Hecla Mining Co. (HL) can make a big difference with a little luck

With 16.85 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 8.43 million shares. During the session, the Other Precious Metals & Mining company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $6.86 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $6.56. The 52-week range on HL shows that it touched its highest point at $6.50 and its lowest point at $3.33 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $7.50. With its current market cap of 4.29 billion, HL has annualized dividend of $0.03 while the current yield stands at 0.48%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.99.

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Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of HL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 25.14%, but this was up by 30.40% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 32.43% while six-month performance rose 57.94%. The stock gained 72.39% in the past year, while it has gained 41.85% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HL yields -0.07 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.25. For the next quarter, that number is 0.03. This implies an EPS growth rate of 920.58% for this year and 202.17% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 599.08 million HL shares are outstanding with a float of 588.31 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-08-30, short shares totaled 13.34 million, which was 215.0 higher than short shares on 1722384000. In addition to Ms. Catherine Jean Boggs J.D. as the firm’s Chairman and Interim CEO & President, Mr. Russell D. Lawlar serves as its Senior VP & CFO.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.68567 of HL’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-06-30, HL reported revenue of $245657000.0 and operating income of $47291000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $102392000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.04.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for HL since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.