Hercules Capital, Inc.
HTGC Financial Asset Management
Hercules Capital, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $532.5 million, up 7.88% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 8.48%, EPS grew 59.1%, free cash flow grew 305.7% and total debt rose 13.1%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for three consecutive years.
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Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC) Piotroski F-score
Hercules Capital, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2025 is 2 out of 9: 2 of nine tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency passed, up from 1 in fiscal 2024.
Piotroski F-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Piotroski F-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2 | 1.00 |
| FY2024 | 1 | (5.00) |
| FY2023 | 6 | 4.00 |
| FY2022 | 2 | (1.00) |
| FY2021 | 3 | (2.00) |
| FY2020 | 5 | 1.00 |
| FY2019 | 4 | 3.00 |
| FY2018 | 1 | (2.00) |
| FY2017 | 3 | 0.00 |
| FY2016 | 3 | — |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Test | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive return on assets | 8.07% | 7.26% | Pass | 1 |
| Positive operating cash flow | (425.80m) | (118.09m) | Fail | 0 |
| Rising return on assets | 8.07% | 7.26% | Pass | 1 |
| Cash flow above net income | (765.54m) | (381.05m) | Fail | 0 |
| Falling long-term leverage | 0.54 | 0.49 | Fail | 0 |
| Rising current ratio | 1.48 | 2.72 | Fail | 0 |
| No new shares issued | 177,392,000 | 161,082,000 | Fail | 0 |
| Rising gross margin | 100.00% | 100.00% | Fail | 0 |
| Rising asset turnover | 0.13 | 0.14 | Fail | 0 |
| Piotroski F-score | Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated | 2 | ||
How the Piotroski F-score works
One point for each of nine tests, this fiscal year against the one before: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, a rising current ratio, no new shares issued, a rising gross margin and rising asset turnover. The ratios are the ones on this site, so each can be checked.
Joseph Piotroski (2000) called 8–9 high and 0–1 low; reading it in three bands is the common convention:
| 7–9 | Strong — most fundamentals improved |
|---|---|
| 4–6 | Mixed |
| 0–3 | Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated |
Where this differs from the paper: return on assets is on average rather than beginning-of-year assets, and weighted basic shares stand in for shares issued. The score is shown only when all nine tests can be worked out, which takes three fiscal years; banks and insurers, which report no current assets or gross profit, have none.
Piotroski F-score against peers
| Company | Piotroski F-score |
|---|---|
| SII Sprott Inc. compare | 6 |
| APAM Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. compare | 6 |
| AAMI Acadian Asset Management Inc. compare | 5 |
| FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. compare | 5 |
| WT WisdomTree, Inc. compare | 5 |
| CNS Cohen & Steers Inc compare | 3 |
| GBDC Golub Capital BDC, Inc. compare | 3 |
| HTGC Hercules Capital, Inc. | 2 |
| AB AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. compare | — |
What Piotroski F-score is
The Piotroski F-Score tells an investor how many signs of improving profitability, funding and efficiency a company shows against a year earlier.
One point for each of nine tests against a year earlier: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, and rising asset turnover