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 Friday, February 21st. Investors 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 9th. The basic materials company reported $0.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.00 by $0.01. The basic materials company earned $147.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $143.33 million. Hecla Mining had a negative net margin of 14.79% and a negative return on equity of 3.93%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 9.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company 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 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Hecla Mining's stock. Their forecasts range from $1.00 to $3.75. On average, they expect Hecla Mining's share 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 stories about HL stock have trended very negative on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hecla Mining earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media 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 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 daily trading volume, of 8,650,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.3 days. Currently, 5.8% of the shares of the stock 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 retail and institutional 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%), 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 bought 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]