Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of HTGC Q4 Earnings

Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE:HTGC) – Research analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Hercules Capital in a research note issued on Thursday, March 13th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the financial services provider will earn $0.51 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.50. The consensus estimate for Hercules Capital’s current full-year earnings is $1.96 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Hercules Capital’s Q3 2026 earnings at $0.52 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.54 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.03 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.20 EPS.

Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The financial services provider reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.49. Hercules Capital had a return on equity of 17.19% and a net margin of 53.28%. The firm had revenue of $121.78 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $124.09 million.

HTGC has been the subject of a number of other research reports. JMP Securities restated a “market outperform” rating and set a $22.00 target price on shares of Hercules Capital in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Compass Point boosted their price objective on Hercules Capital from $18.25 to $20.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 19th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upgraded Hercules Capital from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $19.50 to $21.50 in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Hercules Capital currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $21.40.

Hercules Capital Trading Up 2.9 %

Shares of Hercules Capital stock opened at $18.54 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.89, a current ratio of 2.72 and a quick ratio of 2.72. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $20.42 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $19.80. Hercules Capital has a 1 year low of $16.95 and a 1 year high of $22.04. The company has a market capitalization of $3.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.51 and a beta of 1.38.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Hercules Capital

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in HTGC. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its holdings in shares of Hercules Capital by 511.2% during the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 53,068 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,042,000 after purchasing an additional 44,386 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in Hercules Capital by 9.3% during the third quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 406,985 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $7,993,000 after buying an additional 34,718 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. increased its holdings in Hercules Capital by 28.0% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 387,225 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $7,667,000 after buying an additional 84,780 shares during the period. Tectonic Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Hercules Capital by 14.0% in the 4th quarter. Tectonic Advisors LLC now owns 493,808 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $9,921,000 after buying an additional 60,776 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Left Brain Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Hercules Capital by 32.2% during the 4th quarter. Left Brain Wealth Management LLC now owns 275,876 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $5,542,000 after acquiring an additional 67,215 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 19.69% of the company’s stock.

Hercules Capital Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 5th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 26th were given a $0.47 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, February 26th. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 10.14%. Hercules Capital’s payout ratio is 99.38%.

About Hercules Capital

Hercules Capital, Inc is a business development company. The firm specializing in providing venture debt, debt, senior secured loans, and growth capital to privately held venture capital-backed companies at all stages of development from startups to expansion stage including select publicly listed companies and select special opportunity lower middle market companies that require additional capital to fund acquisitions, recapitalizations and refinancing and established-stage companies.