In the latest trading session, 3.53 million Hecla Mining Co (NYSE:HL) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.93. With the company’s most recent per share price at $5.32 changing hands around $0.11 or 2.12% at last look, the market valuation stands at $3.36B. HL’s current price is a discount, trading about -44.36% off its 52-week high of $7.68. The share price had its 52-week low at $3.41, which suggests the last value was 35.9% up since then.
Analysts gave the Hecla Mining Co (HL) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.22. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 6 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 1 recommended HL as a Hold, 5 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
Hecla Mining Co (NYSE:HL) trade information
Instantly HL is in green as seen in intraday trades today. With action -1.11%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 8.36%, with the 5-day performance at -1.11% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Hecla Mining Co (NYSE:HL) is -0.18% down.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 7, meaning bulls need an upside of 24.0% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, HL’s forecast low is 7 with 7 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -31.58% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -31.58% for it to hit the projected low.
HL Dividends
Hecla Mining Co is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in March. The 0.70% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.04. It is important to note, however, that the 0.70% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
Hecla Mining Co (NYSE:HL)’s Major holders
VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 8.498% or 52.44 million shares worth $254.34 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Nov 30, 2024 were VanEck ETF Trust-VanEck Gold Miners ETF and VanEck ETF Trust-VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF. With 27.78 shares estimated at $148.05 million under it, the former controlled 4.40% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VanEck ETF Trust-VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF held about 3.06% of the shares, roughly 19.33 shares worth around $103.01 million.
