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Hercules Capital Inc (NYSE: HTGC) closed the day trading at $21.11 up 0.24% from the previous closing price of $21.06. In other words, the price has increased by $0.24 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.65 million shares were traded. HTGC stock price reached its highest trading level at $21.145 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $20.97.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of HTGC, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.93 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.93.
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 Jun 25 ’24 when CROWELL GAYLE A bought 702 shares for $20.05 per share. The transaction valued at 14,067 led to the insider holds 53,576 shares of the business.
BADAVAS ROBERT P sold 13,300 shares of HTGC for $261,892 on Jun 20 ’24. The Director now owns 4,234 shares after completing the transaction at $19.69 per share. On Jun 18 ’24, another insider, BADAVAS ROBERT P, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 1,700 shares for $19.60 each. As a result, the insider received 33,320 and left with 4,234 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 3423556352 and an Enterprise Value of 5097094656. As of this moment, Hercules’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.81, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.36. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.96. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 7.18 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.76. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 10.683 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.853.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HTGC is 1.35, which has changed by 0.3177278 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.23951602 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HTGC has reached a high of $21.38, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $14.82. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 6.72%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 20.11%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, HTGC traded about 891.86K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, HTGC traded about 965600 shares per day. A total of 162.18M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 159.06M. 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 1718323200 were 6378987 with a Short Ratio of 7.31, compared to 1715731200 on 5804649. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6378987 and a Short% of Float of 4.01.
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 0.075973414The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 9.82.
