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Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for HTGC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 57/100 · S&P 500 fund at 71, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-09
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +5.0% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-12
  • Sector × region Financials in US: +2.3% week · −3.4% month · −2.0% quarter · +11.7% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-11
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.04 · down 0.71 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-09
How it trades on rate days beta 0.34 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How HTGC has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.34 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Hercules Capital, Inc. moved 0.34% on average · correlation 0.14 · higher than 32% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.88 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.05% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.00% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Financial Services · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Financial Services · US

Scored names in the same sector and country from the Closelooknet universe.

Compared against HTGC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Hercules Capital, Inc.

HTGC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Hercules Capital is a business development company that lends venture debt and growth capital to venture-backed private companies, from mid-stage through to firms nearing a public listing. It structures loans with warrants attached, alongside asset-based facilities such as equipment loans, receivables lines and working-capital revolvers. It also finances buy-outs, spin-outs, acquisitions and bridge situations ahead of an IPO or merger. It is based in San Mateo, California, and listed in the United States.
Where it sits in the stack
Hercules Capital carries no seat in our indices, so it does not map onto a Rubin layer or sleeve. It sits in the diary's Financial Services universe, under the asset-management industry grouping, as a lender to the venture-capital ecosystem rather than a build-out constituent.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with scored Financial Services names based in the United States, including PJT Partners, TPG and Brookfield Asset Management, alongside international financial names such as Sumitomo Mitsui and Mizuho. The market also compares it with Ares Capital, another business development company.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet score, with momentum the strongest of the seven modules and valuation the weakest. It holds no seat in our indices and has not yet appeared in the diary's editions or quotes.
What the diary watches
The diary watches how funding conditions for venture-backed companies feed through to loan demand and repayment, since Hercules Capital's book depends on the health of the start-ups it lends to.

Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelooknet company score reads 52/100 composite (momentum 68, quality 63, valuation 51) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 11.39%, quarterly · buybacks 6 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What HTGC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.88 USD per share · a 11.39% yield on the 2026-10-12 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-12
  • Change on the year +21.5% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.55 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.47 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-11
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.02 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.41 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-26
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 326 m USD 93% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 6 m USD 0.2% of today's market value
  • Share count +20.5% in FY2025 15 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 332 m USD in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-13

Quick answers

What is Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC)?

Hercules Capital, Inc. trades as HTGC on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-13.

Is HTGC in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Hercules Capital, Inc. is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-13.

What is Hercules Capital, Inc.'s Closelooknet composite score?

52 out of 100, with momentum 68, quality 63 and valuation 51 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-13. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does HTGC trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -3.1% vs the 50-day and +5.4% vs the 200-day average, 7.8% below the 52-week high and +27.4% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 43 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-12 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Hercules Capital, Inc. compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Financial Services · US), Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC) sits 7.8% below its 52-week high, 3.1% below its 50-day average; Grupo Cibest S.A. (CIB) is 10.1% below, Futu Holdings Ltd (FUTU) is 43.7% below, PJT Partners Inc (PJT) is 28.8% below. Put any of them next to HTGC in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Hercules Capital, Inc. trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Hercules Capital, Inc. had a beta of 0.34 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 32% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.05% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Hercules Capital, Inc. do?

Hercules Capital is a business development company that lends venture debt and growth capital to venture-backed private companies, from mid-stage through to firms nearing a public listing. It structures loans with warrants attached, alongside asset-based facilities such as equipment loans, receivables lines and working-capital revolvers. It also finances buy-outs, spin-outs, acquisitions and bridge situations ahead of an IPO or merger. Closelooknet's peer group places it with scored Financial Services names based in the United States, including PJT Partners, TPG and Brookfield Asset Management, alongside international financial names such as Sumitomo Mitsui and Mizuho. The market also compares it with Ares Capital, another business development company.

Where does Hercules Capital, Inc. sit in the AI build-out?

Hercules Capital carries no seat in our indices, so it does not map onto a Rubin layer or sleeve. It sits in the diary's Financial Services universe, under the asset-management industry grouping, as a lender to the venture-capital ecosystem rather than a build-out constituent. It carries a Closelooknet score, with momentum the strongest of the seven modules and valuation the weakest. It holds no seat in our indices and has not yet appeared in the diary's editions or quotes.

Does Hercules Capital, Inc. pay a dividend?

Hercules Capital, Inc. has paid 1.88 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 11.39% on the 2026-10-12 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.47 USD on 2026-08-11. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 326 m USD in dividends and bought back 6 m USD of its own shares. The share count rose 20.5% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for HTGC, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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