A new trading day began on Monday, with Hecla Mining Co (NYSE: HL) stock price down -6.60% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $16.97. HL’s price has ranged from $4.46 to $18.12 over the past 52 weeks.
Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 231.90%. With a float of $661.39 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $670.23 million.
Hecla Mining Co (HL) Insider Updates
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Other Precious Metals & Mining Industry. The insider ownership of Hecla Mining Co is 1.30%, while institutional ownership is 77.79%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 10 ’25, was worth 2,225,580. In this transaction Sr. VP & CFO of this company sold 148,372 shares at a rate of $15.00, taking the stock ownership to the 347,402 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 10 ’25, when Company’s Sr. VP & CFO sold 18,535 for $15.02, making the entire transaction worth $278,396. This insider now owns 0 shares in total.
Hecla Mining Co (HL) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.04 per share, which was $0.1 lower than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.2 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 231.90% per share during the next fiscal year.
Hecla Mining Co (NYSE: HL) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Hecla Mining Co’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.51. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 8.67. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 58.28.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.30, a number that is poised to hit 0.14 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.70 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Hecla Mining Co (HL)
Hecla Mining Co (NYSE: HL) saw its 5-day average volume 16.89 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 21.57 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 63.53%.
During the past 100 days, Hecla Mining Co’s (HL) raw stochastic average was set at 81.85%, which indicates a significant increase from 57.34% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.93 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 0.60 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $13.89, while its 200-day Moving Average is $8.35. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $16.66 in the near term. At $17.46, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $17.87. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $15.44, it is likely to go to the next support level at $15.03. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $14.23.
Hecla Mining Co (NYSE: HL) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 10.62 billion, the company has a total of 670,099K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 929,930 K while annual income is 35,800 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 409,540 K while its latest quarter income was 100,730 K.
