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Hecla Mining HL Return on equity

Return on equity at other companies

Coeur Mining logo
Coeur MiningCDE
12.1%+5.7pp
MP Materials logo
MP MaterialsMP
-7.8%
Alcoa logo
AlcoaAA
1.3%+0.7pp
Newmont logo
NewmontNEM
25.6%+8.7pp
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. logo
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.FCX
25.5%+2.3pp
Southern Copper logo
Southern CopperSCCO
46.6%+4.6pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$411.4M+100%
Gross profit$253.3M+269%
Operating income$223.1M+371%
Net income-$19.0M-166%
EPS (diluted)-$0.03-160%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$587.6M+2,382%
Total debt$285.7M-51.6%
Total equity$2.6B+24.0%
Total assets$3.4B+11.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$194.2M+444%
CapEx$39.3M+3.8%
Free cash flow$155.0M+7,480%

Valuation

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Market cap$10.7B+255%
Enterprise value$10.4B+199%
P/E39.1×-3.7×
P/S6.8×+3.6×

Profitability

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Gross margin50.9%+24.8pp
Operating margin43.6%+27.9pp
Net margin17.4%+10.0pp
FCF margin29.7%+26.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity0.1×-0.2×
Current ratio4.9×+3.5×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Hecla Mining’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Hecla Mining’s 10-Q, filed May 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Hecla Mining's return on equity?
Hecla Mining (HL) reported return on equity of 11.8% in Q1 2026.
How has Hecla Mining's return on equity changed year-over-year?
Hecla Mining's return on equity increased by 237.5% year-over-year, from 3.5% to 11.8%.
What is the long-term trend for Hecla Mining's return on equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Hecla Mining's return on equity has grown at a 61.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 2% to 13.9%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.