Hecla Mining Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hecla Mining in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Hecla Mining stock.
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Hecla Mining saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 200 shares, a drop of 100.0% from the June 15th total of 10,740,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 8,690,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days.
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Hecla Mining is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 5th 2021.
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Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 6th. The basic materials company reported $0.06 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.05 by $0.01. The basic materials company earned $210.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $208.55 million. Hecla Mining had a net margin of 2.53% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.46%. Hecla Mining's revenue was up 54.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted ($0.03) earnings per share.
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Hecla Mining's stock was trading at $2.04 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HL stock has increased by 224.0% and is now trading at $6.61.
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Hecla Mining announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 6th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 20th will be given a dividend of $0.011 per share on Thursday, June 3rd. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.67%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 19th. This is an increase from Hecla Mining's previous quarterly dividend of $0.01.
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Hecla Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.69%. Hecla Mining does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Hecla Mining is 125.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Hecla Mining will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.63% next year. This indicates that Hecla Mining will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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8 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Hecla Mining's shares. Their forecasts range from $5.75 to $8.95. On average, they expect Hecla Mining's stock price to reach $6.93 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price.
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10 employees have rated Hecla Mining CEO Phillips S. Baker Jr. on Glassdoor.com. Phillips S. Baker Jr. has an approval rating of 39% among Hecla Mining's employees. This puts Phillips S. Baker Jr. in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Hecla Mining include Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Teck Resources (TECK), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Lynas Rare Earths (LYSDY), Summit Materials (SUM), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Largo Resources (LGO), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Centrus Energy (LEU), Ciner Resources (CINR) and ZEN Graphene Solutions (ZENYF).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hecla Mining investors own include Yanzhou Coal Mining (YZCAY), Coeur Mining (CDE), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Endeavour Silver (EXK), First Majestic Silver (AG), Yamana Gold (AUY), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Kinross Gold (KGC) and B2Gold (BTG).

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

Hecla Mining's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (1.08%), Lesa Sroufe & Co (0.06%), Brookstone Capital Management (0.00%) and Clean Yield Group (0.00%). Company insiders that own Hecla Mining stock include Catherine J Boggs, Charles B Stanley, David C Sienko, George R Nethercutt Jr, Phillips S Baker, Jr, Stephen F Ralbovsky, Terry V Rogers and Theodore Crumley.
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HL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Clean Yield Group. Company insiders that have sold Hecla Mining company stock in the last year include Charles B Stanley, David C Sienko, George R Nethercutt Jr, Phillips S Baker, Jr, Stephen F Ralbovsky, Terry V Rogers, and Theodore Crumley.
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HL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Brookstone Capital Management, and Lesa Sroufe & Co.
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One share of HL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.61.

Hecla Mining has a market capitalization of $3.54 billion and generates $691.87 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-16,790,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.04 on an earnings per share basis.

Hecla Mining employs 1,522 workers across the globe.

Hecla Mining was founded in 1891.

The official website for Hecla Mining is www.hecla-mining.com.

Hecla Mining is headquartered at 6500 N MINERAL DRIVE SUITE 200, COEUR D`ALENE ID, 83815-9408.

Hecla Mining's mailing address is 6500 N MINERAL DRIVE SUITE 200, COEUR D`ALENE ID, 83815-9408. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (208) 769-4100 or via email at [email protected]