HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) Share Price Crosses Above 200-Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Posted by Casey Walker on Aug 29th, 2026

HgCapital Trust plc (LON:HGT – Get Free Report)’s share price crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 390.87 and traded as high as GBX 435. HgCapital Trust shares last traded at GBX 431, with a volume of 643,598 shares changing hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group reiterated an “underperform” rating on shares of HgCapital Trust in a research note on Tuesday, June 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Sell”.

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HgCapital Trust Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of £2.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.50 and a beta of 0.43. The firm’s fifty day moving average is GBX 393.66 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 391.22.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Jim Strang acquired 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 30th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 384 per share, for a total transaction of £19,200. 0.20% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

HgCapital Trust Company Profile

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HgT provides investors with a unique opportunity to participate in the growth in value of a portfolio of +58 private companies sourced by Hg. Value is created through implementing an investment strategy focused on software and business service companies with resilient, recurring revenue streams and from leveraging the network and expertise of Hg to support management teams to deliver the full potential of their respective businesses.
Hg brings to HgT an experienced team of c.430 employees, including >250 investment and other professional executives, supported by a network of portfolio partners, all of them seasoned senior managers from across industry, who work with the management teams of the companies in which we are invested to create value for shareholders.
At the centre of this network, Hg builds and shares knowledge and expertise by facilitating the active collaboration of management teams across sector clusters and geographies.
HgT’s funds are invested pro rata alongside those of Hg’s other institutional clients.