Hecla Mining Co (NYSE: HL) is 27.70% higher 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 continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The HL stock was last observed hovering at around $6.45 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.18%.
Currently trading at $6.27, the stock is 18.48% and 16.22% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 31.46 million and changing -2.79% at the moment leaves the stock 9.03% off its SMA200. HL registered 15.47% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 9.23%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $5.3948 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $5.7507.
The stock witnessed a 28.48% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 15.47%, and is 21.98% up 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 3.97% over the week and 3.27% over the month.
Hecla Mining Co (HL) has around 1830 employees, a market worth around $3.97B and $1.00B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 56.44 and Fwd P/E is 17.24. Profit margin for the company is 6.98%. Distance from 52-week low is 42.18% and -18.36% 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 92.05% this year.
Hecla Mining Co (HL) Top Institutional Holders
536.0 institutions hold shares in Hecla Mining Co (HL), with institutional investors hold 74.23% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 632.44M, and float is at 584.80M with Short Float at 4.74%. Institutions hold 69.59% of the Float.
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 5.614 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 Absolom Stuart Maurice, the company’s VP – Principal Acctg. Officer. SEC filings show that Absolom Stuart Maurice sold 18,926 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 05 ’25 at a price of $6.66 per share for a total of $0.13 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 59410.0 shares.
Hecla Mining Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 07 ’25 that Boggs Catherine J (Director) bought a total of 20,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 07 ’25 and was made at $4.99 per share for $99786.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.35 million shares of the HL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 07 ’25, Boggs Catherine J (Director) Proposed Sale 100,000 shares at an average price of $1.00 for $100000.0. The insider now directly holds shares of Hecla Mining Co (HL).
