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 declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.0025 per share on Friday, March 13th. This represents a $0.01 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.30%. This is an increase from Hecla Mining's previous quarterly dividend of $0.00. View Hecla Mining's Dividend History.

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 9th. The basic materials company reported $0.01 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.00 by $0.01. The basic materials company had revenue of $147.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $143.33 million. Hecla Mining had a negative return on equity of 3.93% and a negative net margin of 14.79%. The firm's revenue was up 9.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.04) earnings per share. View Hecla Mining's Earnings History.

Hecla Mining is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 14th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Hecla Mining.

10 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives 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 $2.36 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 28.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Hecla Mining.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hecla Mining in the last year. There are currently 4 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.

Media headlines about HL stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hecla Mining earned a coverage optimism score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Hecla Mining.

Hecla Mining saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 28,210,000 shares, a decrease of 11.8% from the December 31st total of 31,980,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 8,650,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days. Approximately 5.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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), Canada Jetlines (JETMF) and Select Sands (SLSDF).

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 Van ECK Associates Corp (10.88%), State Street Corp (3.72%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (2.04%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.90%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.28%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.98%). 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc., State Street Corp, Public Sector Pension Investment Board, First Trust Advisors LP, Sprott Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of America Corp DE and New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hecla Mining.

HL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Van ECK Associates Corp, SG Americas Securities LLC, CWH Capital Management Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC and Sigma Planning Corp. 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 $3.29.

Hecla Mining has a market capitalization of $1.72 billion and generates $673.27 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-99,560,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.13) on an earnings per share basis. Hecla Mining employs 1,622 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 N 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]