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) Return on invested capital

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Hecla Mining Company's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 23.0%, up 10.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (12.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.36% (fiscal 2019) to 12.6% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Other Precious Metals & Mining industry median of 0.32% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 12.6% 9.97
FY2024 2.60% 3.71
FY2023 −1.11% (0.79)
FY2022 −0.32% (2.83)
FY2021 2.51% 0.53
FY2020 1.98% 3.34
FY2019 −1.36% (0.25)
FY2018 −1.11% (3.25)
FY2017 2.14% (1.68)
FY2016 3.82% 5.13

Against its own ten years

Low −1.36% High 12.6%
Ten-year median 1.98%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
HL Hecla Mining Company 23.0%
BVN Buenaventura Mining Company Inc. compare 14.0%
TFPM Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. compare 7.17%
VMET Versamet Royalties Corporation compare 5.49%
MUX McEwen Inc. compare 5.28%
SLSR Solaris Resources Inc. compare 0.00%
SBSW Sibanye Gold Limited compare 0.00%
PPTA Perpetua Resources Corp. compare −111.4%
SIND Sinda Ltd. compare −407.3%
Other Precious Metals & Mining industry median 0.32%
Basic Materials sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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