Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) reported quarterly earnings of $0.48 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.46 by 4.35 percent. This is a 6.67 percent increase over earnings of $0.45 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $141.536 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $141.111 million by 0.30 percent. This is a 18.44 percent increase over sales of $119.500 million the same period last year.