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Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE: HTGC) closed the day trading at $18.29 up 0.11% from the previous closing price of $18.27. In other words, the price has increased by $0.11 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.23 million shares were traded. HTGC stock price reached its highest trading level at $18.486 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $18.145.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of HTGC, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.94 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.94.
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 Aug 06 ’24 when Theodosopoulos Nikos bought 1,608 shares for $18.03 per share. The transaction valued at 28,997 led to the insider holds 5,613 shares of the business.
Randhawa Paramjeet K bought 2,898 shares of HTGC for $52,378 on Aug 06 ’24. The Director now owns 15,972 shares after completing the transaction at $18.07 per share. On Aug 06 ’24, another insider, Loo Wade, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 5,645 shares for $18.54 each. As a result, the insider paid 104,676 and bolstered with 8,746 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 2969839104 and an Enterprise Value of 4666919424. As of this moment, Hercules’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.27, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.99. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.05. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.11 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.58. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 9.605 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.52.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, HTGC has reached a high of $21.69, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $14.76. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -8.63%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.93%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, HTGC traded about 1.08M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, HTGC traded about 1316150 shares per day. A total of 162.38M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 159.27M. Insiders hold about 1.00% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 25.70% stake in the company. Shares short for HTGC as of 1722384000 were 6002278 with a Short Ratio of 5.57, compared to 1719532800 on 6521443. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6002278 and a Short% of Float of 3.7699999999999996.
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 0.08757526The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 9.81.
