HTGCHercules Capital, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: rangebound and moderately shorted.
Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Oversold (RSI 28). Price is +3% vs its 200-day average.
Moderately shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, more than a week of normal trading to cover, a crowded exit.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How HTGC is trading
Hercules Capital, Inc. is −7.6% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 26 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- +2.7%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
- RSI (14)
- 28
RSI (14) · oversold, sold harder than it has been bought
- Below its 52-week high
- 7.8%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $16.51
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- −5.1%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- −7.6%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- +70%
- vs 50-day average$17.08
- −3.3%
- 52-week high
- $17.91
- 52-week low
- $13.48
- Annualised volatility
- 23%
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −6.7% |
| 2025 | +3.5% |
| 2024 | +33% |
| 2023 | +43% |
| 2022 | −9.5% |
| 2021 | +26% |
| 2020 | +15% |
| 2019 | +40% |
| 2018 | −6.9% |
| 2017 | +1.9% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 8 of 10 | +4.3% |
| Feb | 10 | 7 of 10 | +0.75% |
| Mar | 10 | 6 of 10 | −5.3% |
| Apr | 10 | 8 of 10 | +5.2% |
| May | 10 | 6 of 10 | +0.65% |
| Jun | 10 | 7 of 10 | +0.27% |
| Jul | 11 | 11 of 11 | +6.2% |
| Aug | 11 | 8 of 11 | +0.76% |
| Sep | 11 | 4 of 11 | −1.6% |
| Oct | 11 | 5 of 11 | +1.3% |
| Nov | 10 | 7 of 10 | +3.9% |
| Dec | 10 | 6 of 10 | +1.1% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
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