On Friday, Hecla Mining Co (NYSE: HL) opened lower -2.26% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $5.32. Price fluctuations for HL have ranged from $3.33 to $7.68 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Basic Materials sector was 2.08%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 955.20% at the time writing. With a float of $595.79 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $628.27 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 1775 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 10.44%, operating margin of 1.08%, and the pretax margin is -0.2%.
Hecla Mining Co (HL) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Other Precious Metals & Mining industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Hecla Mining Co is 6.47%, while institutional ownership is 67.48%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 02 ’24, was worth 34. In this transaction VP-Operations of this company bought 5 shares at a rate of $6.76, taking the stock ownership to the 197,359 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 17 ’24, when Company’s VP-Exploration sold 108,612 for $6.77, making the entire transaction worth $734,988. This insider now owns 173,700 shares in total.
Hecla Mining Co (HL) Recent Fiscal highlights
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.11 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 955.20% per share during the next fiscal year.
Hecla Mining Co (NYSE: HL) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Hecla Mining Co (HL). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.54. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.94.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.03, a number that is poised to hit 0.05 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.26 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Hecla Mining Co (HL)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 15.53 million, its volume of 15.04 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 82.49%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.23.
During the past 100 days, Hecla Mining Co’s (HL) raw stochastic average was set at 13.29%, which indicates a significant decrease from 62.30% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 39.77% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 50.77% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $5.56, while its 200-day Moving Average is $5.69. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $5.37 in the near term. At $5.54, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $5.65. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $5.09, it is likely to go to the next support level at $4.98. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $4.81.
Hecla Mining Co (NYSE: HL) Key Stats
There are currently 628,247K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 3.31 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 720,230 K according to its annual income of -84,220 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 245,090 K and its income totaled 1,760 K.