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Hercules Capital (HTGC) Outperforms Broader Market: What You Need to Know
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In the latest close session, Hercules Capital (HTGC - Free Report) was up +1.59% at $16.31. The stock's change was more than the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.29%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a loss of 0.31%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 0.89%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the specialty finance company had gained 7.72% outpaced the Finance sector's gain of 6.43% and lagged the S&P 500's gain of 10.54%.
Market participants will be closely following the financial results of Hercules Capital in its upcoming release. The company plans to announce its earnings on May 5, 2026. On that day, Hercules Capital is projected to report earnings of $0.47 per share, which would represent year-over-year growth of 4.44%. At the same time, our most recent consensus estimate is projecting a revenue of $138 million, reflecting a 15.47% rise from the equivalent quarter last year.
Regarding the entire year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates forecast earnings of $1.95 per share and revenue of $564.7 million, indicating changes of +2.09% and +6.05%, respectively, compared to the previous year.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for Hercules Capital. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Empirical research indicates that these revisions in estimates have a direct correlation with impending stock price performance. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, stretching from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has a noteworthy track record of outperforming, validated by third-party audits, with stocks rated #1 producing an average annual return of +25% since the year 1988. Over the past month, there's been a 0.85% fall in the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. Right now, Hercules Capital possesses a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
In the context of valuation, Hercules Capital is at present trading with a Forward P/E ratio of 8.23. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 8.43, so one might conclude that Hercules Capital is trading at a discount comparatively.
The Financial - SBIC & Commercial Industry industry is part of the Finance sector. With its current Zacks Industry Rank of 214, this industry ranks in the bottom 13% of all industries, numbering over 250.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Make sure to utilize Zacks.com to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and more, in the coming trading sessions.
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Hercules Capital (HTGC) Outperforms Broader Market: What You Need to Know
In the latest close session, Hercules Capital (HTGC - Free Report) was up +1.59% at $16.31. The stock's change was more than the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.29%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a loss of 0.31%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq increased by 0.89%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the specialty finance company had gained 7.72% outpaced the Finance sector's gain of 6.43% and lagged the S&P 500's gain of 10.54%.
Market participants will be closely following the financial results of Hercules Capital in its upcoming release. The company plans to announce its earnings on May 5, 2026. On that day, Hercules Capital is projected to report earnings of $0.47 per share, which would represent year-over-year growth of 4.44%. At the same time, our most recent consensus estimate is projecting a revenue of $138 million, reflecting a 15.47% rise from the equivalent quarter last year.
Regarding the entire year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates forecast earnings of $1.95 per share and revenue of $564.7 million, indicating changes of +2.09% and +6.05%, respectively, compared to the previous year.
Investors should also note any recent changes to analyst estimates for Hercules Capital. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Empirical research indicates that these revisions in estimates have a direct correlation with impending stock price performance. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, stretching from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has a noteworthy track record of outperforming, validated by third-party audits, with stocks rated #1 producing an average annual return of +25% since the year 1988. Over the past month, there's been a 0.85% fall in the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. Right now, Hercules Capital possesses a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
In the context of valuation, Hercules Capital is at present trading with a Forward P/E ratio of 8.23. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 8.43, so one might conclude that Hercules Capital is trading at a discount comparatively.
The Financial - SBIC & Commercial Industry industry is part of the Finance sector. With its current Zacks Industry Rank of 214, this industry ranks in the bottom 13% of all industries, numbering over 250.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Make sure to utilize Zacks.com to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and more, in the coming trading sessions.