All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

HTGC: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

HTGC real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, HTGC returned −7.71% over the past year and −15.40% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 9, 2005, HTGC is up +495.23% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.86%/yr, and is currently −20.43% below its real total-return high on Feb. 19, 2025.

Data ending Fri Jun. 12, 2026

Thu 2005-06-09💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
HTGC
×
−15.40%
2026-06-12
−7.71%
2026-06-12
Hercules Capital, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Returns

Thu 2005-06-09💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
HTGC
×
+495.23%
+8.86%/yr
+10.93%/yr
(R2=0.929)
Hercules Capital, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2005-06-09💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Start
Value
End
Value
HTGC
×
$10,000.00
2005-06-09
$59,523.41
2026-06-12
Hercules Capital, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Annual Returns

Year HTGC
2026 (YTD) −15.40%
2025 +2.02%
2024 +30.13%
2023 +38.28%
2022 −15.00%
2021 +17.71%
2020 +13.58%
2019 +36.74%
2018 −8.60%
2017 −0.25%
2016 +25.24%
2015 −10.19%
2014 −2.33%
2013 +56.91%
2012 +26.61%
2011 −3.21%
2010 +6.52%
2009 +52.57%
2008 −26.80%
2007 −8.28%
2006 +28.12%
2005 −8.39%

Drawdowns

Thu 2005-06-09💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
HTGC
×
−20.43%
from 2025-02-19 peak
−68.99%
2009-03-05
from 2007-05-23 peak
Hercules Capital, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-06-12 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
HTGC
×
−7.71% −8.58%
−4.39%/yr
+32.06%
+9.71%/yr
+27.17%
+4.92%/yr
+165.49%
+10.26%/yr
Hercules Capital, Inc. NYSE Common Stock