Hecla Mining Company Company Profile (NYSE:HL)

Hecla Mining Company trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HL."

Hecla Mining Company announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.0025 per share on Thursday, August 31st. This represents a $0.01 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 21st. View Hecla Mining Company's Dividend History.

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 3rd. The company reported ($0.04) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $134.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $130.54 million. Hecla Mining Company had a net margin of 7.88% and a return on equity of 2.56%. The firm's revenue was down 21.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.06 EPS. View Hecla Mining Company's Earnings History.

Hecla Mining Company is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November, 14th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for Hecla Mining Company.

5 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Hecla Mining Company's shares. Their predictions range from $6.00 to $9.00. On average, they anticipate Hecla Mining Company's stock price to reach $7.20 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Hecla Mining Company.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Hecla Mining Company stock:

• 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Hecla Mining Company is a leading low-cost U.S. silver producer with operating mines in Alaska and Idaho, and is a growing gold producer with an operating mine in Quebec, Canada. The Company also has exploration and pre-development properties in five world-class silver and gold mining districts in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and an exploration office and investments in early-stage silver exploration projects in Canada. " (7/12/2017)
• 2. HC Wainwright analysts commented, "We note that Hecla could earn an additional 10% interest by spending a further $3 million on exploration and providing an independent pre-feasibility study." (6/25/2017)

Hecla Mining Company saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 13,045,444 shares, a drop of 29.3% from the July 14th total of 18,444,535 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,500,383 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Currently, 3.3% of the company's stock are sold short.

Some companies that are related to Hecla Mining Company include Tahoe Resources (TAHO), Sylvania Platinum Ltd (SLP), Eurasia Mining plc (EUA), Aquarius Platinum Limited (AQP), AuRico Gold (GRS), AuRico Gold (AUQ), Gemfields PLC (GEM), Mountain Province Diamonds (MDM), Stillwater Mining Company (SWC) and Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (SLW).

Hecla Mining Company's management team includes the folowing people:

• Theodore Crumley, Chairman of the Board, Lead Independent Director
• Phillips S. Baker Jr., President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
• Lindsay A. Hall, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
• Dean W. A. McDonald Ph.D., Senior Vice President - Exploration
• Lawrence P. Radford, Senior Vice President - Operations
• David C. Sienko, Vice President, General Counsel
• Robert Denis Brown, Vice President - Corporate Development
• Catherine J. Boggs, Independent Director
• George R. Johnson, Independent Director
• George R. Nethercutt Jr., Independent Director

Hecla Mining Company's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Van ECK Associates Corp (9.55%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (8.35%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.05%), BlackRock Inc. (6.29%), BT Investment Management Ltd (3.83%) and State Street Corp (3.20%). Company insiders that own Hecla Mining Company stock include Anthony P Taylor, David C Sienko, Dean Wa Mcdonald, George R Nethercutt Jr, Lawrence P Radford and Phillips S Baker, Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hecla Mining Company.

Hecla Mining Company's stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Voya Investment Management LLC, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, GAM Holding AG, Sprott Inc., Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., California State Teachers Retirement System and Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Hecla Mining Company stock in the last year include Anthony P Taylor, David C Sienko and Dean Wa Mcdonald. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hecla Mining Company.

Hecla Mining Company's stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BT Investment Management Ltd, Van ECK Associates Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of Montreal Can, Alps Advisors Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Prudential Financial Inc. and Old Mutual Global Investors UK Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hecla Mining Company.

Shares of Hecla Mining Company can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of Hecla Mining Company stock can currently be purchased for approximately $4.87.