Hercules Capital: Big Commitments, Big Premium And Big Software Risk (Archive)
Hercules combines record growth with rich valuation and concentrated, potentially fragile software exposure.
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Elevator Pitch
- Hercules Capital shows record new debt and equity commitments, supporting continued portfolio growth and higher net interest margin dollars.
- Rising odds of Fed rate cuts create a net income headwind, but Hercules has reduced its portfolio’s sensitivity to interest rate changes.
- Hercules has about 35% portfolio exposure to software, which faces potential AI disruption and could pressure NAV and credit quality.
- Hercules trades at a trough-level discount to BDC peers on a 1-yr fwd PE basis while simultaneously commanding a roughly 29% premium to NAV.
- Hercules shares are trapped in a wide monthly trading range, with strong support and resistance keeping prices largely range-bound for now.
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