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 −5.75% over the past year and −5.03% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 9, 2005, HTGC is up +565.49% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.36%/yr, and is currently −11.04% below its real total-return high on Feb. 19, 2025.

Data ending Thu Aug. 13, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2005-06-09💬 to Thu 2026-08-13 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
HTGC
×
+565.49%
+9.36%/yr
+10.91%/yr
R2=0.930
Hercules Capital, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 2005-06-09💬 to Thu 2026-08-13 Start
Value
End
Value
HTGC
×
$10,000.00
2005-06-09
$66,548.93
2026-08-13

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-13

  YTD YoY
HTGC
×
−5.03% −5.75%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
HTGC
×
−11.04%
on 2026-08-13
from 2025-02-19 peak
−68.99%
on 2009-03-05
from 2007-05-23 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-08-13 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
HTGC
×
−5.75% +10.54%
+5.14%/yr
+29.23%
+8.92%/yr
+42.88%
+7.40%/yr
+158.69%
+9.97%/yr

Annual Returns

Year HTGC
2026 (YTD) −5.03%
2025 +1.61%
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 +6.51%
2009 +52.57%
2008 −26.80%
2007 −8.27%
2006 +28.12%
2005 −8.39%