HTGC (Hercules Capital) Risk Assessment


HTGC Hercules Capital Inc HTGC
60 GF Score
Price $16.01
GF Value $18.75
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
! 5 Warning Signs
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What is Hercules Capital Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Hercules Capital is: High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff.

Hercules Capital  (NYSE:HTGC) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

Hercules Capital Risk Assessment Related Terms

HTGC vs JPC, FSK, DBRG: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Hercules Capital's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Hercules Capital Risk Assessment vs Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Hercules Capital's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hercules Capital's Risk Assessment falls into.


HTGC
60GF Score
Hercules Capital Inc HTGC
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Is Hercules Capital (HTGC) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Hercules Capital stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of $16.01 is trading 14.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of $18.75. GuruFocus considers Hercules Capital to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for HTGC:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: $18.75 vs. price of $16.01 (14.6% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 60/100 with 5 warning signs

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Hercules Capital Business Description

Other Exchanges 0J4M:UK19H:Germany
Address 1 North B Street, Suite 2000, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94401
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.
60GF Score

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$16.01
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$18.75
GF Value