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After finishing at $5.49 in the prior trading day, Hecla Mining Co (NYSE: HL) closed at $5.52, up 0.55%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.55 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.52 million shares were traded. HL stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.66 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.5.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of HL by taking a closer look at 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:
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 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 3516322560 and an Enterprise Value of 3993957632. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.20 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.70. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.749 whereas that against EBITDA is 15.27.
Stock Price History:
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 -13.38%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.31%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 11.98M shares per day over the past 3-months and 12534820 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 599.08M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 595.32M. Insiders hold about 6.55% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 67.58% stake in the company. Shares short for HL as of 1731628800 were 20659674 with a Short Ratio of 1.73, compared to 1728950400 on 19460378. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 20659674 and a Short% of Float of 3.2800000000000002.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, HL’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.04, compared to 0.04 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0072859745The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.48.
