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Our AI ranks Hecla Mining Co/De/ outside the neutral middle of its coverage (a directional signal). Create a free account and follow it to see the exact price target.
Hecla Mining Co/De/ is a large-cap company with a market capitalization of $10.28B. It ranks number 5 by market capitalization among the 20 Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) issuers in our coverage with a current forecast. Its P/B Ratio of 5.19x is the highest of the 11 peers that report one.
For HL, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 7.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 23.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Expected absolute price move over the horizon, market included. This is the number a price target is built from. Ratings: strong buy ≥ +5.1%, buy ≥ +3.4%, sell < +1.8%, strong sell < +0.8% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-10-16 signals)
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Trailing twelve months. The industry median and the rank (1 = highest) are taken over the Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) peers listed below that report each metric.
| Metric | HL | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $10.28B | 5/20 |
| P/E Ratio | 26.84x | 3/7 |
| P/B Ratio | 5.19x | 1/11 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.10% | 5/5 |
| EPS | $0.57 | – |
| Book Value/Share | $2.95 | – |
| Revenue/Share | $2.39 | – |
| FCF/Share | $0.77 | – |
| Metric | HL | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 51.9% | 2/9 |
| Operating Margin | 94.6% | 1/10 |
| EBT Margin | 89.3% | 1/10 |
| Tax Rate | 25.6% | – |
| Metric | HL | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 5.20x | 6/18 |
| Quick Ratio | 4.95x | 2/11 |
| D/E Ratio | 0.48x | 9/17 |
| Interest Coverage | 60.4x | 3/13 |
| Working Capital | $623M | 4/17 |
| Metric | HL | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $734M | 3/14 |
| Free Cash Flow | $516M | 3/10 |
| Capital Spending | -$219M | 7/10 |
| OCF Growth YoY | 129.4% | 2/8 |
| FCF Growth YoY | 464.2% | 2/6 |
| FCF/Sales | 32.2% | 1/8 |
| CapEx/Sales | 13.6% | 3/8 |
| Metric | HL | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receivables Turnover | 12.6x | 1/6 |
| Inventory Turnover | 20.9x | 1/8 |
| Fixed Assets Turnover | 0.8x | 5/8 |
| Days Sales Outstanding | 29 days | 6/6 |
| Days Inventory | 17 days | 8/8 |
| Payables Period | 28 days | 5/7 |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 18 days | 5/5 |
| Metric | HL | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | $1.60B | 4/9 |
| Operating Income | $737M | 3/14 |
| Cost of Goods Sold | $772M | 4/8 |
| Metric | HL | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Dividends Per Share | $0.02 | – |
| Payout Ratio | 3.5% | – |
| Shares Outstanding | 672M | – |
| EPS Growth | 418.2% | 1/6 |
| Total Current Assets | $772M | 26.4% of assets |
| Cash & Short-term Investments | $483M | 16.5% of assets |
| Accounts Receivable | $127M | 4.4% of assets |
| Inventory | $37M | 1.3% of assets |
| Total Liabilities | $948M | 32.4% of assets |
| Short-term Debt | $89M | 3.0% of assets |
Companies classified under the same SEC industry code as Hecla Mining Co/De/ (Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)): 22 common-stock issuers with a forecast this week, one row per issuer, largest first. This is a classification match, not a curated list of competitors.
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Sign up free| Company | 90-Day AI Forecast (Total) | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|
| HL Hecla Mining Co/De/ | ▲ | $10.28B |
| VMC Vulcan Materials Co | ▼ | $34.04B |
| TECK Teck Resources Ltd | ▶ | $31.57B |
| MLM Martin Marietta Materials Inc | ▼ | $30.08B |
| SQM Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile Inc | ▼ | $17.19B |
| USLM United States Lime & Minerals Inc | ▶ | $3.04B |
| KNF Knife River Corp | ▶ | $2.87B |
| TTAM Titan America Sa | ▶ | $2.65B |
| CMP Compass Minerals International Inc | ▶ | $934M |
| IPI Intrepid Potash, Inc. | ▼ | $435M |
| IONR Ioneer Ltd | ▲ | $226M |
| SND Smart Sand, Inc. | ▶ | $215M |
| ABAT American Battery Technology Co | ▲ | $211M |
| ACRG American Clean Resources Group, Inc. | ▼ | $141M |
| GRO Brazil Potash Corp. | ▶ | $125M |
| FEAM 5e Advanced Materials, Inc. | ▲ | $122M |
| ATLX Atlas Lithium Corp | ▲ | $68M |
| ELBM Electra Battery Materials Corp | ▲ | $50M |
| LGO Largo Inc. | ▲ | $44M |
| BLTH American Battery Materials, Inc. | ▼ | $10M |
| ILXP Ecominas Corp. | ▼ | N/A |
| MGNC Mag Magna Corp | ▼ | N/A |
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Our AI ranks Hecla Mining Co/De/ outside the neutral middle of its coverage (a directional signal). Create a free account and follow it to see the exact price target.
For HL, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 7.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 23.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Hecla Mining Co/De/ forecasts are refreshed on trading days as the daily model run completes. The forecast on this page was produced on Oct. 16, 2026.
22 issuers in our coverage, HL included, share the SEC industry code Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels). The largest are: Vulcan Materials Co (VMC), Teck Resources Ltd (TECK), Martin Marietta Materials Inc (MLM), Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile Inc (SQM), United States Lime & Minerals Inc (USLM), Knife River Corp (KNF).
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