HCXY
Hercules Capital, Inc.
There isn't enough reported data to score HCXY yet.
SOFI
SoFi Technologies, Inc.
SOFI's fundamentals are strong and it looks cheap: trading at 28x earnings, below its usual 43x. Analysts expect strong earnings growth.
HCXY Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
HCXY's profitability is currently healthy, but its revenue is under pressure. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like HCXY.
SOFI Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Healthy | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
SOFI's revenue and profitability are currently healthy. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like SOFI.
HCXY PE Valuation
HCXY has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
SOFI PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 19x | $15.63 | — |
| Current | 28x | $15.63 | — |
| Cheap | 33x | $18.24 | +17% |
| Fair | 43x | $23.82 | +52% |
| Expensive | 53x | $29.74 | +90% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
SOFI's PE is in its cheap range at 28x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 19x next year's earnings.
HCXY Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Stable | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect HCXY's revenue to grow, but its profitability to weaken.
SOFI Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
SOFI has the edge over HCXY on the outlook, with more favorable earnings and profitability expectations.
HCXY Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.88 | +9.3% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.03 | +34% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.79 | +35% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.85 | +15% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.72 | -15% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.51 | -16% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.33 | -40% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.61 | -30% |
HCXY's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $1.88 over the past year, against $2.89 in mid-2021.
SOFI Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.82 | +47% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.56 | 0% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.49 | -2% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.45 | +4.7% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.39 | 0% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.56 | +367% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.50 | +$0.72 |
| Q1 2025 | $0.43 | +$0.72 |
| Q4 2024 | $0.39 | +$0.75 |
SOFI has the edge over HCXY on earnings, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
HCXY Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $87.4M | +52% |
| Q2 2022 | $21.7M | -81% |
| Q1 2022 | $29.7M | -70% |
| Q4 2021 | $40.2M | -78% |
| Q3 2021 | $57.4M | -23% |
| Q2 2021 | $115.3M | +23% |
| Q1 2021 | $98.4M | +2179% |
| Q4 2020 | $184.3M | +145% |
HCXY has the stronger quarterly revenue trend. Revenue is up 52% for HCXY versus up 44% for SOFI.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 61% | +20 points |
| Q2 2022 | -48% | -119 points |
| Q1 2022 | -11% | -77 points |
| Q4 2021 | 9.2% | -73 points |
| Q3 2021 | 41% | -17 points |
| Q2 2021 | 72% | +6.1 points |
| Q1 2021 | 65% | +731 points |
| Q4 2020 | 82% | +23 points |
HCXY's operating margin was 61% last quarter, up 20 points from the same quarter a year ago.
SOFI Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.4B | +44% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.2B | +43% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.1B | +43% |
| Q4 2025 | $1B | +40% |
| Q3 2025 | $961.6M | +38% |
| Q2 2025 | $854.9M | +43% |
| Q1 2025 | $771.8M | +20% |
| Q4 2024 | $734.1M | +19% |
SOFI's revenue has grown year over year every quarter since mid-2022: $1.4B last quarter, up 44% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 23% | +7.5 points |
| Q2 2026 | 17% | +3.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | 18% | +7.8 points |
| Q4 2025 | 18% | +9.9 points |
| Q3 2025 | 15% | +6.3 points |
| Q2 2025 | 13% | +11 points |
| Q1 2025 | 10% | -4.3 points |
| Q4 2024 | 8.2% | -0.2 points |
SOFI's operating margin was 23% last quarter, up 7.5 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2021.
HCXY Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$165.6M | -$162.4M |
| Q2 2026 | $297.9M | +$442.8M |
| Q1 2026 | -$230.7M | -$8.4M |
| Q4 2025 | -$55.6M | -$26.4M |
| Q3 2025 | -$3.2M | -103% |
| Q2 2025 | -$144.8M | -345% |
| Q1 2025 | -$222.2M | +$19M |
| Q4 2024 | -$29.2M | -122% |
HCXY has the edge over SOFI on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
SOFI Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$3.1B | -$1.7B |
| Q2 2026 | -$4B | -$2.5B |
| Q1 2026 | -$2.4B | -$2.4B |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.1B | -$815.2M |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.4B | -$149M |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.5B | -$1B |
| Q1 2025 | -$31.1M | -104% |
| Q4 2024 | -$242.4M | +$39.9M |
SOFI's free cash flow was −$10.5B over the past year, against −$3.2B the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like SOFI.
HCXY Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.3% | +501K shares |
| 1 year | +2.9% | +5.7M shares |
| 3 years | +36% | +53M shares |
| 5 years | +72% | +83.8M shares |
| Available history | +89% | +94M shares |
HCXY has the edge over SOFI on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $693,000 |
| Q2 2026 | $819,000 |
| Q1 2026 | $3.4M |
| Q4 2025 | $1M |
| Q3 2025 | $974,000 |
| Q2 2025 | $1M |
| Q1 2025 | $3.5M |
| Q4 2024 | $1M |
HCXY spent $6M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 9.3% from the year before.
SOFI Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.4% | +5.8M shares |
| 1 year | +5.2% | +66.8M shares |
| 3 years | +43% | +407M shares |
| 5 years | +272% | +993M shares |
SOFI has 1.4B diluted shares, up 5.2% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | — |
| Q3 2022 | — |
| Q2 2022 | — |
| Q1 2022 | — |
| Q4 2021 | — |
| Q3 2021 | — |
HCXY Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 33.8x | High |
| Q2 2022 | 100.4x | High |
| Q1 2022 | 11.9x | High |
| Q4 2021 | 6.4x | High |
| Q3 2021 | 3.7x | Elevated |
| Q2 2021 | 3.4x | Elevated |
| Q1 2021 | 3.6x | Elevated |
| Q4 2020 | 4.8x | High |
HCXY's net debt is more than 20 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 3.7 years a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like HCXY.
SOFI Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -2.4x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -3.1x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -3.8x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -6.5x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -5.2x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -4.0x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -4.9x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -5.8x | Net Cash |
SOFI has more cash than debt. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like SOFI.
HCXY Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 36.5 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 36.7 | Neutral |
HCXY's weekly RSI is 36 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 37 (neutral).
SOFI Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 43.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 41.5 | Neutral |
SOFI's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 41 (neutral).
HCXY PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | HCXY | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 13x | 13x | 1.8% below |
| PE % | 44 | 63 | 19 pts below |
HCXY has the edge over SOFI on valuation relative to its sector.
SOFI PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | SOFI | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 28x | 13x | 114% above |
| PE % | 2 | 61 | 59 pts below |
SOFI is trading at 28x earnings, a 114% premium to the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
HCXY Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $24.4 | 0.8% below |
| 20 week MA | $24.7 | 2.2% below |
| 50 week MA | $25.0 | 3.2% below |
| 100 week MA | $25.0 | 3.4% below |
| 200 week MA | $24.8 | 2.7% below |
HCXY is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 2.7% below its 200-week average.
SOFI Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $15.7 | 0.7% below |
| 20 week MA | $17.0 | 7.8% below |
| 50 week MA | $18.9 | 17% below |
| 100 week MA | $18.9 | 17% below |
| 200 week MA | $13.5 | 16% above |
SOFI has the edge over HCXY on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
HCXY Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $26.3 | $26.8 | +2% |
| 2021 | $26.8 | $26.4 | -1.5% |
| 2022 | $26.4 | $23.9 | -9.7% |
| 2023 | $23.9 | $25.3 | +5.9% |
| 2024 | $25.3 | $24.9 | -1.2% |
| 2025 | $24.9 | $25.3 | +1.5% |
| 2026 YTD | $25.3 | $24.2 | -4.5% |
HCXY has the edge over SOFI on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
SOFI Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $10.4 | $12.4 | +19% |
| 2021 | $12.4 | $15.1 | +22% |
| 2022 | $15.1 | $4.61 | -69% |
| 2023 | $4.61 | $9.95 | +116% |
| 2024 | $9.95 | $16.0 | +61% |
| 2025 | $16.0 | $27.1 | +69% |
| 2026 YTD | $27.1 | $15.6 | -42% |
SOFI's yearly returns have swung widely, from +116% in 2023 to −69% in 2022. It's down 42% so far in 2026.