In today’s recent session, 6.41 million shares of the Hecla Mining Co (NYSE:HL) have been traded, and its beta is 1.85. Most recently the company’s share price was $5.36, and it changed around $0.25 or 4.79% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $3.38B. HL at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $7.68, offering almost -43.28% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $3.80, which indicates that the recent value has risen by an impressive 29.1% since then.
Hecla Mining Co stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.22. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 9 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 4 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 1 recommended HL as a Hold, whereas 4 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Hecla Mining Co is expected to report earnings per share of 0.05 for the current quarter.
Hecla Mining Co (NYSE:HL) trade information
Instantly HL has been showing a green trend so far today with a performance of 4.79% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 5.38 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 0.37%. The company’s shares are currently up 9.06% year-to-date, but still up 2.39% over the last five days. On the other hand, Hecla Mining Co (NYSE:HL) is -7.03% down in the 30-day period.
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $7, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 23.43% from its current value. Analyst projections state that HL is forecast to be at a low of $7 and a high of $7.
Hecla Mining Co (HL) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 4.74%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 1 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 238.5M in revenue for the current quarter. 1 analysts expect Hecla Mining Co to make 241.8M in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 189.53M and 245.66M respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 25.84%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at -1.57%.
Hecla Mining Co earnings are expected to increase by 107.95% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 44.22% per year for the next five years.
HL Dividends
Hecla Mining Co’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in April. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 0.70 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.04. It is important to note, however, that the 0.70% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
Hecla Mining Co (NYSE:HL)’s Major holders
VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP, with 8.498% or 52.44 million shares worth $254.34 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
VanEck ETF Trust-VanEck Gold Miners ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Dec 31, 2024. The former held 26.7 shares worth $143.11 million, making up 4.23% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held roughly 18.96 shares worth around $101.64 million, which represents about 3.00% of the total shares outstanding.
