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Robert P Badavas bought $31k of HTGC

director at Hercules Capital, Inc.. 1,799 shares at an average of $17.49, traded May 8, 2025, filed May 9, 2025.

Conviction score
55
Value
$31k
1,799 shares
Holdings after
6,033
+42% from before
From 52-week low
+8%
low $13.74, close $14.88
From 52-week high
-18%
high $18.20, as of May 8, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $31k at market
    +5
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 42%
    +6
  • Price context
    8% above the 52-week low; 18% below the 52-week high
    +14
  • Cluster
    6 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

HTGCOct 9, 2026 · close 16.51
Since filing May 9, 2025: +11.6%SPY +40.2% · excess -28.6%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001562180-25-003691, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 8, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock
+1,799$17.49$31k6,033May 9, 2025
May 8, 2025DDisposition to issuer
Common Stock
-1,411$0.00$04,622May 9, 2025
May 8, 2025AGrant or award
Common Stockindirect: By Trust
+1,411$0.00$0108,863May 9, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Hercules Capital, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
15Weak
HTGCbuy
Hercules Capital, Inc.
Christian Follmann
Chief Operating Officer
$7,043
395 shares
+0%
20Weak
HTGCsell
Hercules Capital, Inc.
Christian Follmann
Chief Operating Officer
$7,043
395 shares
-0%
64Notable
HTGCbuy 6
Hercules Capital, Inc.
DeAnne Aguirre
director
$105k
5,999 shares
+80%
57Moderate
HTGCbuy 6
Hercules Capital, Inc.
Gayle A Crowell
director
$105k
5,999 shares
+9%
57Moderate
HTGCbuy 6
Hercules Capital, Inc.
Thomas J Fallon
director
$105k
5,976 shares
+6%
64Notable
HTGCbuy 6
Hercules Capital, Inc.
Wade Loo
director
$105k
5,999 shares
+84%
64Notable
HTGCbuy 6
Hercules Capital, Inc.
Nikos Theodosopoulos
director
$105k
5,999 shares
+101%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Robert P Badavas bought $31k of HTGC | InsiderTell