Stock in Spotlight as Activity Rises in Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE:HL)

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Insiders at the company look pessimistic about the outlook as they seem to offload shares while they have 225.77 jumped so far this year.

The Company now has ROA (Return on Assets) of -9.3 percent, Return on Equity (ROE) of -32.8 Percent and Return on Investment (ROI) of -13.5% with Gross margin of 35.7 percent and Operating & Profit margin of -18.4% and -28.2% respectively. Narrowing in closer, the stock is -23.06% off of the 50 day high and 19.23% removed from the 50 day low. (NYSE:HL), according to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. (NYSE:X) for the current quarter is 104.3 percent. The difference between the expected and actual EPS was $0.01/share, which represents an Earnings surprise of 16.7%. The stock has a market cap of 5.99 Billion. Deutsche Bank AG increased their price objective on shares of Hecla Mining from $4.20 to $5.50 and gave the company a hold rating in a report on Tuesday, August 9th.

This company was Downgrade by Rosenblatt on 21-Nov-16 to Neutral. According to these analysts, the Low Revenue Estimate for Hecla Mining Co.is 145.34 Million and the High Revenue Estimate is 161.2 Million. The last bid price was called at $6.16 and the ask price was stated at $6.29. The median estimate represents a +49.84% increase from the last price of 15.35. The insider owns 624,680 shares as of 0.16%, now worth $3910496.8. Analysts rating the company a 1 or 2 indicate a Buy recommendation.

Researchers estimate that its earnings per share will be $0.04. Average True Range (ATR) is an indicator based on trading ranges smoothed by an N-period exponential moving average percentage of the true range values.

United States Steel manufactures and sells a variety of steel mill products, coke and taconite pellets.

On 11/22/2016, Shares of Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) closed the trading at a price of $6.26 with the positive change of +1.95%.

For the ongoing Fiscal Quarter, 6 analysts have an average earnings forecast of $0.05 per share. The company has the Market capitalization of $2.45 Billion. The Price to Sales (P/S) of the stock is 3.93, while P/B (Price to Book) stands at 1.61.

This is a technical analysis stock rating for Hecla Mining Co.

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November 8th. They are projecting Next Quarter growth of 300%. The company has volume of 14.76 Million shares.

09/06/2016 – Rodman & Renshaw began new coverage on Hecla Mining Company giving the company a “buy” rating. The 9 stock analysts who cover the stock have an average PT at $6.56, with individual targets in the range of $5.05 to $9. The Mean and Low price Targets are $6.56 and $5.05, respectively.

Year to date performance for Hecla Mining Co.

Following Earnings result, share price were UP 16 times out of last 27 Qtrs. Washington Trust Bank now owns 23,467 shares of the company’s stock worth $120,000 after buying an additional 967 shares during the last quarter. Hecla Mining’s dividend payout ratio is now -24.99%. Average recommendation stands as Buy with consensus analysis of 2 Analysts.

Future Expectations for Hecla Mining Co.

U.S. based company, Hecla Mining Co.’s (HL)’s latest closing price distance was 31.28% from the average-price of 200 days while it maintained a distance from the 50 Day Moving Average at 7.20% and 0.73% compared with the 20 Day Moving Average.