NYSE:HL - Hecla Mining Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Hecla Mining announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.002 per share on Tuesday, December 3rd. This represents a $0.01 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 21st. View Hecla Mining's Dividend History.

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The basic materials company reported ($0.02) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.01) by $0.01. The basic materials company had revenue of $161.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $179.40 million. Hecla Mining had a negative net margin of 19.71% and a negative return on equity of 5.71%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 12.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned ($0.05) EPS. View Hecla Mining's Earnings History.

Hecla Mining is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Hecla Mining.

9 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Hecla Mining's shares. Their forecasts range from $1.00 to $3.75. On average, they expect Hecla Mining's stock price to reach $2.31 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 26.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Hecla Mining.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hecla Mining in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Hecla Mining.

News headlines about HL stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hecla Mining earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Hecla Mining.

Hecla Mining saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 28,210,000 shares, a decline of 11.8% from the December 15th total of 31,980,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,740,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 5.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View Hecla Mining's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Hecla Mining include Mdu Resources Group (MDU), Summit Materials (SUM), Compass Minerals International (CMP), LYNAS CORP LTD/S (LYSDY), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Ciner Resources (CINR), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Smart Sand (SND), Hi-Crush (HCR), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), ZEN Graphene Solutions (ZENYF), Cambrian Minerals Group (SMPR), Select Sands (SLSDF) and Canada Jetlines (JETMF).

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), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), First Majestic Silver (AG), Midas Gold (MAX), Pretium Resources (PVG), Pengrowth Energy (PGF) and Yamana Gold (AUY).

Hecla Mining's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (2.04%), CWH Capital Management Inc. (0.31%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.01%), Clean Yield Group (0.00%) and Harvest Investment Services LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Hecla Mining stock include Catherine J Boggs and Terry V Rogers. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hecla Mining.

HL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Clean Yield Group. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hecla Mining.

HL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CWH Capital Management Inc., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Harvest Investment Services LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . View Insider Buying and Selling for Hecla Mining.

Shares of HL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $3.13.

Hecla Mining has a market capitalization of $1.55 billion and generates $567.14 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-26,560,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.11) on an earnings per share basis. Hecla Mining employs 1,714 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Hecla Mining.

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

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