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Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE: HTGC) closed the day trading at $18.82 down -0.58% from the previous closing price of $18.93. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.58 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.99 million shares were traded. HTGC stock price reached its highest trading level at $18.865 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $18.68.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of HTGC, let’s look at its different ratios.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Compass Point on January 16, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $17.50 from $17 previously.
On November 21, 2023, UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $17.
Compass Point Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on August 30, 2023, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $17.50.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 26 ’24 when Bluestein Scott sold 100,000 shares for $19.59 per share. The transaction valued at 1,958,640 led to the insider holds 2,161,207 shares of the business.
SCOTT BLUESTEIN bought 100,000 shares of HTGC for $1,954,000 on Sep 26 ’24. On Aug 06 ’24, another insider, Theodosopoulos Nikos, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 1,608 shares for $18.03 each. As a result, the insider paid 28,997 and bolstered with 5,613 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, HTGC now has a Market Capitalization of 3057308928 and an Enterprise Value of 4733574144. As of this moment, Hercules’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.23, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.41. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.85. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.18 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.63. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 9.574 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.408.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, HTGC has reached a high of $21.60, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $14.89. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.71%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.69%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, HTGC traded about 855.49K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, HTGC traded about 1327720 shares per day. A total of 162.45M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 159.48M. Insiders hold about 1.82% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 27.26% stake in the company. Shares short for HTGC as of 1731628800 were 5674232 with a Short Ratio of 8.41, compared to 1728950400 on 6475246. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5674232 and a Short% of Float of 3.56.
Dividends & Splits
HTGC’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.59, up from 1.6 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.08452192The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 9.83.
