Hecla Mining Company

HL Basic Materials Other Precious Metals & Mining

Revenue
−3.59%
EPS
+48.5%
Free cash flow
+456.1%
Total debt
−97.4%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

14.51 0.44 −2.94%
Market cap
$9.7B
P/E
25.3×
Fwd P/E
17.0×
Dividend yield
0.10%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
8.69
Beneish M
−1.02
Dividend safety
70/100

Hecla Mining Company (HL) Free cash flow margin

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Hecla Mining Company's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 47.5%, up 25.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (21.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −20.4% (fiscal 2023) to 21.9% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Other Precious Metals & Mining industry median of 1.08% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 21.9% 21.26
FY2024 0.59% 21.01
FY2023 −20.4% (12.25)
FY2022 −8.17% (22.09)
FY2021 13.9% 0.90
FY2020 13.0% 13.08
FY2019 −0.06% 7.05
FY2018 −7.11% (10.26)
FY2017 3.15% (6.28)
FY2016 9.43% 16.29

Against its own ten years

Low −20.4% High 21.9%
Ten-year median 0.59%
Current reading's percentile 100

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
VMET Versamet Royalties Corporation compare 67.0%
HL Hecla Mining Company 47.5%
BVN Buenaventura Mining Company Inc. compare 29.8%
MUX McEwen Inc. compare 2.55%
PPTA Perpetua Resources Corp. compare 0.00%
SLSR Solaris Resources Inc. compare 0.00%
TFPM Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. compare 0.00%
SBSW Sibanye Gold Limited compare 0.00%
SIND Sinda Ltd. compare —
Other Precious Metals & Mining industry median 1.08%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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