# Hercules Capital (HTGC) — Overview

HTGC · NYSE · Stock

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## Price

Last close $16.66 on Oct 15, 2026. 52-week range $13.89 – $19.05.

## Company profile

Hercules Capital Inc is a specialty finance company focused on providing senior secured loans to high-growth, venture capital-backed, and institutional-backed companies in a variety of technology and life sciences industries. The company's primary business objectives are to increase its net income, net investment income, and net asset value (NAV) through its investments mainly in structured debt or senior secured debt instruments of venture capital-backed and institutional-backed companies across a variety of technology-related industries at attractive yields. It finances companies belonging to computer software and hardware, networking systems, semiconductors, medical devices, bio-pharmaceutical, and other related sectors.

## Financials

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue (trailing twelve months) | $566.2M |
| Revenue (quarter) | $149.1M |
| Revenue growth (year over year) | 8.48% |
| Gross profit (trailing twelve months) | $0.00 |
| Gross margin | 0.00% |
| Net income (trailing twelve months) | $383.2M |
| Net income (quarter) | $130.2M |
| Net income growth (year over year) | 65.02% |
| Net margin | 67.68% |
| Return on equity | 17.32% |
| EPS (trailing twelve months) | $2.09 |
| Book value per share | $12.15 |
| P/E (trailing twelve months) | 8.1 |
| Price to book | 1.4 |
| Debt to assets | 51.49% |
| Payout ratio | 98.50% |
| Dividend yield | 11.15% |

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Is Hercules Capital (HTGC) profitable?

Yes. Hercules Capital earned $383.2M in net income over the trailing twelve months, a net margin of 67.68%.

### How much revenue does Hercules Capital (HTGC) make?

Hercules Capital generated $566.2M in revenue over the trailing twelve months, up 8.48% year over year.

### What is HTGC's P/E ratio?

Hercules Capital trades at 8.1 times trailing twelve-month earnings, on an EPS of $2.09.

### How do I buy stock in Hercules Capital (HTGC)?

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