All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
HTGC real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, HTGC returned −7.43% over the past year and −13.08% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 9, 2005, HTGC is up +511.55% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.98%/yr, and is currently −18.25% below its real total-return high on Feb. 19, 2025.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Thu 2005-06-09💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTGC × |
−13.08%
2026-07-02 |
−7.43%
2026-07-02 |
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| Hercules Capital, Inc. NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Thu 2005-06-09💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTGC × |
+511.55%
+8.98%/yr |
+10.92%/yr
(R2=0.929) |
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| Hercules Capital, Inc. NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Thu 2005-06-09💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTGC × |
$10,000.00
2005-06-09 |
$61,154.77
2026-07-02 |
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| Hercules Capital, Inc. NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | HTGC |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −13.08% |
| 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% |
| Thu 2005-06-09💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTGC × |
−18.25%
from 2025-02-19 peak |
−68.99%
2009-03-05 from 2007-05-23 peak |
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| Hercules Capital, Inc. NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTGC × | −7.43% |
−10.68% −5.49%/yr |
+37.14% +11.10%/yr |
+33.06% +5.88%/yr |
+168.50% +10.38%/yr |
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| Hercules Capital, Inc. NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
