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Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC)

Financial Services | Asset Management | San Mateo, United States | NYSE
17.48 USD -0.04 (-0.228%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 17.52 +0.04 (0.252%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:26 a.m. EDT

The investment case here is defined by a stark contradiction between a generous income stream and a precarious balance sheet. The company offers an attractive 11% yield, but this payout consumes 93% of its earnings, leaving almost no margin for error if profitability dips. This aggressive payout policy is the primary risk factor, making the dividend unsustainable in a downturn. Fundamentally, the business is sound but stagnant. Revenue is growing slowly at 8.5%, and while the 67% profit margin is impressive, the lack of significant top-line expansion limits capital appreciation potential. The balance sheet is a major concern, with debt-to-equity exceeding 100% and a current ratio of just 0.12, indicating severe liquidity constraints relative to short-term obligations. Technically, the stock is trading near its 52-week lows, having failed to break out of its range despite recent minor gains. The statistical forecast model shows a negligible negative bias, which aligns with the defensive positioning seen in the options chain. The heavy put buying suggests investors are worried about the maturity of the 6.3% notes or potential dilution from equity offerings, which could trigger a sell-off. Given the high payout ratio and weak liquidity metrics, the stock warrants a cautious hold for income, but it lacks the fundamental strength to justify a bullish short-term entry.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.021704
AutoETS0.022023
MSTL0.022491
AutoTheta0.025858

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 52%
H-stat 2.37
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.401
Excess Kurtosis -0.10
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-10
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-10
Debt to Equity Ratio 103.331
Revenue per Share 3.096
Market Cap 3,271,626,752
Trailing P/E 8.65
Forward P/E 8.89
Beta 0.74
Profit Margins 67.68%
Website https://www.htgc.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:26 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy out-of-the-money put volume and open interest, particularly at strikes significantly below the current price (e.g., $10, $13, $14), suggesting a fear of a sharp downside gap or liquidity event. Conversely, call activity is concentrated in the money and at moderate strikes ($17-$20), indicating a belief that the stock will hold or recover rather than crash, though the massive put skew suggests the downside risk is priced as the primary concern.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
2.82% 11.62% 10.65% 11.35%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-11 0.470 2.819436
2026-05-14 0.470 3.032258
2026-02-25 0.470 3.110523
2025-11-12 0.470 2.655367
2025-08-12 0.470 2.442827
2025-05-13 0.470 2.653868
2025-02-26 0.470 2.278236
2024-11-13 0.400 2.083333
2024-08-13 0.480 2.678571
2024-05-13 0.480 2.514405
2024-02-27 0.480 2.637363
2023-11-14 0.480 3.043754
2023-08-17 0.480 2.939375
2023-05-15 0.470 3.531179
2023-03-01 0.470 3.090072
2022-11-09 0.510 3.640257
2022-08-08 0.500 3.278689
2022-05-16 0.480 3.176704
2022-03-08 0.480 2.823529
2021-11-09 0.400 2.308136
2021-08-10 0.390 2.274053
2021-05-11 0.390 2.325581
2021-03-05 0.370 2.401038
2020-11-06 0.340 2.982456
2020-08-07 0.320 2.751505
2020-05-13 0.320 3.222558
2020-02-28 0.400 3.030303
2019-11-07 0.350 2.527076
2019-08-09 0.340 2.643857
2019-05-10 0.330 2.460850
2019-03-01 0.310 2.313433
2018-11-08 0.330 2.674230
2018-08-10 0.310 2.306548
2018-05-11 0.310 2.481986
2018-03-02 0.310 2.600671
2017-11-10 0.310 2.301410
2017-08-10 0.310 2.431373
2017-05-11 0.310 2.419984
2017-03-02 0.310 2.107410
2016-11-09 0.310 2.337858
2016-08-11 0.310 2.262774
2016-05-12 0.310 2.598491
2016-03-03 0.310 2.755556
2015-11-12 0.310 2.820746
2015-08-13 0.310 2.622674
2015-05-14 0.310 2.444795
2015-03-10 0.310 2.211127
2014-11-13 0.310 1.997423
2014-08-14 0.310 1.974522
2014-05-08 0.310 2.217454
2014-03-06 0.310 2.048909
2013-11-14 0.310 1.877650
2013-08-09 0.280 1.924399
2013-05-10 0.270 2.056359
2013-03-07 0.250 1.996805
2012-11-09 0.240 2.388060
2012-08-15 0.240 2.144772
2012-05-16 0.240 2.197802
2012-03-08 0.230 2.145522
2011-11-09 0.220 2.441731
2011-08-11 0.220 2.491506
2011-05-11 0.220 2.119460
2011-03-08 0.220 1.945181
2010-11-08 0.200 1.846722
2010-08-10 0.200 1.982161
2010-05-10 0.200 2.116402
2010-02-17 0.200 2.183406
2009-12-22 0.040 0.388727
2009-10-16 0.300 2.865329
2009-08-12 0.300 3.167899
2009-05-13 0.300 3.699137
2009-02-19 0.320 7.710843
2008-11-12 0.340 5.414013
2008-08-13 0.340 3.291384
2008-05-14 0.340 3.373016
2008-02-13 0.300 2.459016
2007-11-14 0.300 2.508361
2007-08-14 0.300 2.407705
2007-05-14 0.300 2.111189
2007-02-14 0.300 2.142857
2006-11-02 0.300 2.255639
2006-07-27 0.300 2.579536
2006-04-06 0.300 2.666667
2006-01-04 0.300 2.568493
2005-10-28 0.025 0.227273
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.88
dividendYield 10.73
exDividendDate 2026-08-11
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.6
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0913242
lastDividendValue 0.47
lastDividendDate 2026-08-11
dividendDate 2026-08-18

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.095706165
Address1 1 North B Street
Address2 Suite 2000
All Time High 22.04
All Time Low 3.41
Ask 17.47
Ask Size 3,200
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,813,390
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,528,384
Average Volume 1,528,384
Average Volume10Days 1,813,390
Beta 0.739
Bid 17.35
Bid Size 700
Book Value 12.317
City San Mateo
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 17.48
Current Ratio 0.118
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 17.675
Day Low 17.45
Debt To Equity 103.331
Display Name Hercules Capital
Dividend Date 1,787,011,200
Dividend Rate 1.88
Dividend Yield 10.73
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,445,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,445,200
Earnings Growth 0.547
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.65
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,441,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,304,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,304,000
Ebitda 474,260,000
Ebitda Margins 0.83766
Enterprise To Ebitda 11.657
Enterprise To Revenue 9.765
Enterprise Value 5,528,547,328
Eps Current Year 1.93309
Eps Forward 1.96681
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.02
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,406,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 16.3244
Fifty Day Average Change 1.1555996
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.07078972
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -9.570617
Fifty Two Week High 19.62
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.1400013
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.10907244
Fifty Two Week Low 13.7
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.7799997
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2759124
Fifty Two Week Range 13.7 - 19.62
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,118,323,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 9.96
Float Shares 171,480,896
Forward Eps 1.96681
Forward P E 8.887487
Free Cashflow 257,867,632
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 100
Fullday Change -0.0400009
Fullday Change Percent -0.228316
Fullday Price 17.5241
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 1.0
Gross Profits 566,172,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01966
Held Percent Institutions 0.3628
Implied Shares Outstanding 187,164,000
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Ir Website http://investor.htgc.com/index.cfm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,406,400
Last Dividend Value 0.47
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Hercules Capital, Inc. is a business development company. The firm specializing in providing private equity, venture debt, and growth capital to privately held venture capital-backed companies at all stages of development from mid venture to expansion stage including select publicly listed companies and select special opportunity companies that require additional capital to fund acquisitions, recapitalizations and refinancing and established-stage companies. The firm provides growth capital financing solutions for capital extension; management buy-out and corporate spin-out financing solutions; company, asset specific, or intellectual property acquisition financing; convertible, subordinated and/or mezzanine loans; domestic and international corporate expansion; vendor financing; revenue acceleration by sales and marketing development, and manufacturing expansion. It provides asset-based financing with a focus on cash flow; accounts receivable facilities; equipment loans or leases; equipment acquisition; facilities build-out and/or expansion; working capital revolving lines of credit; inventory. The firm also provides bridge financing to IPO or mergers and acquisitions or technology acquisition; dividend recapitalizations and other sources of investor liquidity; cash flow financing to protect against share price volatility; competitor acquisition; pre-IPO financing for extra cash on the balance sheet; public company financing to continue asset growth and production capacity; short-term bridge financing; and strategic and intellectual property acquisition financings. It also focuses on customized financing solutions, emerging growth, mid venture, and late venture financing. The firm invests primarily in structured debt with warrants and, to a lesser extent, in senior debt and equity investments. The firm generally seeks to invest in companies that have been operating for at least six to 12 months prior to the date of their investment. It prefers to invest in technology, SaaS Finance, energy technology, sustainable and renewable technology, and life sciences. Within technology the firm focuses on advanced specialty materials and chemicals; communication and networking, consumer and business products; consumer products and services, digital media and consumer internet; electronics and computer hardware; enterprise software and services; gaming; healthcare services; information services; business services; media, content and information; mobile; resource management; security software; semiconductors; semiconductors and hardware; and software sector. Within energy technology, it invests in agriculture; clean technology; energy and renewable technology, fuels, and power technology; geothermal; smart grid and energy efficiency and monitoring technologies; solar; and wind. Within life sciences, the firm invests in biopharmaceuticals; biotechnology tools; diagnostics; drug discovery, drug platform, development, and delivery; medical devices and equipment; surgical devices; therapeutics; pharma services; and specialty pharmaceuticals. Within sustainable and renewables, it invests in Vehicle Technology, Energy Generation and Storage, Ag Technology, Advanced Materials, and Industry 4.0. It also invests in educational services. The firm invests primarily in United States based companies and considers investment in the West Coast, Mid-Atlantic regions, Southeast and Midwest, particularly in the areas of software, biotech, and information services. The firm prefers to invest between $5 million and $500 million in equity per transactions. It invests in debt between $1 million and $40 million in companies focused primarily on business services, communications, electronics, hardware, and healthcare services. The firm invests primarily in private companies but also have investments in public companies. For equity investments, the firm seeks to represent a controlling interest in its portfolio companies which may exceed 25% of the voting securities of such companies. The firm seeks to invest a limited portion of its assets in equipment-based loans to early-stage prospective portfolio companies. These loans are generally for amounts up to $3 million but may be up to $15 million for certain energy technology venture investments. The firm allows certain debt investments have the right to convert a portion of the debt investment into equity. It also co-invests with other private equity firms. The firm seeks to exit its investments through initial public offering, a private sale of equity interest to a third party, a merger or an acquisition of the company or a purchase of the equity position by the company or one of its stockholders. The firm has structured debt with warrants which typically have maturities of between two and seven years with an average of three years; senior debt with an investment horizon of less than three years; equipment loans with an investment horizon ranging from three to four years; and equity related securities with an investment horizon ranging from three to seven years. The firm prefers to invest through its balance sheet capital. The firm formerly known as Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. Hercules Capital, Inc. was founded in December 2003 and is based in San Mateo, California with additional offices in North America and Europe.
Long Name Hercules Capital, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 3,271,626,752
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_10731642
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 380,324,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 3,279,113,280
Number Of Analyst Opinions 9
Open 17.51
Operating Cashflow 8,506,000
Operating Margins 0.83192
Payout Ratio 0.9307
Peg Ratio 0.52
Phone (650) 289-3060
Post Market Change 0.044099808
Post Market Change Percent 0.25228724
Post Market Price 17.5241
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 17.52
Price Eps Current Year 9.042518
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.4191767
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 5.778493
Profit Margins 0.67682
Quick Ratio 0.115
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0400009
Regular Market Change Percent -0.228316
Regular Market Day High 17.675
Regular Market Day Low 17.45
Regular Market Day Range 17.45 - 17.675
Regular Market Open 17.51
Regular Market Previous Close 17.52
Regular Market Price 17.48
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 1,389,893
Return On Assets 0.066020004
Return On Equity 0.17318001
Revenue Growth 0.085
Revenue Per Share 3.096
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 187,164,000
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0573
Shares Short 10,731,157
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 11,552,442
Short Name Hercules Capital, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0585
Short Ratio 6.71
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol HTGC
Target High Price 25.0
Target Low Price 15.5
Target Mean Price 19.16667
Target Median Price 18.5
Total Cash 48,176,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.261
Total Debt 2,350,081,024
Total Revenue 566,172,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.6
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0913242
Trailing Eps 2.02
Trailing P E 8.653465
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 16.4688
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.0112
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.06140095
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,389,893
Website https://www.htgc.com
Zip 94,401