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Hecla Mining Company

$HL·$11B·Silver·Basic Materials
$15.96-0.6%YTD-18.8%1Y+168.7%
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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Hecla Mining Company, along with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, acquisition, development, and extraction of both precious and base metal resources across the United States and internationally. The company produces concentrates of silver, gold, lead, and zinc, as well as carbon material and doré, both of which contain silver and gold. These materials are then sold to custom smelters, metal traders, and third-party processors. Hecla holds full ownership stakes in several key mining operations: the Greens Creek mine in southeast Alaska's Admiralty Island; the Lucky Friday mine in northern Idaho; the Casa Berardi mine located in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec, Canada; and the San Sebastian mine in Durango, Mexico. Additionally, the company entirely owns the Fire Creek mine in Lander County, Nevada, and both the Hollister and Midas mines in Elko County, Nevada. Established in 1891, Hecla Mining Company's headquarters are located in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Silver sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $HL.

Silver · Basic Materials

Top industry ETF

$SILGlobal X Silver Miners ETF
-2.2%YTD
+72.6%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
39.1How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
15.4%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
44.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
4.4%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
6.8Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
11.0%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
50.9%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 5, 2026$0.24$0.27-11.1%
Q4 2025Feb 17, 2026$0.19$0.16+16.6%
Q3 2025Nov 5, 2025$0.12$0.10+23.7%
Q2 2025Aug 6, 2025$0.08$0.05+60.0%
Next earningsWed, Aug 5·consensus EPS $0.20

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$411.4M+57.4%61.6%55.3%$-0.03$155.0M
Q4 FY25$448.1M+79.5%55.4%50.9%$0.20$134.7M
Q3 FY25$409.5M+67.1%44.1%36.3%$0.15$90.1M
Q2 FY25$304.0M+23.8%39.3%30.8%$0.09$87.5M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 4 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.5B$1.3B – $1.8B$0.84$0.71 – $1.094
FY27$1.6B$1.4B – $1.9B$1.19$1.00 – $1.553
FY28$1.5B$1.3B – $1.9B$1.00$0.75 – $1.264
FY29$2.7B$2.4B – $3.4B$0.62$0.52 – $0.813
FY30$3.2B$2.8B – $4.0B$0.55$0.46 – $0.713

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.2.2×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.37%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-9.9%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-10.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 662.4M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today6.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.275-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJan 6Kurt AllenVP-Exploration52.2K sh$1.1M
+ 13 other (5 exempts · 5 inkinds · 2 awards · 1 other) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeMay 228-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Hecla Mining (HL) held its 2026 Annual Meeting on May 21, 2026. Shareholders voted on four proposals including ratification of the Director Stock Plan extension, which prolongs the plan's term from May 15, 2027 to May 15, 2036. Officers named to serve until the 2027 annual meeting were identified. This is largely a routine meeting with a notable plan extension that increases the runway for director equity compensation.

3New insider — initial holdingsApr 143
8-KAgreement terminatedApr 108-K — Item 1.02: Agreement terminated · Item 2.04: Debt-obligation acceleration
8-KAcquisition completedMar 258-K — Item 2.01: Acquisition completed · Item 8.01: Other event
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentFeb 27SC 13D/A
8-KOfficer or director changeFeb 208-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
8-KPress release / Reg FDFeb 138-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentFeb 11SC 13D/A
+ 18 other (5 13Gs · 5 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 1 11-K) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Why Hecla Mining Stock Slumped Todayfool.com·10d agoWhy Is Hecla Mining (HL) Down 8.2% Since Last Earnings Report?zacks.com·15d agoWhy Hecla Mining (HL) is a Top Momentum Stock for the Long-Termzacks.com·16d agoCDE vs. HL: Which Mining Stock Has More Upside Right Now?zacks.com·22d agoHere's Why Hecla Mining (HL) is a Strong Growth Stockzacks.com·25d ago
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