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Hercules Capital Inc · Q3 2020 earnings

Q3 2020 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported strong Q3 2020 financial results with net investment income providing 106% coverage of base distribution payout and record Q3 new debt and equity commitments and total fundings. Maintained strong liquidity.

Hercules Capital announced strong Q3 2020 results, featuring record debt and equity commitments of $514.3 million and total fundings of $265.5 million. NII provided 106% coverage of the base distribution payout, and the company declared a $0.02 supplemental distribution. Available liquidity remained strong at $465.1 million.

  • Net Investment Income (NII) of $38.7 million, or $0.34 per share.
  • Record Q3 new debt and equity commitments of $514.3 million, an increase of 113.1% year-over-year.
  • Record Q3 total gross fundings of $265.5 million, an increase of 50.0% year-over-year.
  • $465.1 million of available liquidity.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$70.3M

Previous: $69.2M+1.6%
EPS (adj)

$0.34

Previous: $0.39-12.8%
Gross Fundings

$266M

Previous: $0.00
Available Liquidity

$465M

No prior period
Net GAAP Leverage

111.4%

No prior period
Net Regulatory Leverage

102.9%

No prior period
Net Income

$38.7M

No prior period
Operating Income

$38.7M

No prior period
Cash & Equivalents

$27.6M

No prior period

Revenue & EPS history

Hercules Capital · Revenue · Quarterly

$70.3M

Q3 2020+1.6%vs Q3 2019
Beat estimate in 9 of 16 quarters(56%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Hercules Capital will continue to vigilantly monitor its portfolio companies and their future liquidity needs as they address the economic uncertainty associated with the ongoing global health pandemic. With strong liquidity and conservative leverage, they are well positioned to help our management teams through this period of volatility and believe they will enter 2021 in a position of relative strength.

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 Q3 2020

Historical avgQ3 2020

+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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