Ratio Examination: Hecla Mining Co. (HL)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

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In the latest session, Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE: HL) closed at $6.45 down -2.27% from its previous closing price of $6.60. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.27 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.05 million shares were traded. HL stock price reached its highest trading level at $6.55 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $6.395.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Hecla Mining Co.’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.58 and its Current Ratio is at 1.29. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.30 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.29.

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:

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 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 4004824064 and an Enterprise Value of 4580272640. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.22 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.01. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.889 whereas that against EBITDA is 20.1.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, HL has reached a high of $7.40, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $3.33. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.95%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 26.52%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, HL has traded an average of 9.97M shares per day and 12397670 over the past ten days. A total of 599.08M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 588.50M. Insiders hold about 6.55% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 65.37% stake in the company. Shares short for HL as of 1726185600 were 15852491 with a Short Ratio of 1.59, compared to 1723680000 on 14544775. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 15852491 and a Short% of Float of 2.5899999.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for HL is 0.03, from 0.033 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.005The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.47.

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