Hecla Mining Co (HL) stock expected to decline by -21.64%: What’s driving the pessimism?

Hecla Mining Co [HL] stock prices are down -4.00% to $7.44 at the moment. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The HL shares have lost -3.00% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 22.77%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Hecla Mining Co [NYSE: HL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on July 01, 2025, when Roth Capital downgraded its rating to a Neutral but kept the price target unchanged to $6 for it. Previously, BMO Capital Markets downgraded its rating to Market Perform on May 05, 2025. On October 13, 2023, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $4.40 on the stock. National Bank Financial initiated its recommendation with a Outperform and recommended $7.50 as its price target on June 28, 2023. Cantor Fitzgerald downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on May 12, 2023. In a note dated April 14, 2023, ROTH MKM downgraded a Neutral rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $5.50 to $6.25.

The stock price of Hecla Mining Co [HL] has been fluctuating between $4.46 and $7.86 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $5.83 within the next 12 months. Hecla Mining Co [NYSE: HL] shares were valued at $7.44 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -21.64% based on the average HL price forecast.

Analyzing the HL fundamentals

The Hecla Mining Co [NYSE:HL] reported sales of 1.06B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 23.76%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.23% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.15%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.12%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.11%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.07. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.24.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 7.31 points at the first support level, and at 7.18 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 7.66, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 7.88.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that Hecla Mining Co [NYSE:HL]’s Current Ratio is 2.67. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.99, while the Cash Ratio is 1.54. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.70, the price to book ratio is 2.14 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 47.54.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Lucky Friday Pension Plan, Lucky Friday Pension Plan, that happened on Aug 14 ’25 when 0.6 million shares were purchased. Hecla Mining Co Retirement Pla, Hecla Mining Co Retirement Pla completed a deal on Aug 14 ’25 to buy 2.64 million shares. Meanwhile, Hecla Mining Co Pre-2005 SERP Hecla Mining Co Pre-2005 SERP bought 1.2 million shares on Aug 14 ’25.

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