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. Investors of record on Friday, November 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.002 per share on Tuesday, December 3rd. This represents a $0.01 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.25%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 21st. View Hecla Mining's Dividend History.

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) posted 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 earned $147.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $143.33 million. Hecla Mining had a negative net margin of 14.79% and a negative return on equity of 3.93%. Hecla Mining's quarterly revenue was up 9.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($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 brokers 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 $2.36 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 26.9%. 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.

Headlines about HL stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 daily sentiment score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Hecla Mining.

Hecla Mining saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 28,210,000 shares, a drop of 11.8% from the December 31st total of 31,980,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,650,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days. Currently, 5.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Hecla Mining's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Hecla Mining include 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), Hi-Crush (HCR), Smart Sand (SND), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), ZEN Graphene Solutions (ZENYF), Cambrian Minerals Group (SMPR), Canada Jetlines (JETMF), Select Sands (SLSDF) and Applied Minerals (AMNL).

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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Van ECK Associates Corp (10.88%), State Street Corp (3.72%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (2.04%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.90%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.98%) and MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd (0.93%). 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 acquired 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., Sigma Planning Corp and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. 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 $3.23.

Hecla Mining has a market capitalization of $1.69 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]