Hecla Mining Co [NYSE: HL] loss -2.67% on the last trading session, reaching $22230000.0 price per share at the time.
Hecla Mining Co represents 632.44 million in outstanding shares, while the company has a total market value of $3.69 billion with the latest information. HL stock price has been found in the range of $5.715 to $5.875.
If compared to the average trading volume of 22.23M shares, HL reached a trading volume of 24314606 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying 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 $7.25 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 1.89. 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.
BMO Capital Markets have made an estimate for Hecla Mining Co shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Market Perform, with their previous recommendation back on May 05, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, ROTH MKM raised their target price from $4 to $4.40. The new note on the price target was released on October 13, 2023, representing the official price target for Hecla Mining Co stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $5.50, while BMO Capital Markets analysts kept a Outperform rating on HL stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.78, 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 231.75 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.75.
Trading performance analysis for HL stock
Hecla Mining Co [HL] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 1.21. With this latest performance, HL shares gained by 11.03% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 15.42% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 18.94% in the past year of trading.
Hecla Mining Co [HL]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
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%.
Hecla Mining Co [HL]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
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 40.95%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Hecla Mining Co [HL]
There are presently around $69.54%, or 74.23% 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%.
