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 +6.97% over the past year and −7.76% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 9, 2005, HTGC is up +546.35% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.14%/yr, and is currently −13.59% below its real total-return high on Feb. 19, 2025.

Data ending Mon Oct. 12, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 2005-06-09💬 to Mon 2026-10-12 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
HTGC
×
+546.35%
+9.14%/yr
+10.91%/yr
R2=0.931
Hercules Capital, Inc. NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 2005-06-09💬 to Mon 2026-10-12 Start
Value
End
Value
HTGC
×
$10,000.00
2005-06-09
$64,634.90
2026-10-12

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-12

  YTD YoY
HTGC
×
−7.76% +6.97%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
HTGC
×
−13.59%
on 2026-10-12
from 2025-02-19 peak
−68.99%
on 2009-03-05
from 2007-05-23 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-10-12 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
HTGC
×
+6.97% −1.75%
−0.88%/yr
+29.39%
+8.97%/yr
+40.17%
+6.99%/yr
+155.29%
+9.83%/yr

Annual Returns

Year HTGC
2026 (YTD) −7.76%
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%