Roth Capital Has Optimistic View of Hecla Mining Q3 Earnings

Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) – Research analysts at Roth Capital lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Hecla Mining in a research note issued on Tuesday, July 1st. Roth Capital analyst J. Reagor now expects that the basic materials company will post earnings of $0.06 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.04. Roth Capital has a “Neutral” rating and a $6.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Hecla Mining’s current full-year earnings is $0.21 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Hecla Mining’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.05 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.22 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.05 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.04 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.04 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.04 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.17 EPS.

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The basic materials company reported $0.04 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.05 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $261.34 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $238.50 million. Hecla Mining had a return on equity of 3.87% and a net margin of 7.13%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 37.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($0.01) EPS.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. National Bankshares set a $7.00 price target on Hecla Mining in a research report on Friday, June 13th. TD Securities dropped their target price on Hecla Mining from $6.00 to $5.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, May 5th. BMO Capital Markets reissued a “market perform” rating and issued a $5.50 target price (down previously from $7.50) on shares of Hecla Mining in a report on Monday, May 5th. Finally, National Bank Financial raised Hecla Mining to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, June 12th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Hecla Mining has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $6.92.

Hecla Mining Trading Up 0.3%

HL opened at $6.05 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $3.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.01 and a beta of 1.47. Hecla Mining has a 52 week low of $4.41 and a 52 week high of $7.68. The business’s 50 day moving average is $5.55 and its two-hundred day moving average is $5.50. The company has a quick ratio of 0.75, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25.

Institutional Trading of Hecla Mining

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Hecla Mining by 2.3% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 62,830,935 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $349,340,000 after buying an additional 1,437,895 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of Hecla Mining by 8.7% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 28,827,696 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $160,285,000 after buying an additional 2,306,239 shares in the last quarter. Tidal Investments LLC boosted its position in Hecla Mining by 100.5% during the fourth quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 15,885,647 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $77,999,000 after purchasing an additional 7,960,826 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Hecla Mining by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 13,904,662 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $68,289,000 after purchasing an additional 39,421 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its position in Hecla Mining by 12.7% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 12,124,216 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $67,411,000 after purchasing an additional 1,366,700 shares in the last quarter. 63.01% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, VP Stuart Maurice Absolom sold 18,926 shares of Hecla Mining stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $6.66, for a total value of $126,047.16. Following the sale, the vice president directly owned 59,410 shares in the company, valued at $395,670.60. The trade was a 24.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Catherine J. Boggs purchased 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 7th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $4.99 per share, for a total transaction of $99,800.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director owned 348,169 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,737,363.31. This represents a 6.09% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. 0.62% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Hecla Mining Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 10th. Investors of record on Friday, May 23rd were paid a $0.0038 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 23rd. This represents a $0.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.25%. Hecla Mining’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 9.09%.

About Hecla Mining

Hecla Mining Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides precious and base metal properties in the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, and China. The company mines for silver, gold, lead, and zinc concentrates, as well as carbon material containing silver and gold for custom smelters, metal traders, and third-party processors; and doré containing silver and gold.