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The price of Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE: HTGC) closed at $17.92 in the last session, down -3.14% from day before closing price of $18.50. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.14 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.69 million shares were traded. HTGC stock price reached its highest trading level at $18.26 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $17.83.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at HTGC’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. 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:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 06 ’24 when Fallon Thomas J bought 5,723 shares for $18.33 per share. The transaction valued at 104,885 led to the insider holds 92,400 shares of the business.
Loo Wade bought 5,645 shares of HTGC for $104,676 on Aug 06 ’24. The Director now owns 8,746 shares after completing the transaction at $18.54 per share. On Aug 06 ’24, another insider, Aguirre DeAnne, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 5,660 shares for $18.49 each. As a result, the insider paid 104,661 and bolstered with 11,874 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 2909760256 and an Enterprise Value of 4607676416. As of this moment, Hercules’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.06, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.81. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.01. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.99 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.55. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 9.483 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.374.
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 -11.19%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -0.57%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, HTGC traded on average about 1.08M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2297130 shares per day over the past 10 days. 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
The forward annual dividend rate for HTGC is 1.58, which was 1.6 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.088397786The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 9.81.
