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Hecla Mining Co (NYSE: HL) closed the day trading at $7.67 up 1.59% from the previous closing price of $7.55. In other words, the price has increased by $1.59 from its previous closing price. On the day, 17.52 million shares were traded. HL stock price reached its highest trading level at $7.77 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $7.6.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of HL, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 17.33 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 56.23. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.99 and its Current Ratio is at 2.67. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.25 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.23.
ROTH MKM Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on October 13, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $4 to $4.40.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 05 ’25 when Absolom Stuart Maurice sold 18,926 shares for $6.66 per share. The transaction valued at 126,047 led to the insider holds 59,410 shares of the business.
Boggs Catherine J bought 20,000 shares of HL for $99,786 on May 07 ’25. The Director now owns 348,169 shares after completing the transaction at $4.99 per share. On May 07 ’25, another insider, Boggs Catherine J, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 100,000 shares for $1.00 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 5138777088 and an Enterprise Value of 5348990976. As of this moment, Hecla’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 49.01, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 17.48. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.08. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.85 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.20. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.046 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.061.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HL is 1.28, which has changed by 0.46653914 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18157876 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HL has reached a high of $7.68, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $4.46. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 25.33%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 35.04%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, HL traded about 21.36M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, HL traded about 25081810 shares per day. A total of 663.07M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 620.27M. Insiders hold about 7.42% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 61.71% stake in the company. Shares short for HL as of 1753920000 were 24111889 with a Short Ratio of 1.13, compared to 1751241600 on 28309794. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 24111889 and a Short% of Float of 4.0700004.
Dividends & Splits
HL’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.04, up from 0.025 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0033112583The 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 2025-05-23 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-22. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1981-03-25 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The market rating of Hecla Mining Co (HL) is currently shaped by the ongoing analysis conducted by 4.0 analysts closely monitoring its performance.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.07, with high estimates of $0.09 and low estimates of $0.06.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.37 and $0.23 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.28. EPS for the following year is $0.47, with 7.0 analysts recommending between $0.62 and $0.35.
Revenue Estimates
1 analysts predict $292.7M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $292.7M to a low estimate of $292.7M. As of the current estimate, Hecla Mining Co’s year-ago sales were $245.09MFor the next quarter, 1 analysts are estimating revenue of $259.6M. There is a high estimate of $259.6M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $259.6M.
A total of 6 analysts have provided revenue estimates for HL’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.13B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.06B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.11B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $929.92MBased on 7 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.16B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.47B and the low estimate is $935.3M.