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Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE:HTGC ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 1, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Michael Hara - Managing Director, Investor Relations Scott Bluestein - Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer Seth Meyer - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Crispin Love - Piper Sandler Casey Alexander - Compass Point Research Christopher Nolan - Ladenburg Thalmann Douglas Harter - UBS Finian O'Shea - Wells Fargo Securities Paul Johnson - KBW Operator Good day, everyone, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to Hercules Capital Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Conference Call.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Hercules Capital (HTGC) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Hercules Capital (HTGC) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.51 per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This compares to earnings of $0.53 per share a year ago.

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC) (“Hercules” or the “Company”), the largest and leading specialty financing provider to innovative venture, growth and established stage companies backed by some of the leading and top-tier venture capital and select private equity firms, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024. The earnings release can be accessed at Hercules' Investor Relations website at https://investor.htgc.com/f.

Hercules Capital (HTGC) is expected to have recorded a y/y increase in revenues in the second quarter of 2024.

The BDC sector has outperformed the REIT sector over the past two years. With interest rate cuts anticipated in September, some BDCs have already seen a slight pullback in share price. Hercules Capital and Trinity Capital are top-tier BDCs to consider buying on a potential pullback due to their strong performance and conservative financial management. Despite the potential decline in BDC sector valuations, Hercules Capital and Trinity Capital offer strong growth potential and should be considered for portfolio diversification.

Evaluate the expected performance of Hercules Capital (HTGC) for the quarter ended June 2024, looking beyond the conventional Wall Street top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining some of its key metrics for better insight.

BDCs are managed portfolios of middle-market loans, with returns juiced with some modest amounts of leverage. This article examines HTGC's management fee alignment with shareholders, balance sheet leverage trends, and asset portfolio seniority & rate structures. Additionally, we examine credit quality & underwriting results, cost of leverage, and the diversification of HTGC's assets by industry.

Here is how Hercules Capital (HTGC) and Progressive (PGR) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.

This additional funding comes at an instrumental time for Pindrop as the company continues to innovate groundbreaking voice security and authentication solutions ATLANTA , July 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pindrop , a global leader in voice authentication and security, today announced it has secured $100 million in debt financing from Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC). This significant funding will enable Pindrop to further develop its cutting-edge audio, voice, and AI technologies, enhancing its offerings for customers in the banking, finance, contact center, insurance, utilities, healthcare, retail, and other industries.