An Evaluation Of Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE: HL) Prospects

After Hours

After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. After-hours trades for Hecla Mining Co. (HL) shows that investor sentiment remained intact, with the stock’s consolidated last price rising by $0.04, or 0.91%, to $4.43. The Hecla Mining Co. has recorded 139,290 volume in the after hours trading session. Earlier, Yahoo Finance discussed this stock as it revealed Hecla Announces 2023 Production.

Stocks Info

HL belongs to the Basic Materials sector of the NYSE while operating in the Other Precious Metals & Mining industry. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $4.39 and fluctuated between $4.5500 as its day high and $4.3500 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Hecla Mining Co. is $2.71B. A total of 6.96 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 6.26M shares.

Investors also take into account insider trades in predicting how the stock will perform in the future. During the recent three months, HL has seen 0 BUY and 0 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 0 and the disposition of 0 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 28 BUYs and 10 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 1,194,607 shares during that period but sold 212,206.

In the most recent transaction, Johnson George R bought 8,500 shares of HL for 4.07 per share on Aug 22. After the transaction, the Director now owns 25,773 company shares.

Dividend

Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. HL’s most recent ex-dividend date was 11/22/2023 when it declared a $0.0060 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 12/7/2023. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 9/7/2023 with an ex-dividend date of 8/23/2023. The HL stock dividend was $0.0063 per share in cash.

While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for HL in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $5.92 with high estimates of $8.75 and low estimates of $4.25. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, HL has a high of $6.99 and a low of $3.55.

As of this writing, HL has an earnings estimate of $Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of Home Depot, Inc. (The) estimates, with a high estimate of $Colgate-Palmolive Company per share and a lower estimate of $Halliburton Company.

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. HL’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $210.01M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $521.48M in debt and $160.38M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $3.25, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.76B.

Analysts Opinion

There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for HL is Buy with a score of 4.75.