Hecla Mining (HL) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hecla Mining in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" HL shares.
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8 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Hecla Mining's shares. Their HL share price forecasts range from $5.00 to $8.25. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $6.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.8% from the stock's current price.
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Hecla Mining's stock was trading at $5.56 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HL stock has decreased by 4.9% and is now trading at $5.29.
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Hecla Mining saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 21,380,000 shares, an increase of 6.3% from the April 30th total of 20,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 8,100,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 4th. The basic materials company reported ($0.20) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.21. The basic materials company had revenue of $193.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $181.65 million. Hecla Mining had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.52% and a negative net margin of 6.10%. The business's revenue was down 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.05 earnings per share.

Hecla Mining declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 10th. Investors of record on Monday, May 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.0038 per share on Friday, June 9th. This represents a $0.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 19th.
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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 0.47%.
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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 shareholders include Van ECK Associates Corp (10.12%), BlackRock Inc. (7.12%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.63%), State Street Corp (5.07%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.77%) and Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (1.55%). 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 $5.29.

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) has a market capitalization of $3.24 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 ($0.09) 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.