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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

Total Revenue

$84.9M

Previous: $73.5M+15.6%
EPS

$0.57

Previous: $0.48+18.7%
Gross Fundings

$605M

Previous: $476M+27.1%
Available Liquidity

$498M

Previous: $553M-9.9%
Net GAAP Leverage

91.0%

Previous: 110.9%-17.9%
Net Regulatory Leverage

81.7%

Previous: 99.2%-17.6%
Capital Expenditures

-$292K

No prior period
Net Income

$91M

Previous: $94.6M-3.8%
Operating Income

$39.7M

Previous: $31.2M+27.2%
Gross Profit

$84.9M

Previous: $73.5M+15.6%
Cash & Equivalents

$50.2M

Previous: $71.1M-29.5%
Total Assets

$3.7B

Previous: $3.25B+13.7%
Stock-Based Comp

$2.81M

Previous: $2.85M-1.4%

Revenue & EPS history

Hercules Capital · Revenue · Quarterly

$84.9M

Q1 2024+15.6%vs Q1 2023
Beat estimate in 3 of 13 quarters(23%)
ActualEstimate

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

Historical avgQ1 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

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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