Fintel · Sep 2, 2026
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NYSE · HTGC
Hercules Capital, Inc.
Financial Services · Asset Management
$17.61
Down-$0.22 (-1.25%)
Updated Sep 10, 2026, 8:51 PM
SID Score
5.9/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
54/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 3.43B
- P/E ratio
- 17.94
- Dividend yield
- 9.09%
- 52-week range
- $13.70 – $19.55
- Volume
- 1.56M
- Avg. volume
- 1.25M
Price performance
HTGC price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
HTGC closed at $17.61 after 20 trading sessions, up 6.08% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $17.61
- Period change
- +6.08%
- Period low
- $16.54
- Period high
- $17.72
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | $17.75 | $17.7963 | $17.445 | $17.61 | 1.56M |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $17.67 | $17.785 | $17.60 | $17.72 | 2.2M |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $17.62 | $17.80 | $17.60 | $17.63 | 744.31K |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $17.80 | $17.9347 | $17.485 | $17.72 | 1.22M |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $17.70 | $17.785 | $17.64 | $17.71 | 1.22M |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $17.85 | $17.93 | $17.63 | $17.67 | 1.52M |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $17.44 | $17.84 | $17.43 | $17.64 | 1.19M |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $17.51 | $17.675 | $17.45 | $17.48 | 1.39M |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $17.64 | $17.74 | $17.505 | $17.52 | 3.55M |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $17.56 | $17.715 | $17.51 | $17.64 | 1.38M |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $17.48 | $17.64 | $17.42 | $17.59 | 1.5M |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $17.16 | $17.535 | $17.12 | $17.50 | 1.84M |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $17.14 | $17.17 | $16.98 | $17.13 | 1.91M |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $16.92 | $17.11 | $16.865 | $17.03 | 1.68M |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $16.70 | $16.93 | $16.70 | $16.90 | 1.36M |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $16.55 | $16.66 | $16.51 | $16.65 | 1.64M |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $16.74 | $16.78 | $16.515 | $16.54 | 1.9M |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $16.90 | $16.95 | $16.66 | $16.70 | 1.39M |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $16.73 | $16.98 | $16.69 | $16.93 | 1.93M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $16.66 | $16.71 | $16.53 | $16.60 | 1.62M |
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Company profile
Hercules Capital Inc is a specialty finance company that provides senior secured loans to high-growth, venture capital-backed companies in various technology, life sciences, and sustainable and renewable technology industries. It invests majorly in structured debt with warrants and, to a lesser extent, in senior debt and equity investments. The company lends to and invests in portfolio companies in various technology-related industries, including technology, drug discovery and development, biotechnology, life sciences, healthcare, and sustainable and renewable technology.
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- Consensus
- —
- Average target
- $19.50
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- —
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | UBS | Buy | — |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Ladenburg Thalmann | Buy | — |
| May 18, 2026 | UBS | Neutral | — |
| May 6, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Neutral | — |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Citizens | Market Outperform | — |
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Benzinga · Sep 1, 2026
UBS Upgrades Hercules Capital to Buy, Raises Price Target to $18.5
UBS analyst Melissa Wedel upgrades Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) from Neutral to Buy and raises the price target from $15.5 to $18.5.
Yahoo · Aug 29, 2026
How a 78-Year-Old Collects $5,300 a Month From Just Three Tickers: SCHD, HTGC, and NNN
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Yahoo · Aug 25, 2026
3 BDCs Yielding Big. A Roth Is the Only Place They Make Sense
Most BDC investors hand thousands of dollars to the IRS every single year without realizing there is one account type that legally keeps all of it. The difference comes down to where you hold these high-yielding positions, and the math is hard to unsee.
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