Hecla Mining Company (HL) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Basic Materials · Other Precious Metals & Mining
Wait for pullback to $15.93. Weak momentum; also recent C-suite change — blocks BUY_NOW at $16.32. Engine's entry $15.93 (Gap Fill 50 Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risk: Concentration risk — Commodity: silver, gold, lead and zinc.
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; also recent C-suite change — blocks BUY_NOW at $16.32. Engine's entry $15.93 (Gap Fill 50 Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risk: Concentration risk — Commodity: silver, gold, lead and zinc. Chart setup: RSI 43 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Growth is cheap relative to earnings, but the technical setup has not yet produced a breakout above resistance (PEG 0.18, quality 8.4/10, growth 10.0/10). Score 6.6/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 51d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-15Recent Developments — Hecla Mining Company
Latest news
- NEWS HL^B (Hecla) management highlights precious metals production expansion as top strategic priority this year. - Investor — Newser positive
- NEWS Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) Upgraded to "Buy" at Canaccord Genuity Group - MarketBeat — MarketBeat positive
- NEWS Hecla Mining Co (HL) Shares Fall 3.6% -- GF Value Says Still Overvalued - GuruFocus — GuruFocus negative
- NEWS Hecla Mining Co (HL) Shares Surge 3.5% -- What GF Score of 64 Te - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
- NEWS SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund's Hecla Mining Co(HL) Holding History - GuruFocus — GuruFocus neutral
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:46Z.
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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
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.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; also recent C-suite change — blocks BUY_NOW at $16.32. Engine's entry $15.93 (Gap Fill 50 Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risk: Concentration risk — Commodity: silver, gold, lead and zinc. Chart setup: RSI 43 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Growth is cheap relative to earnings, but the technical setup has not yet produced a breakout above resistance (PEG 0.18, quality 8.4/10, growth 10.0/10). Target $22.21 (+36.1%), stop $13.89 (−17.5%), Setup A.R:R 5.9:1. Score 6.6/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $22.21 (+41.6% upside). Target $22.21 (+36.1%), stop $13.89 (−17.5%), Setup A.R:R 5.9:1. Stop-loss: $13.89.
Concentration risk — Commodity: silver, gold, lead and zinc.
Hecla Mining Company trades at a P/E of 22.2 (forward 12.8). TrendMatrix value score: 7.8/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).
18 analysts cover HL with a consensus score of 3.7/5. Average price target: $26.
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.