Hercules Capital, Inc. Reports Earnings Results for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2022
May 05, 2022 at 04:28 pm EDT
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Hercules Capital, Inc. reported earnings results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. For the first quarter, the company reported revenue was USD 65.16 million compared to USD 68.76 million a year ago. Net loss was USD 3.34 million compared to net income of USD 64.16 million a year ago. Basic loss per share from continuing operations was USD 0.03 compared to basic earnings per share from continuing operations of USD 0.56 a year ago. Diluted loss per share from continuing operations was USD 0.03 compared to diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of USD 0.55 a year ago.
Hercules Capital, Inc. is a specialty finance company. The Company is focused on providing financing solutions to venture capital-backed and institutional-backed companies in a variety of technology, life sciences and sustainable and renewable technology industries. It is structured as an internally managed, non-diversified, closed-end investment company. Its business objectives are to increase its net income, net investment income, and net asset value (NAV) through its investments in primarily Structured Debt or senior secured debt instruments of venture capital-backed and institutional-backed companies across a variety of technology related industries at attractive yields. It invests in a range of companies active in the technology industry sub-sectors characterized by products or services that require advanced technologies, including, computer software and hardware, networking systems, semiconductors, semiconductor capital equipment, information technology infrastructure and others.