Hecla Mining Co (NYSE: HL) is -2.44% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $4.41 and a high of $7.68 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HL stock was last observed hovering at around $4.54 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.25%.
Currently trading at $4.79, the stock is -13.61% and -13.20% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 36.2 million and changing 5.51% at the moment leaves the stock -17.07% off its SMA200. HL registered 1.10% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -29.25%.
The stock witnessed a -10.47% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -16.84%, and is -18.40% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 7.55% over the week and 6.75% over the month.
Hecla Mining Co (HL) has around 1830 employees, a market worth around $3.03B and $1.00B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 43.11 and Fwd P/E is 14.42. Profit margin for the company is 6.98%. Distance from 52-week low is 8.62% and -37.63% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.68%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 77.78% this year.
Hecla Mining Co (HL) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 632.44M, and float is at 592.02M with Short Float at 4.38%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 59.48 million shares valued at $288.48 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.6386% of the HL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP with 52.44 million shares valued at $254.34 million to account for 8.498 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 50.08 million shares representing 8.1145% and valued at over $242.86 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 5.6223 of the shares totaling 34.64 million with a market value of $168.03 million.
Hecla Mining Co (HL) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Sienko David C, the company’s VP – General Counsel & Secy. SEC filings show that Sienko David C sold 21,826 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 26 ’25 at a price of $5.18 per share for a total of $0.11 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.91 million shares.
Hecla Mining Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 26 ’25 that Lawlar Russell Douglas (Sr. VP & CFO) sold a total of 16,333 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 26 ’25 and was made at $5.18 per share for $84605.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.3 million shares of the HL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 26 ’25, Clary Michael L. (Sr. VP & CAO) disposed off 32,387 shares at an average price of $5.18 for $0.17 million. The insider now directly holds 246,440 shares of Hecla Mining Co (HL).
