Hercules Capital, Inc.

HTGC stock score: 64/100

$16.41 · -0.49% · Scored Oct 23, 2026

Technical
56
Fundamental
73
News
52

The reading

Hercules Capital (HTGC) scores 64 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 77% of Financial Services stocks and 88% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 56, fundamentals 73.

Among the fundamentals, Fair Value at 100 and Price Target at 100 score highest, while Revenue Growth (Quarterly) at 1 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 54 and contrarian oscillators 42.

News sentiment is neutral at 52; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 57 to 72, and it is up 6 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward HTGC’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

73

Pulling it up

  • Fair Value100

    Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • EBITDA Margins100

    EBITDA margins measure operating profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

Holding it back

  • Revenue Growth (Quarterly)1

    Quarterly revenue growth measures sales increase compared to the previous quarter.

  • EV/Revenue4

    EV/Revenue compares the whole company's value, debt included, with its sales.

  • Quick Ratio5

    Quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet short-term obligations with liquid assets.

38 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

54

Pulling it up

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • EMA 50 Cross Up100

    EMA 50 Cross Up detects when price crosses above the 50-period EMA.

  • SMA 20 Cross Up100

    SMA 20 Cross Up tracks when very short-term averages cross above the 20-period SMA.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (20)0

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • Williams %R (14)0

    Williams %R (14-period) measures where the current price sits within the recent high-low range.

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)0

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
52

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly661
Daily543
Weekly542
Monthly572
Quarterly552

Composite score, last 90 days

05010064Jul 25, 2026Oct 23, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 58Jul 26, 2026: 58Jul 27, 2026: 59Jul 28, 2026: 61Jul 29, 2026: 62Jul 30, 2026: 61Jul 31, 2026: 72Aug 2, 2026: 59Aug 3, 2026: 64Aug 5, 2026: 60Aug 6, 2026: 62Aug 7, 2026: 66Aug 8, 2026: 66Aug 9, 2026: 66Aug 10, 2026: 66Aug 11, 2026: 61Aug 12, 2026: 62Aug 13, 2026: 64Aug 14, 2026: 63Aug 15, 2026: 63Aug 16, 2026: 63Aug 17, 2026: 62Aug 18, 2026: 62Aug 19, 2026: 64Aug 20, 2026: 65Aug 22, 2026: 66Aug 23, 2026: 66Aug 24, 2026: 67Aug 25, 2026: 68Aug 26, 2026: 68Aug 27, 2026: 67Aug 28, 2026: 67Aug 29, 2026: 67Aug 30, 2026: 67Aug 31, 2026: 67Sep 1, 2026: 68Sep 2, 2026: 68Sep 3, 2026: 68Sep 4, 2026: 68Sep 5, 2026: 67Sep 6, 2026: 67Sep 7, 2026: 67Sep 8, 2026: 68Sep 9, 2026: 67Sep 10, 2026: 66Sep 11, 2026: 65Sep 12, 2026: 66Sep 13, 2026: 66Sep 14, 2026: 67Sep 15, 2026: 67Sep 16, 2026: 66Sep 17, 2026: 68Sep 18, 2026: 65Sep 19, 2026: 65Sep 20, 2026: 65Sep 21, 2026: 66Sep 22, 2026: 65Sep 23, 2026: 65Sep 24, 2026: 64Sep 25, 2026: 65Sep 26, 2026: 65Sep 27, 2026: 65Sep 28, 2026: 62Sep 29, 2026: 65Sep 30, 2026: 61Oct 1, 2026: 62Oct 2, 2026: 61Oct 3, 2026: 64Oct 4, 2026: 64Oct 5, 2026: 61Oct 6, 2026: 60Oct 7, 2026: 59Oct 8, 2026: 60Oct 9, 2026: 61Oct 10, 2026: 61Oct 11, 2026: 61Oct 12, 2026: 60Oct 13, 2026: 59Oct 14, 2026: 59Oct 15, 2026: 61Oct 16, 2026: 59Oct 17, 2026: 59Oct 18, 2026: 59Oct 19, 2026: 57Oct 20, 2026: 58Oct 21, 2026: 60Oct 22, 2026: 59Oct 23, 2026: 64
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Key facts

Market cap
$3.1B
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Asset Management
Beta
0.76
Risk grade (1–10)
—
Next earnings
Oct 29, 2026

Questions

What is HTGC's stock score today?

HTGC scores 64/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 23, 2026: technical 56, fundamental 73, and news sentiment 52, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is HTGC a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 64 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the HTGC score calculated?

100 weighted scorers feed it today: 38 fundamental, scored against Financial Services ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.