Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE: HL) closed the day trading at $5.03 up 2.44% from the previous closing price of $4.91. In other words, the price has increased by $+0.12 from its previous closing price. On the day, 9480067 shares were traded.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of HL, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.06 and its Current Ratio is at 1.65. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.34 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.34.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, ROTH MKM on October 13, 2023, Upgraded its rating to Buy and sets its target price to $4.40 from $4 previously.
On June 28, 2023, National Bank Financial started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $7.50.National Bank Financial initiated its Outperform rating on June 28, 2023, with a $7.50 target price.
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 Aug 22 ’23 when Johnson George R bought 8,500 shares for $4.07 per share. The transaction valued at 34,585 led to the insider holds 25,773 shares of the business.
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 3.14B and an Enterprise Value of 3.70B. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.37 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.53. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.14 whereas that against EBITDA is 29.85.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, HL has reached a high of $6.99, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $3.33. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.96, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 4.45.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, HL traded about 6.51M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, HL traded about 7.04M shares per day. A total of 599.08M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 580.93M. Insiders hold about 7.07% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 60.06% stake in the company. Shares short for HL as of Mar 15, 2024 were 19.16M with a Short Ratio of 2.95, compared to 13.91M on Feb 15, 2024. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3.07% and a Short% of Float of 3.10%.
Dividends & Splits
HL’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.01, up from 0.03 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.51%, it implies a Forward Annual Dividend Yield of 0.50%. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.48.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 3 analysts. On average, analysts expect EPS of $0 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $0 and a low estimate of -$0.01, while EPS last year was $0.01. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.01, with high estimates of $0.02 and low estimates of -$0.01.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.06 and -$0.06 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.01. EPS for the following year is $0.12, with 5 analysts recommending between $0.23 and $0.03.
Revenue Estimates
2 analysts predict $182.35M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $191M to a low estimate of $173.7M. As of the current estimate, Hecla Mining Co.’s year-ago sales were $199.5M, an estimated decrease of -8.60% from the year-ago figure.
A total of 6 analysts have provided revenue estimates for HL’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $857.2M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $751.7M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $790.68M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $720.23M, up 9.80% from the average estimate. Based on 3 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $765.37M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $774M and the low estimate is $749M. The average revenue growth estimate for next year is down -3.20% from the average revenue estimate for this year.
