Hecla Mining (HL) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hecla Mining in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" HL shares.
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10 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Hecla Mining's stock. Their HL share price forecasts range from $4.00 to $9.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $6.47 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 65.9% from the stock's current price.
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Hecla Mining's stock was trading at $5.56 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HL stock has decreased by 29.9% and is now trading at $3.90.
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Hecla Mining saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 19,790,000 shares, an increase of 8.1% from the August 15th total of 18,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,210,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.2 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 8th 2023.
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Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 8th. The basic materials company reported $0.03 earnings per share for the quarter. The basic materials company had revenue of $178.13 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $183.71 million. Hecla Mining had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.23% and a negative net margin of 6.52%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.04 earnings per share.

Hecla Mining announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 8th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 24th will be given a dividend of $0.0063 per share on Thursday, September 7th. This represents a $0.03 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 23rd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) stock in their portfolio include iShares MSCI Global Silver and Metals Miners ETF (SLVP), ETFMG Prime Junior Silver Miners ETF (SILJ), Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL), Global X Gold Explorers ETF (GOEX), Direxion Daily Metals & Mining Bull 2X Shares (MNM), SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME), VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) and VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX).

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.65%.
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10 employees have rated Hecla Mining Chief Executive Officer Phillips S. Baker Jr. on Glassdoor.com. Phillips S. Baker Jr. has an approval rating of 39% among the company's employees. This puts Phillips S. Baker Jr. in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hecla Mining investors own include Yankuang Energy Group (YZCAY), Coeur Mining (CDE), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Endeavour Silver (EXK), First Majestic Silver (AG), Yamana Gold (AUY), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Van ECK Associates Corp (8.96%), BlackRock Inc. (7.33%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.71%), State Street Corp (4.25%), Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (2.14%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.88%). Insiders that own company stock include Charles B Stanley, David C Sienko, George R Johnson, George R Nethercutt Jr, Phillips S Baker, Jr, Stephen F Ralbovsky, Terry V Rogers and Theodore Crumley.
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Shares of HL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of HL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $3.90.

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) has a market capitalization of $2.41 billion and generates $718.91 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-37,350,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.09) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,850 workers across the globe.

Hecla Mining's mailing address is 6500 N MINERAL DRIVE SUITE 200, COEUR D`ALENE ID, 83815-9408. The official website for the company is www.hecla-mining.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (208) 769-4100, via email at hmc-info@hecla-mining.com, or via fax at 208-769-7612.