Hecla Mining Co [NYSE: HL] traded at a high on 2025-07-11, posting a 7.30 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $6.32.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 33742817 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Hecla Mining Co stands at 6.27% while the volatility over the past one month is 3.93%.
The market cap for HL stock reached $4.00 billion, with 632.44 million shares outstanding and 585.70 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 21.89M shares, HL reached a trading volume of 33742817 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Hecla Mining Co [HL]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for HL shares is $7.11 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on HL stock is a recommendation set at 2.11. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Roth Capital have made an estimate for Hecla Mining Co shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on July 01, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on May 05, 2025, representing the official price target for Hecla Mining Co stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $4 to $4.40, while ROTH MKM kept a Buy rating on HL stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.93, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.04. Price to Free Cash Flow for HL in the course of the last twelve months was 250.80 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.75.
How has HL stock performed recently?
Hecla Mining Co [HL] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 4.12. With this latest performance, HL shares gained by 3.10% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 21.07% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 28.72% in the past year of trading.
Hecla Mining Co [HL]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Hecla Mining Co [HL] shares currently have an operating margin of 17.44% and a Gross Margin at 21.52%. Hecla Mining Co’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 6.98%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 2.34%, with Return on Assets sitting at 2.34%.
Earnings analysis for Hecla Mining Co [HL]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for HL. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Hecla Mining Co go to 38.46%.
Insider trade positions for Hecla Mining Co [HL]
There are presently around $69.49%, or 74.18% of HL stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of HL stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 59.48 million shares, which is approximately 9.6386%. VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP, holding 52.44 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$254.34 million in HL stocks shares; and VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP, currently with $$242.86 million in HL stock with ownership which is approximately 8.1145%.
