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) Operating margin

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Hecla Mining Company's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 49.5%, up 13.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (36.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −8.03% (fiscal 2015) to 36.2% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Other Precious Metals & Mining industry median of 21.0% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 36.2% 24.75
FY2024 11.4% 17.63
FY2023 −6.20% (4.47)
FY2022 −1.73% (12.06)
FY2021 10.3% 0.65
FY2020 9.68% 16.61
FY2019 −6.93% (0.03)
FY2018 −6.90% (17.30)
FY2017 10.4% (6.54)
FY2016 16.9% 24.97

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 39.8% (3.84)
Jun 2026 43.6% (10.59)
Mar 2026 54.2% (3.96)
Dec 2025 58.2% 21.89
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −8.03% High 36.2%
Ten-year median 9.68%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
VMET Versamet Royalties Corporation compare 89.5%
TFPM Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. compare 60.3%
HL Hecla Mining Company 49.5%
BVN Buenaventura Mining Company Inc. compare 45.4%
MUX McEwen Inc. compare 25.2%
PPTA Perpetua Resources Corp. compare 0.00%
SIND Sinda Ltd. compare 0.00%
SLSR Solaris Resources Inc. compare 0.00%
SBSW Sibanye Gold Limited compare 0.00%
Other Precious Metals & Mining industry median 21.0%
Basic Materials sector median 2.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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