Hochschild Mining (HOC) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

We are a leading underground precious metals producer focusing on high grade silver and gold deposits, with over 50 years’ operating experience in the Americas. We currently operate three underground mines, two located in southern Peru and one in southern Argentina. All of our underground operations are epithermal vein mines and the principal mining method used is cut and fill. The ore at our operations is processed into silver-gold concentrate or dore. Hochschild Mining plc is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is headquartered in Lima, Peru. In addition, the Group has an office in Argentina and a corporate office in London.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 449.80 to 467.80
• 50-Day Range: 425.87 to 615.50
• 52-Week Range: 246.20 to 849.50
• Volume: 1.94 million shs
• Average Volume: 9.28 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £2.33 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.63
• Dividend Yield: 1.32%
• Price Target: GBX 560
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Hochschild Mining Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Hochschild Mining scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Hochschild Mining has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Hochschild Mining has a consensus price target of GBX 560, representing about 23.9% upside from its current price of GBX 451.80.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Hochschild Mining has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Hochschild Mining is 11.58, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.07.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Hochschild Mining is 11.58, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 21.09.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Hochschild Mining has a PEG Ratio of 0.41. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Hochschild Mining has a P/B Ratio of 3.40. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for HOC.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Hochschild Mining pays a meaningful dividend of 1.32%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Hochschild Mining does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Hochschild Mining is 7.60%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.24

News Sentiment

Hochschild Mining has a news sentiment score of 0.24. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.54 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Hochschild Mining this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Hochschild Mining insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

43.57% of the stock of Hochschild Mining is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

31.44% of the stock of Hochschild Mining is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Gold
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:HOC
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.hochschildmining.com
• Phone: +44-20-37093260
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,029
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Hochschild Mining: GBX 560
• High Price Target: GBX 840
• Low Price Target: GBX 300
• Potential Upside/Downside: +24.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 39
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.58
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.13
• P/E Growth: 0.41
• Net Income: £38.41 million
• Net Margins: 17.80%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 29.48%
• Return on Assets: 7.11%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 47.67
• Current Ratio: 0.99
• Quick Ratio: 1.87

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.18 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.97
• Cash Flow: GBX 274.41 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.65
• Book Value: GBX 132.94 per share
• Price / Book: 3.40

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 514,458,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £2.32 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.95