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HTGC Dividend History, Yield & Dates

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Financial ServicesAsset ManagementScore data as of Oct 21, 2026

HTGCHercules Capital, Inc.

Financial Services / Asset Management

Low Priority

In Line With Peers

NeutralEdge 4/10
$16.27−$0.01 (−0.06%)

Latest quote

  • Momentum
    35
  • Value
    49
  • Quality
    62
  • Risk resilience
    52
  • Sentiment
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algovestiq.comScore data as of Oct 21, 2026

HTGC Dividend answer

Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 11.56%, or $1.88 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 2.89%, from $0.47 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.47 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Aug 11, 2026. Payment date: Aug 18, 2026. Next dividend status: not announced.

HTGC Dividend Snapshot

Yield, latest payment, cadence, annual income, next ex-date, and payment history are emphasized for this income stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.

Special dividends paid in the trailing 12 months: $1.48 per share. These are excluded from the trailing yield and annual figures above, because a one-off payment is not recurring income.
History
47
dividends captured
Growth years
2
raw events; specials not isolated
Durability score
50/100
coverage and consistency proxy
Shareholder yield
2.97%
0.03% buyback yield

Next HTGC Dividend Date

When HTGC next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.

Next HTGC dividend

Not announced

HTGC's next dividend has not yet been announced. The latest completed dividend was $0.47 per share. Data last checked: Oct 10, 2026.

Ex-date
Unknown
unknown
Pay date
Aug 18, 2026
Frequency
quarterly

Latest HTGC Dividend Dates

Aug 11, 2026

Review the latest dividend, yield, available trailing-year income, and coverage context before treating income as durable.

Dividend yield
2.89%
Trailing 12-month dividend yield
2.89%
Regular TTM dividends / latest price; specials excluded
Forward dividend yield
11.56%
Latest dividend × 4 a year = $1.88 / latest price
Trailing annual dividend
$0.47
Complete trailing year
Latest dividend
$0.47
0.00% vs prior payment
Frequency
quarterly
Inferred from available dividend events
Ex-dividend date
Aug 11, 2026
Calendar endpoint
Payment date
Aug 18, 2026
Calendar endpoint
Next dividend
Not announced
Amount status independent from ex-date
Payout ratio
87.93%
Dividend as a share of earnings where available
FCF payout
1034.93%
Dividend as a share of free cash flow per share
FCF coverage
0.1x
Free cash flow per share divided by dividend

AIQ Dividend bridge

Quality62/100

Margins, returns, leverage, and cash conversion support dividend durability.

Value49/100

Yield is more useful when valuation context is not stretched.

Risk resilience52/100

Lower drawdown and balance-sheet risk can improve income dependability.

HTGC Dividend History

Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.

Dividend reliability

Active payer

Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.

Yield
2.89%
Current income rate
TTM trend
Trailing trend unavailable
Needs complete quarterly trailing-year window
FCF coverage
Not covered by FCF
0.1x
Payout ratio
87.93%
Earnings payout context
Recent dividend cadence
8 records
Nov 24
$0.48
Feb 25
$0.54
May 25
$0.54
Aug 25
$0.47
Nov 25
$0.54
Feb 26
$0.47
May 26
$0.47
Aug 26
$0.47

HTGC Annual Dividend History

2015 - 2026
12 plotted years

HTGC Dividend Growth

+4.50% 1Y
Latest increase +14.89%
Latest HTGC Dividend: Declaration, Ex-Date & Payment
Declared
Jul 27, 2026
Ex-date
Aug 11, 2026
Record
Aug 11, 2026
Paid
Aug 18, 2026

Latest row amount $0.47, event yield 11.70%.

Event field coverage
Declaration40/52
Record40/52
Payment40/52
Frequency40/52
History depth
52 rows
FMP dividend events via canonical L3
Data through
Aug 11, 2026
latest covered ex-date
Last checked
Oct 10, 2026
independent from event date
Date coverage
40/52 pay
40/52 record dates

This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.

Dividend growth

HTGC has no regular dividend recorded in 2020 or in 2025.

Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.

HTGC Dividend Yield

How HTGC's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.

Yield methodology

Trailing 12-month dividend yield

HTGC's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.

Trailing 12-month dividend yield
2.89%
Trailing 12-month dividends
$0.47

Dividend coverage

What HTGC's dividend is paid out of

Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.

Payout ratio
87.93%
FCF coverage
0.1x

Recent HTGC dividend payments

52 covered dividends
Showing latest 5 of 52 rows
Ex-dateDividendAdjustedYield at ex-dateFrequencyTTM adjustedDeclaredRecord datePayment date
Aug 11, 2026$0.47
$0.47
11.70%Quarterly$1.95Jul 27, 2026Aug 11, 2026Aug 18, 2026
May 14, 2026$0.47
$0.47
12.58%Special$1.95Apr 30, 2026May 14, 2026May 21, 2026
Feb 25, 2026$0.47
$0.47
13.37%Special$2.02Feb 10, 2026Feb 25, 2026Mar 4, 2026
Nov 12, 2025$0.54
$0.54
11.81%Special$2.09Oct 28, 2025Nov 12, 2025Nov 19, 2025
Aug 12, 2025$0.47
$0.47
10.55%Special$2.03Jul 29, 2025Aug 12, 2025Aug 19, 2025
Show older history+47 rows
May 13, 2025$0.54
$0.54
11.52%Special$2.04Apr 29, 2025May 13, 2025May 20, 2025
Feb 26, 2025$0.54
$0.54
9.99%Special$2.06Feb 11, 2025Feb 26, 2025Mar 5, 2025
Nov 13, 2024$0.48
$0.48
10.42%Special$2.00Oct 28, 2024Nov 13, 2024Nov 20, 2024
Aug 13, 2024$0.48
$0.48
13.84%Special$2.00Jul 30, 2024Aug 13, 2024Aug 20, 2024
May 13, 2024$0.56
$0.56
10.48%Special$2.00Apr 30, 2024May 14, 2024May 21, 2024
Feb 27, 2024$0.48
$0.48
10.49%Special$1.91Feb 13, 2024Feb 28, 2024Mar 6, 2024
Nov 14, 2023$0.48
$0.48
12.05%Special$1.90Oct 31, 2023Nov 15, 2023Nov 22, 2023
Aug 17, 2023$0.48
$0.48
11.82%Special$1.93Aug 1, 2023Aug 18, 2023Aug 25, 2023
May 15, 2023$0.47
$0.47
14.65%Special$1.95May 2, 2023May 16, 2023May 23, 2023
Mar 1, 2023$0.47
$0.47
16.04%Special$1.96Feb 14, 2023Mar 2, 2023Mar 9, 2023
Nov 9, 2022$0.51
$0.51
14.06%Special$1.97Oct 18, 2022Nov 10, 2022Nov 17, 2022
Aug 8, 2022$0.50
$0.50
12.20%Special$1.86Jul 26, 2022Aug 9, 2022Aug 16, 2022
May 16, 2022$0.48
$0.48
11.58%Special$1.75May 3, 2022May 17, 2022May 24, 2022
Mar 8, 2022$0.48
$0.48
9.76%Special$1.66Feb 22, 2022Mar 9, 2022Mar 16, 2022
Nov 9, 2021$0.40
$0.40
8.94%Special$1.55Oct 26, 2021Nov 10, 2021Nov 17, 2021
Aug 10, 2021$0.39
$0.39
8.69%Special$1.49Jul 27, 2021Aug 11, 2021Aug 18, 2021
May 11, 2021$0.39
$0.39
8.47%Special$1.42Apr 27, 2021May 12, 2021May 19, 2021
Mar 5, 2021$0.37
$0.37
8.76%Special$1.35Feb 22, 2021Mar 8, 2021Mar 15, 2021
Nov 6, 2020$0.34
$0.34
12.11%Special$1.38Oct 27, 2020Nov 9, 2020Nov 16, 2020
Aug 7, 2020$0.32
$0.32
11.95%Quarterly$1.39Jul 29, 2020Aug 10, 2020Aug 17, 2020
May 13, 2020$0.32
$0.32
14.20%Irregular$1.41May 1, 2020May 14, 2020May 21, 2020
Feb 28, 2020$0.40
$0.40
10.76%Special$1.42Feb 19, 2020Mar 2, 2020Mar 9, 2020
Nov 7, 2019$0.35
$0.35
9.60%Quarterly$1.33Oct 29, 2019Nov 11, 2019Nov 18, 2019
Aug 9, 2019$0.34
$0.34
10.19%Quarterly$1.31Aug 1, 2019Aug 12, 2019Aug 19, 2019
May 10, 2019$0.32
$0.33
9.55%Quarterly$1.28May 2, 2019May 13, 2019May 20, 2019
Mar 1, 2019$0.31
$0.31
9.40%Semi-Annual$1.26Feb 21, 2019Mar 4, 2019Mar 11, 2019
Nov 8, 2018$0.31
$0.33
10.21%Quarterly$1.26Nov 1, 2018Nov 12, 2018Nov 19, 2018
Aug 10, 2018$0.31
$0.31
9.23%Quarterly$1.24Aug 2, 2018Aug 13, 2018Aug 20, 2018
May 11, 2018$0.31
$0.31
9.93%Quarterly$1.24May 3, 2018May 14, 2018May 21, 2018
Mar 2, 2018$0.31
$0.31
10.34%Quarterly$1.23Feb 22, 2018Mar 5, 2018Mar 12, 2018
Nov 10, 2017$0.31
$0.31
9.10%Quarterly$1.23Nov 2, 2017Nov 13, 2017Nov 20, 2017
Aug 10, 2017$0.31
$0.31
9.61%Quarterly$1.23Aug 3, 2017Aug 14, 2017Aug 21, 2017
May 11, 2017$0.31
$0.3026
9.56%Quarterly$1.23May 5, 2017May 15, 2017May 22, 2017
Mar 2, 2017$0.31
$0.3026
8.38%Quarterly$1.23Feb 23, 2017Mar 6, 2017Mar 13, 2017
Nov 9, 2016$0.31
$0.31
9.35%Quarterly$1.24Nov 4, 2016Nov 14, 2016Nov 21, 2016
Aug 11, 2016$0.31
$0.31
——$1.24———
May 12, 2016$0.31
$0.31
——$1.24———
Mar 3, 2016$0.31
$0.31
——$1.24———
Nov 12, 2015$0.31
$0.31
——$1.24———
Aug 13, 2015$0.31
$0.31
——$1.24———
May 14, 2015$0.31
$0.31
——$1.24———
Mar 10, 2015$0.31
$0.31
——$1.24———
Nov 13, 2014$0.31
$0.31
——————
Aug 14, 2014$0.31
$0.31
——————
May 8, 2014$0.31
$0.31
——————
Mar 6, 2014$0.31
$0.31
——————
Nov 14, 2013$0.31
$0.31
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Dividend context
How to read HTGC's dividend profile

Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.

Yield needs coverage

A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.

Payment history matters

Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.

Payout ratio is context

A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.

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HTGC Dividends FAQ

Does HTGC pay a dividend?

Hercules Capital, Inc. (HTGC) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.47 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.

What is HTGC's dividend yield?

HTGC's trailing dividend yield is 2.89%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.

When is HTGC's next dividend?

HTGC's next dividend has not been announced in the current AlgovestIQ snapshot. The latest completed dividend row remains available in the history table when covered data exists.

When is HTGC's ex-dividend date?

HTGC's latest covered ex-dividend date is Aug 11, 2026. Future ex-dividend dates are shown only when announced or explicitly projected.

How has HTGC's dividend changed?

HTGC's one-year dividend growth is 4.50% based on comparable covered dividend history.