Hecla Mining Company (HL) Stock Analysis
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Basic Materials · Other Precious Metals & Mining
Wait for pullback to $15.93. Weak momentum — blocks BUY_NOW at $16.48. Engine's entry $15.93 (Default 5pct Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Concentration risk — Commodity: silver, gold, lead and zinc; Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1.
Hecla Mining is a silver and gold mining company operating four segments: Greens Creek (Alaska, 44.3% of 2025 metals sales), Lucky Friday (Idaho, 22.2%), Keno Hill (Yukon, 10.5%), and Casa Berardi (Quebec, 23.0%, pending sale to Orezone for up to $593M). The company produces... Read more
Wait for pullback to $15.93. Weak momentum — blocks BUY_NOW at $16.48. Engine's entry $15.93 (Default 5pct Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Concentration risk — Commodity: silver, gold, lead and zinc; Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Growth is cheap relative to earnings, but the chart hasn't confirmed yet (PEG 0.16, quality 8.4/10, growth 10.0/10). Score 6.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 77d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Hecla Mining Company
Latest news
- HL^B (Hecla) management highlights precious metals production expansion as top strategic priority this year. - Investor — Newser positive
- Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) Upgraded to "Buy" at Canaccord Genuity Group - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
- Hecla Mining Company Preferred Stock (HL/PB) - Minichart — Minichart neutral
- A Look at Hecla Mining Co (HL) After 10.5% Gain -- GF Value $9.7 - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
- A Look at Hecla Mining Co (HL) After 10.5% Gain -- GF Value $9.74 vs Price $20.57 - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCommoditysilver, gold, lead and zinc10-K Item 1: 'Our operating results are substantially dependent upon the prices of silver, gold, lead and zinc, which can fluctuate widely.'
- MEDIUMCustomerrelatively small number of customers10-K Item 1A: 'We derive a significant amount of revenue from a relatively small number of customers and occasionally enter into concentrate spot market sales with metal traders.'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-10Item 1.02MEDIUMHecla completed full redemption of remaining $263M 7.25% Senior Notes due 2028 on April 9, 2026, terminating the Indenture, First Supplemental Indenture, and Second Supplemental Indenture with BNY Mellon as trustee.SEC filing →
- 2026-04-10Item 2.04LOWRedemption of $263M 7.25% Senior Notes on April 9, 2026 constitutes a triggering event accelerating the financial obligation under the Indenture. Voluntary full redemption without default.SEC filing →
- 2026-02-20Item 5.02LOWDirector Stephen F. Ralbovsky retired from Hecla Board effective Feb 19, 2026 (board member since 2016). Jill Satre appointed as Audit Committee Chair as successor. No disagreement cited.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Wait for pullback to $15.93. Weak momentum — blocks BUY_NOW at $16.48. Engine's entry $15.93 (Default 5pct Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Concentration risk — Commodity: silver, gold, lead and zinc; Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Growth is cheap relative to earnings, but the chart hasn't confirmed yet (PEG 0.16, quality 8.4/10, growth 10.0/10). Target $21.51 (+30.5%), stop $13.14 (−25.4%), Setup A.R:R 5.3:1. Score 6.4/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $21.51 (+36.8% upside). Target $21.51 (+30.5%), stop $13.14 (−25.4%), Setup A.R:R 5.3:1. Stop-loss: $13.14.
Concentration risk — Commodity: silver, gold, lead and zinc; Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1; Negative momentum.
Hecla Mining Company trades at a P/E of 23.7 (forward 13.0). TrendMatrix value score: 7.6/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).
18 analysts cover HL with a consensus score of 3.7/5. Average price target: $25.
What does Hecla Mining Company do?Hecla Mining is a silver and gold mining company operating four segments: Greens Creek (Alaska, 44.3% of 2025 metals...
Hecla Mining is a silver and gold mining company operating four segments: Greens Creek (Alaska, 44.3% of 2025 metals sales), Lucky Friday (Idaho, 22.2%), Keno Hill (Yukon, 10.5%), and Casa Berardi (Quebec, 23.0%, pending sale to Orezone for up to $593M). The company produces silver, gold, zinc, lead, and copper concentrates and doré sold to smelters, metal traders, and refiners globally.