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Hercules Capital, Inc. — See your real returns after distributions and NAV changes. Real yield: -1.0% (headline: 12.6%).

Price$15.53
Headline Yield12.6%
Real Yield-1.0%
NAV Change (1Y)-12.0%
HTGC Total Return Analyzer

Your REAL Return

-1.2%

$-118.71

Distributions Received

$1,102.32

4 payments

NAV Change

-12.2%

$-1,221.03

Current Value

$9,881.29

565.29 shares @ $15.53

Yield Reality Check

Headline yield vs actual yield after NAV change

Headline

12.6%

Real

-1.2%

Distributions vs NAV — HTGC

Blue = share value, green bars = cumulative distributions, green line = total value, dashed = original investment.

Annualized total return: -1.2% over 12 months

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What does the HTGC total return include?

HTGC total return combines two components: the cumulative distributions you received from HTGC over the holding period, and the change in NAV (share price) across the same window. Many high-yield funds advertise distribution rates that look spectacular in isolation but mask meaningful NAV erosion. The analyzer above shows exactly how much of your HTGC return came from distributions versus price change — a 50% annualized distribution rate paired with a 30% NAV decline is a very different investment than a 50% distribution with flat NAV.

Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC) is issued by Hercules Capital. BDC providing venture lending to technology companies. Quarterly dividends plus supplementals. That strategy directly shapes the gap between headline yield and real yield: option-premium and covered-call funds tend to show large gaps, while traditional dividend ETFs and index funds usually show small ones.

For the detail behind each payment, see the HTGC dividend history. To project how future HTGC distributions compound under DRIP, open the HTGC dividend calculator.