Hecla Mining - HL Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hecla Mining in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" HL shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Hecla Mining's shares. Their HL share price forecasts range from $3.50 to $9.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $6.35 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 76.9% from the stock's current price.
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Hecla Mining's stock was trading at $5.22 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HL stock has decreased by 31.2% and is now trading at $3.59.
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Hecla Mining saw a drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 19,570,000 shares, a drop of 10.8% from the July 31st total of 21,940,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,650,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 3.7% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 4th. The basic materials company reported $0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.02 by $0.02. The basic materials company earned $191.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $195.50 million. Hecla Mining had a net margin of 0.20% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.01%. Hecla Mining's revenue was down 12.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.06 earnings per share.

Hecla Mining declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 5th. Investors of record on Friday, August 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.0063 per share on Friday, September 2nd. This represents a $0.03 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 18th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.01.
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Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.83%.
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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), Pan American Silver (PAAS), 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Van ECK Associates Corp (9.72%), State Street Corp (5.71%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.19%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.07%), Northern Trust Corp (0.98%) and FMR LLC (0.56%). Insiders that own company stock include Charles B Stanley, David C Sienko, 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 $3.59.

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) has a market capitalization of $2.14 billion and generates $807.47 million in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $35.10 million in net income (profit) each year or ($0.20) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,650 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.