HL

Hecla Mining Company

Basic Materials · $12.2B market cap

Verdict

Share price

$17.20

close of Oct 3, 2026

Fair value

$14.69

Sticker Price

Payback Price

$5.87

buy price

Overpriced

HL is Overpriced: at $17.20 it trades 17% above its fair value of $14.69. Its buy price (Payback Price) is $5.87, 66% below today's price. Business quality is limited: none of the 5 key numbers clears the 10% bar.

How we valued it

Buffett Normalized. A profitable, growing business, so we project its earnings 10 years ahead and work out what that is worth today.

Business quality

0 of 5 clear the 10% bar. What are the Big Five?

Earnings per share growth0.4% a year✗
Equity per share growth-1.2% a year✗
Sales growth8.4% a year✗
Free cash flow growth8.2% a year✗
Return on invested capital3.8%✗

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Superinvestors

1 of the investors we track holds HL. In Q2 2026, 1 trimmed. Who we track

Moves in Q2 2026

Trimmed: First Eagle Investment Management

Insider activity

Since Feb 22, 2026: no open-market purchases, 2 sales worth $498K and 45 other filings (stock awards, tax withholding and similar). Why purchases matter

Sales

Other filings

Malone Patrick Shay

VP - Sustainability · 2026-08-20

J-Other

2,275 shares

Wong Alice

director · 2026-06-22

J-Other

$125K

STANLEY CHARLES B

director · 2026-06-22

J-Other

$125K

Boggs Catherine J

director · 2026-06-22

J-Other

$31K

Boggs Catherine J

director · 2026-06-22

Award

$94K

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Gehring Dean

director · 2026-06-22

Award

$63K

Gehring Dean

director · 2026-06-22

J-Other

$63K

Board Mark P

director · 2026-06-22

J-Other

$125K

Satre Jill

director · 2026-06-22

J-Other

$125K

Lawlar Russell Douglas

Sr. VP & CFO · 2026-06-22

J-Other

1,130 shares

Lawlar Russell Douglas

Sr. VP & CFO · 2026-06-22

Tax withholding

$1.3M

Krcmarov Robert

President & CEO · 2026-06-22

J-Other

2,528 shares

Krcmarov Robert

President & CEO · 2026-06-22

Tax withholding

$1.3M

Krcmarov Robert

President & CEO · 2026-06-22

Award

$1.1M

Lawlar Russell Douglas

Sr. VP & CFO · 2026-06-22

Award

$394K

Lawlar Russell Douglas

Sr. VP & CFO · 2026-06-22

Tax withholding

$508K

Lawlar Russell Douglas

Sr. VP & CFO · 2026-06-22

Award

24,640 shares

Aguiar Rodriguez Carlos Roberto

Sr. VP & COO · 2026-06-22

J-Other

10,210 shares

Aguiar Rodriguez Carlos Roberto

Sr. VP & COO · 2026-06-22

Award

24,640 shares

Aguiar Rodriguez Carlos Roberto

Sr. VP & COO · 2026-06-22

Award

$394K

Aguiar Rodriguez Carlos Roberto

Sr. VP & COO · 2026-06-22

Tax withholding

$346K

Sienko David C

Sr. VP, GC & Secretary · 2026-06-22

J-Other

17,354 shares

Sienko David C

Sr. VP, GC & Secretary · 2026-06-22

Award

$363K

Sienko David C

Sr. VP, GC & Secretary · 2026-06-22

Tax withholding

$383K

Sienko David C

Sr. VP, GC & Secretary · 2026-06-22

Award

22,724 shares

Brown Robert Denis

VP - Corporate Development · 2026-06-22

Award

20,424 shares

Brown Robert Denis

VP - Corporate Development · 2026-06-22

Award

$326K

Brown Robert Denis

VP - Corporate Development · 2026-06-22

Tax withholding

$432K

Malone Patrick Shay

VP - Sustainability · 2026-06-22

J-Other

2,307 shares

Malone Patrick Shay

VP - Sustainability · 2026-06-22

Award

19,548 shares

Malone Patrick Shay

VP - Sustainability · 2026-06-22

Tax withholding

$285K

Malone Patrick Shay

VP - Sustainability · 2026-06-22

Award

$312K

Allen Kurt

Vice President - Exploration · 2026-06-22

J-Other

28,117 shares

Allen Kurt

Vice President - Exploration · 2026-06-22

Award

$312K

Allen Kurt

Vice President - Exploration · 2026-06-22

Tax withholding

$229K

Allen Kurt

Vice President - Exploration · 2026-06-22

Award

19,548 shares

Moyes Kari G.

VP - CHRO · 2026-06-22

Tax withholding

$5K

Moyes Kari G.

VP - CHRO · 2026-06-22

Award

$318K

Moyes Kari G.

VP - CHRO · 2026-06-22

Award

19,876 shares

Absolom Stuart Maurice

Vice President & PAO · 2026-06-22

J-Other

16,613 shares

Absolom Stuart Maurice

Vice President & PAO · 2026-06-22

Award

$100K

Absolom Stuart Maurice

Vice President & PAO · 2026-06-22

Tax withholding

$113K

Absolom Stuart Maurice

Vice President & PAO · 2026-06-22

Award

6,258 shares

Moyes Kari G.

Vice President & CHRO · 2026-04-13

Award

$218K

Krcmarov Robert

President & CEO · 2026-02-22

Award

81,977 shares

About Hecla Mining Company

Hecla Mining Company, along with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, acquisition, development, and extraction of both precious and base metal resources across the United States and internationally. The company produces concentrates of silver, gold, lead, and zinc, as well as carbon material and doré, both of which contain silver and gold. These materials are then sold to custom smelters, metal traders, and…

Other Precious Metals

Fair value and Payback Price are estimates from the company's reported financials, not investment advice. Prices as of the close of Oct 3, 2026. How the Payback Price works