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Hercules Capital Inc

HCXY

NYSEFinancial ServicesAsset Management

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$24.8632

−$0.0868 · -0.35%

Aug 24, 3:50 PM ET

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$24.8632

$0.00 · 0.00%

Aug 24, 5:05 PM ET

HCXY company overview

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Jul 10, 2026

GoAI score

Buy

Favorable setup — positive multi-factor alignment

Valuation

88

Deep Value

Momentum

42

Neutral

Sentiment

67

Bullish

Risk resilience

79

Moderate Risk

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Company profile

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Hercules Capital, Inc. is a business development company. It focuses on venture lending capital-backed companies in the technology and life science industries. The company was founded in December 2003 and is headquartered in San Mater, CA.

Industry
Asset Management
Sector
Financial Services
Headquarters
US
CEO
Scott Bluestein
Listed since
Sep 27, 2018
Employees
108

Market position

Day range

Current $24.8632

52-week range

Current $24.8632

Open
$24.95
Previous close
$24.95
Volume
2.61K
0.94× average
Average volume
2.78K
Average daily volume
Market cap
3.06B USD
Beta
0.79
Market reference 1
50-day average
$24.9412
-0.31% below average
200-day average
$25.1215
-1.03% below average

Financials

Financial snapshot

Latest / TTM

Valuation & yield

Enterprise value
5.65B USD
P/E (TTM)
8.37×
P/B (TTM)
1.43×
P/S (TTM)
5.65×
EV / EBITDA
15.46×
Earnings yield
9.99%
Free cash flow yield
-12.52%
Dividend yield
11.14%

Profitability & efficiency

Gross margin
89.90%
Operating margin
75.33%
Net margin
66.09%
Return on equity
15.33%
Return on assets
7.41%
Return on invested capital
835.32%

Financial health

Debt / equity
1.03×
Current ratio
1.44×

Earnings

EPS beat rate
55%
6 beats, 5 misses, 0 met estimates
Average EPS surprise
+1.38%
11 comparable reports
Latest EPS result
0.5
Estimate 0.48 · Beat by 3.14%

EPS: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly EPS actual values compared with estimates0.540.50.450.41Q1 '25MissQ2 '25MissQ3 '25BeatQ4 '25BeatQ1 '26MissQ2 '26BeatQ3 '26BeatQ4 '26Estimate
Q1 2025, reported Feb 13, 2025: actual 0.49, estimate 0.503, surprise -2.58%, Miss. Q2 2025, reported May 1, 2025: actual 0.45, estimate 0.464, surprise -3.08%, Miss. Q3 2025, reported Jul 31, 2025: actual 0.5, estimate 0.471, surprise +6.22%, Beat. Q4 2025, reported Oct 30, 2025: actual 0.49, estimate 0.48, surprise +2.06%, Beat. Q1 2026, reported Feb 12, 2026: actual 0.48, estimate 0.492, surprise -2.50%, Miss. Q2 2026, reported May 5, 2026: actual 0.48, estimate 0.477, surprise +0.54%, Beat. Q3 2026, reported Jul 30, 2026: actual 0.5, estimate 0.485, surprise +3.14%, Beat. Q4 2026, reported Nov 4, 2026: actual —, estimate 0.475, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Revenue: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly Revenue actual values compared with estimates155.06M141.23M127.39M113.55MQ1 '25MissQ2 '25MissQ3 '25BeatQ4 '25BeatQ1 '26MissQ2 '26BeatQ3 '26BeatQ4 '26Estimate
Q1 2025, reported Feb 13, 2025: actual 121.8M USD, estimate 126.5M USD, surprise -3.72%, Miss. Q2 2025, reported May 1, 2025: actual 119.51M USD, estimate 125.43M USD, surprise -4.72%, Miss. Q3 2025, reported Jul 31, 2025: actual 137.46M USD, estimate 128.89M USD, surprise +6.65%, Beat. Q4 2025, reported Oct 30, 2025: actual 138.09M USD, estimate 136.95M USD, surprise +0.83%, Beat. Q1 2026, reported Feb 12, 2026: actual 137.4M USD, estimate 141.52M USD, surprise -2.91%, Miss. Q2 2026, reported May 5, 2026: actual 141.54M USD, estimate 141.39M USD, surprise +0.10%, Beat. Q3 2026, reported Jul 30, 2026: actual 149.1M USD, estimate 146.71M USD, surprise +1.63%, Beat. Q4 2026, reported Nov 4, 2026: actual —, estimate 143.49M USD, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

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