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Hercules Capital Inc. drawdown: 24.6% below the all-time high (price)

Hercules Capital Inc. is 24.6% below its all-time high, set Feb 19, 2025 (as of market close, Oct 27, 2026), measured on price alone — dividends are not included, the convention headlines and crash histories use. The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.

Below all-time high
−24.6%
75.4% of ATH
All-time high
$22
Feb 19, 2025
Time below the high
1.7 yrs
since Feb 19, 2025
Worst-ever drawdown
−75.9%
Mar 5, 2009
Longest underwater
7.4 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
Nov 11, 2013
13.0 yrs ago
Last time this deep
Jun 26, 2023
in a previous episode

% of all-time high since 2005: price#

The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.

Basis
Range
All-time high = 100%40%60%80%
HTGC close · log5.0010.0020.00
2010201520202025

The deepest drawdowns on record#

Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
May 7, 2007Mar 5, 2009−75.9%1.8 yrsAug 6, 20136.3 yrs
Nov 27, 2013Apr 3, 2020−61.1%6.3 yrsApr 21, 20217.4 yrs
Apr 20, 2022Sep 29, 2022−39.5%5 moApr 24, 20242.0 yrs
Feb 19, 2025Mar 27, 2026−36.9%13 monot yet1.7 yrs+
Aug 15, 2005Oct 12, 2005−27.9%58 daysDec 28, 200616 mo
Jul 30, 2024Aug 5, 2024−18.3%6 daysFeb 18, 20257 mo

Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.

Drawdown vs what came next#

One dot per month since 2005: how far Hercules Capital Inc. stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.

1950–19992000–today

Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.

FAQ#

How far is Hercules Capital Inc. from its all-time high?
Hercules Capital Inc. is currently 24.6% below its all-time high, set Feb 19, 2025 (as of market close, Oct 27, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
What was the biggest Hercules Capital Inc. drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2005) took Hercules Capital Inc. 75.9% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 5, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from HTGC; no free deep history exists for Hercules Capital Inc. — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.

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