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Hercules Capital Inc · Q4 2023 earnings

Q4 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Hercules Capital reported record total investment income and net investment income for Q4 2023, with total investment income up by 22.4% and net investment income up by 38.5% year-over-year.

Hercules Capital reported record financial performance for Q4 2023, with significant increases in total investment income and net investment income. The company also announced a new supplemental cash distribution for 2024.

  • Record total investment income of $122.6 million, an increase of 22.4% year-over-year.
  • Record net investment income (NII) of $86.0 million, or $0.56 per share, an increase of 38.5% year-over-year.
  • Total gross debt and equity commitments of $413.9 million.
  • Available liquidity of $743.9 million.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$125M

Previous: $100M+25.2%
EPS (adj)

$0.56

Previous: $0.47+19.1%
Gross Fundings

$307M

Previous: $367M-16.4%
Available Liquidity

$744M

Previous: $607M+22.6%
Net GAAP Leverage

81.6%

Previous: 112.6%-27.5%
Net Regulatory Leverage

71.9%

Previous: 100.1%-28.2%
Capital Expenditures

-$497K

No prior period
Net Income

$120M

Previous: $62.1M+93.4%
Operating Income

$86M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$3.07M

Previous: $2.5M+23.0%

Revenue & EPS history

Hercules Capital · Revenue · Quarterly

$125M

Q4 2023+25.2%vs Q4 2022
Beat estimate in 3 of 13 quarters(23%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Hercules Capital is competitively well positioned to continue growing its platform and delivering shareholder returns, maintaining its base cash distribution and declaring a new supplemental cash distribution program for 2024.

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 Q4 2023

Historical avgQ4 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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