Hecla Mining Co (NYSE: HL) is -0.81% 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 $4.83 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.04%.
Currently trading at $4.87, the stock is -7.78% and -10.88% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 17.54 million and changing 0.83% at the moment leaves the stock -15.10% off its SMA200. HL registered -9.78% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -10.81%.
The stock witnessed a -18.70% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -10.48%, and is -5.44% 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 3.93% over the week and 5.35% over the month.
Hecla Mining Co (HL) has around 1830 employees, a market worth around $3.08B and $1.00B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 43.83 and Fwd P/E is 14.05. Profit margin for the company is 6.98%. Distance from 52-week low is 10.43% and -36.59% 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 91.92% this year.
Hecla Mining Co (HL) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 632.44M, and float is at 584.78M with Short Float at 5.13%.
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 purchase by Boggs Catherine J, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Boggs Catherine J bought 20,000 shares of the company’s common stock on May 07 ’25 at a price of $4.99 per share for a total of $99786.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.35 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 06 ’25, Krcmarov Robert (President & CEO) acquired 14,867 shares at an average price of $4.72 for $70108.0. The insider now directly holds 346,453 shares of Hecla Mining Co (HL).
