NYSE$HTGC
Hercules Capital Inc · Q1 2024 earnings
Q1 2024 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Hercules Capital reported record Q1 2024 total gross debt and equity commitments and total gross fundings, increased total investment income and net investment income, maintained conservative balance sheet management, and had a significant undistributed earnings spillover.
Hercules Capital reported a strong start to 2024 with record Q1 commitments of $956.0 million and fundings of $605.2 million. Net investment income was $79.2 million, or $0.50 per share, providing 125% coverage of the base distribution. The company's net debt portfolio grew by $325.3 million, and undistributed earnings spillover increased to $142.7 million.
- Total gross debt and equity commitments reached a record $956.0 million, an 81.7% increase year-over-year.
- Total gross fundings also hit a record of $605.2 million, a 27.1% increase year-over-year.
- Net investment income (NII) increased to $79.2 million, or $0.50 per share, a 20.9% increase year-over-year, providing 125% coverage of the base cash distribution.
- The company maintained a conservative balance sheet with net GAAP leverage of 91.0% and net regulatory leverage of 81.7%.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Hercules Capital · Revenue · Quarterly
$84.9M
Forward guidance
After closing $956.0 million in new debt and equity commitments in Q1 2024, Hercules has pending commitments of $308.5 million in signed non-binding term sheets outstanding as of April 30, 2024. Since the close of Q1 2024 and as of April 30, 2024 Hercules has closed new gross debt and equity commitments (before assignments to or direct originations by the Adviser Funds) of $117.3 million and funded $52.3 million.
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 2024
+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
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (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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