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Hercules Capital Inc · Q1 2023 earnings

Q1 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Hercules Capital's Q1 2023 financial results were reported, showcasing record total gross fundings and investment income, alongside a substantial increase in net investment income.

Hercules Capital reported record Q1 2023 results, including total gross fundings of $476.2 million and total investment income of $105.1 million. Net investment income (NII) reached $65.5 million, or $0.48 per share, representing an 83.0% year-over-year increase. The company had approximately $1.0 billion of available liquidity at quarter end.

  • Record total investment income of $105.1 million, an increase of 61.3% year-over-year.
  • Record net investment income of $65.5 million, or $0.48 per share, an increase of 83.0% year-over-year.
  • Total gross debt and equity commitments of $526.0 million.
  • Record Q1 total gross fundings of $476.2 million.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$73.5M

Previous: $65.2M+12.7%
EPS (adj)

$0.48

Previous: $0.30+60.0%
Gross Fundings

$476M

Previous: $352M+35.4%
Available Liquidity

$553M

Previous: $430M+28.5%
Net GAAP Leverage

110.9%

Previous: 100.8%+10.0%
Net Regulatory Leverage

99.2%

Previous: 87.7%+13.1%
Net Income

$94.6M

Previous: $35.8M+164.1%
Operating Income

$31.2M

Previous: $35.8M-12.8%
Gross Profit

$73.5M

No prior period
Cash & Equivalents

$71.1M

Previous: $59.3M+19.9%
Total Assets

$3.25B

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$2.85M

Previous: $3.12M-8.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Hercules Capital · Revenue · Quarterly

$73.5M

Q1 2023+12.7%vs Q1 2022
Beat estimate in 3 of 13 quarters(23%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Hercules will carefully navigate the tremendous market opportunity created by the recent banking crisis, utilizing the same guideposts that delivered our outstanding financial and credit performance in 2022 – maintaining strong liquidity, staying disciplined on credit and new underwritings and further expanding our platform capabilities.

Tailwinds

  • Maintaining strong liquidity
  • Staying disciplined on credit
  • Staying disciplined on new underwritings
  • Further expanding our platform capabilities
  • New institutional credit lending program will provide us with the additional capacity to capitalize on these new opportunities

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2023

Historical avgQ1 2023

+0.7%

Avg return

Earnings day

+0.7%

Avg return

5 days after

-3.1%

Avg return

30 days after

62%

28 / 45 earnings

Positive

+9.8%

Q1 2020

Best reaction

-15.5%

Q1 2017

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026+1.4%-3.2%-7.8%
Q4 2025-3.0%-4.1%-15.1%
Q3 2025-1.5%+1.2%+1.4%
Q1 2025-1.1%-3.0%-1.0%
Q4 2024+1.0%+4.5%-12.1%
Q3 2024-1.2%-4.3%-5.3%
Q2 2024-12.8%-14.5%-11.1%
Q1 2024+0.7%+2.4%+2.3%
Q4 2023+6.1%+5.4%+3.1%
Q3 2023+0.2%-0.4%-2.8%
Q2 2023+4.5%+0.5%-3.6%
Q1 2023+1.5%+3.1%+13.9%
Q4 2022+7.7%+3.4%-21.1%
Q3 2022+1.9%+2.8%-3.4%
Q2 2022+4.1%+2.7%-4.3%
Q1 2022+0.2%-6.9%-18.6%
Q4 2021-1.2%-0.4%-0.4%
Q3 2021+1.1%+2.4%-5.2%
Q2 2021-0.6%+0.6%-1.7%
Q1 2021+0.5%+1.3%-2.0%
Q4 2020+2.8%+1.7%+1.7%
Q3 2020+0.6%+5.7%+22.3%
Q2 2020+2.2%+7.7%+3.8%
Q1 2020+9.8%+10.8%+17.7%
Q4 2019+5.1%-1.1%-47.6%
Q3 2019+2.8%+4.5%+4.3%
Q2 2019+2.6%+0.8%+1.2%
Q1 2019+6.0%+5.4%-1.3%
Q4 2018+5.9%+6.7%-6.3%
Q3 2018-0.6%+1.0%-3.0%
Q2 2018+0.7%+1.1%+0.4%
Q1 2018+0.0%+2.4%+0.7%
Q4 2017-0.9%-2.1%-2.8%
Q3 2017+7.3%+9.0%+7.2%
Q2 2017-4.3%-0.9%-7.0%
Q1 2017-15.5%-16.2%-14.9%
Q4 2016-2.0%-4.0%-4.0%
Q3 2016-4.6%-2.4%+0.2%
Q2 2016+1.4%+3.9%+2.1%
Q1 2016-0.2%
Q4 2015+6.3%
Q3 2015+2.5%
Q2 2015+6.3%
Q1 2015-4.2%
Q4 2014-6.9%

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