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.

Revenue
+1.46%
EPS
−24.2%
Free cash flow
−5,073.1%
Total debt
+18.6%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

16.10 0.27 −1.65%
Market cap
$3.1B
P/E
8.5×
Fwd P/E
8.7×
Dividend yield
4.88%
F-score
2/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC) Return on equity

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Hercules Capital, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 15.8%, down 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (16.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.02% (fiscal 2015) to 21.1% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Asset Management industry median of 4.57% and above the Financial sector median of 9.01%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 16.2% 2.29
FY2024 13.9% (7.20)
FY2023 21.1% 13.54
FY2022 7.53% (5.87)
FY2021 13.4% (5.35)
FY2020 18.8% 2.13
FY2019 16.6% 8.17
FY2018 8.45% (1.18)
FY2017 9.63% 0.67
FY2016 8.96% 2.94

Against its own ten years

Low 6.02% High 21.1%
Ten-year median 13.4%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
AAMI Acadian Asset Management Inc. compare 110.3%
APAM Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. compare 61.3%
SII Sprott Inc. compare 28.6%
WT WisdomTree, Inc. compare 26.8%
AB AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. compare 25.5%
HTGC Hercules Capital, Inc. 15.8%
GBDC Golub Capital BDC, Inc. compare 4.46%
FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. compare −9.25%
ASST Strive, Inc. compare −300.7%
Asset Management industry median 4.57%
Financial sector median 9.01%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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