The Most Important "AI Stock" You've Never Heard Of
The AI revolution is moving faster than anyone expected. But what no one is talking about is the one company AI simply can't exist without. It may be the single most important AI investment, yet most people don't even know its name. For now. The moment Wall Street catches on, this $20 stock could explode.
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 1.91 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 0.49 |
| Return on Assets | 0.07 |
| Return on Equity | 0.11 |
| Revenue | 491.6M |
| Earnings Per Share | 1.33 |
| Revenue Per Share | 2.99 |
| Gross Profit | 491,548,992 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | -0.02 |
General
| Name | Hercules Capital Inc |
| Ticker | HTGC |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Financial |
| Industry | Asset Management |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 100 |
About Hercules Capital Inc
Hercules Capital, Inc. is a business development company. The firm specializing in providing private equity, venture debt, and growth capital to privately held venture capital-backed companies at all stages of development from mid venture to expansion stage including select publicly listed companies and select special opportunity companies that require additional capital to fund acquisitions, recapitalizations and refinancing and established-stage companies. The firm provides growth capital financing solutions for capital extension; management buy-out and corporate spin-out financing solutions; company, asset specific, or intellectual property acquisition financing; convertible, subordinated and/or mezzanine loans; domestic and international corporate expansion; vendor financing; revenue acceleration by sales and marketing development, and manufacturing expansion. It provides asset-based financing with a focus on cash flow; accounts receivable facilities; equipment loans or leases; equipment acquisition; facilities build-out and/or expansion; working capital revolving lines of credit; inventory. The firm also provides bridge financing to IPO or mergers and acquisitions or technology acquisition; dividend recapitalizations and other sources of investor liquidity; cash flow financing to protect against share price volatility; competitor acquisition; pre-IPO financing for extra cash on the balance sheet; public company financing to continue asset growth and production capacity; short-term bridge financing; and strategic and intellectual property acquisition financings. It also focuses on customized financing solutions, emerging growth, mid venture, and late venture financing. The firm invests primarily in structured debt with warrants and, to a lesser extent, in senior debt and equity investments. The firm generally seeks to invest in companies that have been operating for at least six to 12 months prior to the date of their investment. It prefers to invest in technology, SaaS Finance, energy technology, sustainable
Dividend
Hercules Capital Inc pays out a dividend of $1.60 per share, with a dividend yield of 8.82%.
HTGC's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on May 20, 2025.
They pay out 120.03% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| May 20, 2025 | $0.40 |
| Mar 5, 2025 | $0.40 |
| Nov 20, 2024 | $0.40 |
| Aug 20, 2024 | $0.40 |
| May 21, 2024 | $0.40 |
| Mar 6, 2024 | $0.40 |
| Nov 22, 2023 | $0.48 |
| Aug 25, 2023 | $0.48 |
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