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Hercules Capital Inc · Q2 2023 earnings

Q2 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Hercules Capital reported record total investment income and net investment income, driven by a higher weighted average debt investment portfolio and increased core yields.

Hercules Capital reported record Q2 2023 total investment income of $116.2 million, a 61.2% increase year-over-year, and record net investment income (NII) of $75.7 million, or $0.53 per share, an 88.6% increase year-over-year. The company's board approved an increase in the quarterly base distribution to $0.40 per share, along with a supplemental distribution of $0.08 per share.

  • Record Total Investment Income of $116.2 million, an increase of 61.2% year-over-year.
  • Record NII of $75.7 million, or $0.53 per share, an increase of 88.6% year-over-year.
  • Total gross debt and equity commitments of $541.5 million.
  • Available liquidity of $670.7 million.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$83.2M

Previous: $72.1M+15.3%
EPS (adj)

$0.53

Previous: $0.32+65.6%
Gross Fundings

$359M

Previous: $439M-18.3%
Available Liquidity

$671M

Previous: $780M-14.0%
Net GAAP Leverage

97.4%

Previous: 105.8%-7.9%
Net Regulatory Leverage

86.4%

Previous: 92.7%-6.8%
Net Income

$94.8M

Previous: -$10.3M+1018.5%
Operating Income

$40.2M

Previous: $40.1M+0.2%
Gross Profit

$83.2M

No prior period
Cash & Equivalents

$61.7M

Previous: $115M-46.5%
Total Assets

$3.22B

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$3M

Previous: $2.72M+10.2%

Revenue & EPS history

Hercules Capital · Revenue · Quarterly

$83.2M

Q2 2023+15.3%vs Q2 2022
Beat estimate in 3 of 13 quarters(23%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Hercules Capital remains optimistic about its business opportunities and will continue to approach the second half of 2023 with a commitment to prudent underwriting, maintaining a strong and diversified balance sheet and liquidity position, and careful monitoring of its portfolio.

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 Q2 2023

Historical avgQ2 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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