Update shared on 06 Dec 2025
Fair value Increased 1.04%Analysts have nudged their price target on Hecla Mining slightly higher, from $14.40 to $14.55, citing modestly increased long term return expectations reflected in a higher discount rate and slightly richer forward valuation multiples.
What's in the News
- Announced high grade gold and silver discoveries at the Midas Project in Nevada, including new Pogo and Sinter vein structures that could support a low capital restart using the existing permitted mill and tailings capacity (company exploration update).
- Advanced the Aurora project in Nevada by securing FAST-41 Transparency status for its exploration plan, streamlining federal approvals ahead of anticipated drilling in 2026 (company exploration update).
- Reported successful drilling at Keno Hill in Yukon and Greens Creek in Alaska, extending high grade silver and polymetallic mineralization and indicating new ore shoot potential (company exploration update).
- Updated 2025 production guidance, forecasting consolidated silver output of 16.2 to 17.0 million ounces and gold production of 145,000 to 150,000 ounces, with higher silver and gold equivalent ranges (corporate guidance).
- Delivered strong third quarter 2025 operating results with higher year over year production of both silver and gold, supporting the company's growing production profile (operating results announcement).
Valuation Changes
- Fair Value: nudged higher from $14.40 to $14.55 per share, reflecting a modestly stronger long term return outlook.
- Discount Rate: increased slightly from 8.04 percent to 8.14 percent, implying a marginally higher required return on equity.
- Revenue Growth: effectively unchanged at about 69.8 percent, indicating no material revision to assumptions for top line expansion.
- Net Profit Margin: remains stable at roughly 32.7 percent, suggesting no significant change in expectations for long term profitability.
- Future P/E: risen slightly from 36.5x to 36.9x, pointing to a modestly richer forward valuation multiple.
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