Hecla Mining Co (NYSE: HL) is -7.62% 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 $5.95 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.13%.
Currently trading at $5.82, the stock is -2.09% and 2.86% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 14.03 million and changing -2.18% at the moment leaves the stock 1.93% off its SMA200. HL registered 18.53% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 7.58%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $5.658 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $5.71.
The stock witnessed a -4.28% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.84%, and is -7.91% 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 4.41% over the week and 4.20% over the month.
Hecla Mining Co (HL) has around 1830 employees, a market worth around $3.68B and $1.00B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 52.39 and Fwd P/E is 14.33. Profit margin for the company is 6.98%. Distance from 52-week low is 31.97% and -24.22% 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 108.58% this year.
Hecla Mining Co (HL) Top Institutional Holders
529.0 institutions hold shares in Hecla Mining Co (HL), with institutional investors hold 74.18% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 632.44M, and float is at 585.63M with Short Float at 4.83%. Institutions hold 69.49% 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.
