale 100,000 shares at $19.54 during a trade that took place back on Sep 26 ’24, which means that SCOTT BLUESTEIN is holding shares at $1,954,000 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for HTGC
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.57 for the present operating margin
- 0.87 for the gross margin
The total capital return value is set at 0.06.
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 -6.49. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.01. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.08.
When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 7.88. The receivables turnover for the company is 12.77for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.11.
Conclusion
To sum up, Hercules Capital Inc (HTGC) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing 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.
