Hecla Mining - HL Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 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 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" HL shares.
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6 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Hecla Mining's shares. Their HL share price forecasts range from $5.00 to $7.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $5.92 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.9%.
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Hecla Mining's stock was trading at $5.56 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, HL shares have increased by 13.1% and is now trading at $6.29.
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Hecla Mining saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 20,220,000 shares, a decline of 14.3% from the February 28th total of 23,600,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,840,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 9th 2023.
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Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 15th. The basic materials company reported $0.02 EPS for the quarter. The basic materials company had revenue of $194.83 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $196.20 million. Hecla Mining had a negative net margin of 5.20% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.44%.

Hecla Mining declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.006 per share on Friday, March 24th. This represents a $0.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 8th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.00.
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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), Global X Gold Explorers ETF (GOEX), ETFMG Prime Junior Silver Miners ETF (SILJ), SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME), Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL), Direxion Daily Metal Miners Bull 2X Shares (MNM), 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 0.42%.
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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Van ECK Associates Corp (9.11%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.42%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.68%), Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (1.57%), ETF Managers Group LLC (1.09%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.91%). 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 $6.29.

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) has a market capitalization of $3.82 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 ($0.07) 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.