Hecla Mining Company (HL) vs Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. (MTA)

Hecla Mining Company and Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. are both Other Precious Metals & Mining companies. Hecla Mining Company is the larger, with a market value of $10.5B against $757.4M — 13.8× the size. Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Hecla Mining Company trades at 30.6×. Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 91.1% against 89.8%. Hecla Mining Company has the higher net margin (19.1% vs −2.82%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.1% vs 0.64%). Across the 20 metrics below, Hecla Mining Company leads on 16 and Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. on 4.

Valuation

Metric HL MTA Other Precious Metals & Mining median
P/E 30.60 n/m 16.61
P/S 5.88 48.13 5.88
P/B 3.83 2.94 2.04
Price to free cash flow 21.15 270.95 35.74
EV/EBITDA 10.31 164.64 10.60
EV/Sales 5.63 48.96 4.85
Earnings yield 3.27% (0.15%) 3.27%
Free cash flow yield 4.73% 0.37% 0.53%

Profitability

Metric HL MTA Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Gross margin 51.99% 87.07% 41.02%
Operating margin 44.62% 16.80% 25.20%
Net margin 19.12% (2.82%) 8.50%
Free cash flow margin 27.83% 17.76% 2.55%
Return on equity 13.37% (0.17%) 13.37%
Return on assets 10.27% (0.16%) 9.34%
Return on invested capital 22.11% 0.64% 0.64%

Growth

Metric HL MTA Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Revenue growth (TTM) 89.76% 91.12% 54.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 716.67% 16.67% 91.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 15.51% 37.70% 20.68%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HL MTA Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.05 0.00
Current ratio 5.20 4.50 5.20
Net debt to EBITDA (0.05) 1.09 0.28

Dividend

Metric HL MTA Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Dividend yield 0.10% — 1.14%
Payout ratio 0.03 — —

Size

Metric HL MTA Other Precious Metals & Mining median
Market cap 10.45b 757.35m 881.52m

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