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How Hercules Capital, Inc. stacks up
HTGC · against 63 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Valuation
62/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #26 of 64 · scores higher than 60% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score6 peers with a valuation score of 60–69, including HTGC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 62?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its earnings yield and EBITDA yield, which are stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- less free cash flow for the price paid: weaker than 80% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 0.3% vs peer median 6.1%
- more operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: stronger than 64% of peers. EBITDA yield: 8.8% vs peer median 6.9%
- higher earnings for the price paid: stronger than 82% of peers. Earnings yield: 12.5% vs peer median 5.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = HTGC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | HTGC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 96 reported | 12.3% | 7.5% | 80% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 52 reported | 8.8% | 5.6% | 69% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 42 reported | 0.3% | 6.3% | 22% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 94 reported | 75.1% | 60.4% | 55% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around HTGC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21.2B BRL (≈$3.8B) | 96 | 66 | |
| 1 | 4.0B USD | 96 | 66 | |
| 3 | 22.8B SEK (≈$2.3B) | 95 | 51 | |
| 4 | 3.2B USD | 94 | 66 | |
| 5 | 1.9B USD | 93 | 47 | |
| 22 | 1.8B USD | 69 | 73 | |
| 22 | 4.6B USD | 69 | 70 | |
| 24 | 58.3B THB (≈$1.6B) | 67 | 49 | |
| 25 | 90.1B THB (≈$2.5B) | 65 | 57 | |
| 26 | 3.1B USD | 62 | 63 | |
| 27 | 3.8B GBP (≈$4.9B) | 61 | 55 | |
| 28 | 354.4B JPY (≈$2.4B) | 56 | 38 | |
| 28 | 5.9B USD | 56 | 69 | |
| 30 | 588.9B JPY (≈$4.0B) | 53 | 58 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score