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As of close of business last night, Hecla Mining Co’s stock clocked out at $5.35, down -1.11% from its previous closing price of $5.41. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.11 from its previous closing price. On the day, 8.48 million shares were traded. HL stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.49 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.335.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of HL’s stock, we examine its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.54 and its Current Ratio is at 1.09. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.27 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.24.
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:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Oct 02 ’24 when Aguiar Rodriguez Carlos Robert bought 5 shares for $6.76 per share. The transaction valued at 34 led to the insider holds 197,359 shares of the business.
Allen Kurt sold 108,612 shares of HL for $734,988 on Sep 17 ’24. The VP-Exploration now owns 173,700 shares after completing the transaction at $6.77 per share. On Jun 25 ’24, another insider, Absolom Stuart Maurice, who serves as the VP – Principal Acctg. Officer of the company, sold 4,499 shares for $4.91 each. As a result, the insider received 22,068 and left with 69,036 shares of the company.
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 3408029952 and an Enterprise Value of 3887163392. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.05 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.65. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.622 whereas that against EBITDA is 14.861.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HL is 1.90, which has changed by 0.33416462 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.22677135 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 $3.33. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.87%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -6.16%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that HL traded 12.33M shares on average per day over the past three months and 14433190 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 628.27M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 595.79M. Insiders hold about 6.47% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 67.48% stake in the company. Shares short for HL as of 1735603200 were 15721577 with a Short Ratio of 1.28, compared to 1732838400 on 18911750. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 15721577 and a Short% of Float of 2.5.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 0.04, HL has a forward annual dividend rate of 0.04. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0073937154The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.49.
