Jim Cramer on Hercules Capital: "I Want You to Stay Away From These"

By Syeda Seirut Javed | March 08, 2026, 12:34 PM

Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE:HTGC) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer talked about. Answering a caller’s query regarding the stock, Cramer stated:

No, this is a business development company. We’ve disliked these for 21 years now… There was one today that we talked about with, that BlackRock did. I want you to stay away from these. You don’t know what’s in them, and it tends to be stuff that you would never buy.

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Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE:HTGC) is a business development company that provides venture debt, growth capital, and private equity to companies. We recently discussed the company while covering high-growth financial stocks. You can read it here.

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