Ratios in Focus: Analyzing Hecla Mining Co (HL)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

Abby Carey

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In the latest session, Hecla Mining Co (NYSE: HL) closed at $17.0 up 7.26% from its previous closing price of $15.85. In other words, the price has increased by $7.26 from its previous closing price. On the day, 16.81 million shares were traded. HL stock price reached its highest trading level at $17.2754 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $15.95.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Hecla Mining Co’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 85.07 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 62.51. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.51 and its Current Ratio is at 2.15. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.12 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.11.

On October 03, 2025, Roth Capital Downgraded its rating to Sell which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $8.75.

Roth Capital Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on July 01, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $6.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 10 ’25 when Lawlar Russell Douglas sold 148,372 shares for $15.00 per share. The transaction valued at 2,225,580 led to the insider holds 347,402 shares of the business.

Lawlar Russell Douglas sold 18,535 shares of HL for $278,396 on Nov 10 ’25. The Sr. VP & CFO now owns 0 shares after completing the transaction at $15.02 per share. On Sep 22 ’25, another insider, Lawlar Russell Douglas, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 148,500 shares for $11.02 each.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, HL now has a Market Capitalization of 11391677440 and an Enterprise Value of 11524591616. As of this moment, Hecla’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 55.99, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 24.22. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.28. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 9.30 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.65. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 9.411 whereas that against EBITDA is 21.15.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for HL is 1.30, which has changed by 1.7094016 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12529528 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HL has reached a high of $18.12, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $4.46. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 21.48%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 102.10%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, HL has traded an average of 22.54M shares per day and 17355850 over the past ten days. A total of 670.23M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 661.39M. Insiders hold about 1.30% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 77.77% stake in the company. Shares short for HL as of 1763078400 were 26628408 with a Short Ratio of 1.18, compared to 1760486400 on 30394910. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 26628408 and a Short% of Float of 4.44.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for HL is 0.02, from 0.004 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.00025236595. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.52. The current Payout Ratio is 70.67% for HL, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-11-24 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-11-24. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1981-03-25 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

The company has 3.0 analysts who recommend its stock at the moment. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.2, with high estimates of $0.22 and low estimates of $0.19.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.42 and $0.3 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.36. EPS for the following year is $0.73, with 8.0 analysts recommending between $0.98 and $0.48.

Revenue Estimates

A total of 2 analysts believe the company’s revenue will be $343.8M this quarter.It ranges from a high estimate of $351.6M to a low estimate of $336M. As of. The current estimate, Hecla Mining Co’s year-ago sales were $249.66MFor the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $276.2M. There is a high estimate of $276.2M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $276.2M.

A total of 6 analysts have provided revenue estimates for HL’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.4B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.28B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.33B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $929.92MBased on 6 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.43B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.69B and the low estimate is $1.04B.

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