Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC)

Hercules Capital Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 8 analysts that cover Hercules Capital stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $20.81, which forecasts a 12.85% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $18 and the highest is $25.

Price Target: $20.81 (+12.85%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$18	$20.81	$20.5	$25
Change	-2.39%	+12.85%	+11.17%	+35.57%

* Price targets were last updated on Apr 28, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Hercules Capital stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	6	6	6	6	6	6
Hold	1	1	2	2	2	2
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	7	7	8	8	8	8

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Finian O'Shea Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $21 → $19	Buy	Maintains	$21 → $19	+3.04%	Apr 28, 2025
Vilas Abraham UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $20 → $18	Hold	Maintains	$20 → $18	-2.39%	Apr 17, 2025
Paul Johnson Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Buy Maintains $22 → $21	Buy	Maintains	$22 → $21	+11.17%	Apr 8, 2025
Crispin Love Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Buy Maintains $23 → $20	Buy	Maintains	$23 → $20	+8.46%	Apr 8, 2025
Casey Alexander Compass Point	Compass Point	Hold Maintains $18 → $20	Hold	Maintains	$18 → $20	+8.46%	Feb 19, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

519.35M

Increased by 5.22%

from 493.59M

Revenue Next Year

570.50M

Increased by 9.85%

from 519.35M

EPS This Year

1.95

Increased by 20.94%

from 1.61

EPS Next Year

2.04

Increased by 4.97%

from 1.95

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	287.26M	280.98M	321.69M	460.67M	493.59M	519.35M	570.50M	631.79M
Revenue Growth	7.24%	-2.19%	14.49%	43.20%	7.15%	5.22%	9.85%	10.74%
EPS	2.01	1.49	0.79	2.31	1.61	1.95	2.04	1.98
EPS Growth	17.54%	-25.87%	-46.98%	192.41%	-30.30%	20.94%	4.97%	-2.93%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.47	9.02	9.29
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	4

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	561.7M	630.2M	650.4M
Avg	519.4M	570.5M	631.8M
Low	414.5M	455.4M	607.0M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	13.8%	21.3%	14.0%
Avg	5.2%	9.8%	10.7%
Low	-16.0%	-12.3%	6.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	2.07	2.16	2.11
Avg	1.95	2.04	1.98
Low	1.83	1.89	1.84

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	28.5%	11.1%	3.3%
Avg	20.9%	5.0%	-2.9%
Low	13.8%	-2.9%	-9.9%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.