HTGC Hercules Capital, Inc. stock chart & analysis
Conviction 42FinancialsScan · Fri, Nov 6, 2026Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC) closed at $16.16 (-1.28%) on Nov 6, 2026. Its latest daily candle is a three outside down. Price is below its 50-day and above its 200-day moving average. RSI(14) 41, RS Rating 30, -15.5% from its 52-week high, -14.1% year to date. Sector: Financials.
Financials as of Wed, Sep 30, 2026 · quarterly.
HTGC technical analysis
Trend
HTGC's moving averages are mixed — no clean uptrend or downtrend. It closed 4.4% below the 50-day ($16.91) and 0.4% above the 200-day ($16.10). ADX(14) at 17 points to a weak trend — more range than direction. It meets 3 of 8 trend-template criteria.
Momentum
RSI(14) is 41, in the bearish half of its range. The MACD histogram is positive. A bullish RSI divergence is in place. A bullish MACD divergence is in place. Its RS Rating of 30 puts its weighted 12-month performance ahead of about 30% of the US market.
Volume and volatility
Volume on the latest session ran 2.7× its 20-day average. It trades about $22.8M a day on average. ATR(14) is $0.3220, 2.0% of price — its typical daily range. Bollinger Bands are in a squeeze (3 sessions) — volatility is compressed. On-balance volume is trending down. Chaikin Money Flow (-0.09) shows distribution.
Key levels
The 52-week range is $13.70 to $19.13; price is 15.5% below the high and 18.0% above the low. The VWAP anchored at the 52-week high is $16.13, below price.
Performance
HTGC returned -2.6% (1 week), -2.4% (1 month), -5.9% (3 months), +0.1% (6 months), -10.6% (1 year), -14.1% (year to date).
About Hercules Capital, Inc.
Hercules Capital Inc is a specialty finance company focused on providing senior secured loans to high-growth, venture capital-backed, and institutional-backed companies in a variety of technology and life sciences industries. The company's primary business objectives are to increase its net income, net investment income, and net asset value (NAV) through its investments mainly in structured debt or senior secured debt instruments of venture capital-backed and institutional-backed companies across a variety of technology-related industries at attractive yields. It finances companies belonging to computer software and hardware, networking systems, semiconductors, medical devices, bio-pharmaceutical, and other related sectors.
Listed 2005 · 50 employees
Signal lifecycle
How this symbol has moved through the lanes across 60 scans — each scan is re-classified from that day's price, so gaps are days it dropped off the board entirely.
- Setting upAug 19 – Sep 145 scans
- Broke outOct 28 – Oct 303 scans
- Setting upNov 2 – Nov 54 scans
Recent news
- Learn Why The Bull Case For Hercules Capital Stock Could Change Following Q3 Earnings GuidanceSimply Wall St · Thu, Nov 5, 2026
- Hercules Capital: Earnings Lower, But Credit Holds, Still A Buy (NYSE:HTGC)Seeking Alpha · Thu, Nov 5, 2026
- Hercules Capital earns 'Buy' rating with strong dividend and NAV despite slow quarterPluang · Wed, Nov 4, 2026
- Hercules Capital: The Premium Is Still Justified After A Decent Q3 (NYSE:HTGC)Seeking Alpha · Wed, Nov 4, 2026
Congress activity
Disclosed STOCK Act trades in HTGC · 10 recent
| Member | Side | Amount | Traded | Filed | PTR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Virginia Foxx house · R · NC · traded 2026-01-12 | Sell | $50K–$100K | 2026-01-12 | 2026-02-06 | |
Virginia Foxx house · R · NC · traded 2025-09-30 | Buy | $1K–$15K | 2025-09-30 | 2025-10-06 | |
Virginia Foxx house · R · NC · traded 2025-09-25 | Sell | $15K–$50K | 2025-09-25 | 2025-10-06 | |
Virginia Foxx house · R · NC · traded 2025-08-19 | Buy | $1K–$15K | 2025-08-19 | 2025-09-08 | |
Virginia Foxx house · R · NC · traded 2025-05-20 | Buy | $1K–$15K | 2025-05-20 | 2025-06-03 | |
Virginia Foxx house · R · NC · traded 2025-03-05 | Buy | $1K–$15K | 2025-03-05 | 2025-04-04 | |
Virginia Foxx house · NC · traded 2024-11-20 | Buy | $1K–$15K | 2024-11-20 | 2024-12-11 | |
Virginia Foxx house · NC · traded 2024-10-23 | Buy | ≥ $15K | 2024-10-23 | 2024-11-01 | |
Virginia Foxx house · NC · traded 2024-08-20 | Buy | $1K–$15K | 2024-08-20 | 2024-09-03 | |
Virginia Foxx house · NC · traded 2024-05-21 | Buy | $1K–$15K | 2024-05-21 | 2024-06-03 |
Insider activity
SEC Form 4 transactions in HTGC
| Insider | Side | Shares | Value | Traded | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fichera Alfred Director · Common Stock · 2026-09-17 | Grant | 3.48K | $62K | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-21 |
Meyer Seth H President · Common Stock · 2026-09-09 | Tax | 5 | $88 | 2026-09-09 | 2026-09-11 |
Bluestein Scott Chief Executive Officer · Common Stock · 2026-07-09 | Tax | 9.74K | $153K | 2026-07-09 | 2026-07-13 |
Bluestein Scott Chief Executive Officer · Common Stock · 2026-07-09 | Tax | 10.65K | $167K | 2026-07-09 | 2026-07-13 |
Botelho Kiersten Zaza Chief Legal Officer & CCO · Common Stock · 2026-07-09 | Tax | 956 | $15K | 2026-07-09 | 2026-07-13 |
Botelho Kiersten Zaza Chief Legal Officer & CCO · Common Stock · 2026-07-09 | Tax | 1.02K | $16K | 2026-07-09 | 2026-07-13 |
Follmann Christian Chief Operating Officer · Common Stock · 2026-07-09 | Tax | 1.43K | $22K | 2026-07-09 | 2026-07-13 |
Follmann Christian Chief Operating Officer · Common Stock · 2026-07-09 | Tax | 1.36K | $21K | 2026-07-09 | 2026-07-13 |
Meyer Seth H President · Common Stock · 2026-07-09 | Tax | 3.01K | $47K | 2026-07-09 | 2026-07-13 |
Meyer Seth H President · Common Stock · 2026-07-09 | Tax | 3.46K | $54K | 2026-07-09 | 2026-07-13 |
SEC filings
EDGAR filings in HTGC · 10 recent
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