(VIANEWS) - Shares of Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL) rose by a staggering 28.57% in 21 sessions from $5.39 to $6.93 at 17:47 EST on Thursday, after two consecutive sessions in a row of gains. NYSE is jumping 0.84% to $15,630.89, following the last session's downward trend.
Hecla Mining's last close was $6.64, 10.03% under its 52-week high of $7.38.
About Hecla Mining
Hecla Mining Company, together with its subsidiaries, discovers, acquires, develops, and produces precious and base metal properties in the United States and internationally. The company mines for silver, gold, lead, and zinc concentrates, as well as carbon material containing silver and gold for sale to custom smelters, metal traders, and third-party processors,; and doré containing silver and gold. It owns 100% interests in the Greens Creek mine located on Admiralty Island in southeast Alaska; the Lucky Friday mine situated in northern Idaho; the Casa Berardi mine located in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec, Canada; and the San Sebastian mine situated in the city of Durango, Mexico. The company also holds 100% interests in the Fire Creek mine located in Lander County, Nevada; and the Hollister and Midas mines situated in Elko County, Nevada. Hecla Mining Company was incorporated in 1891 and is headquartered in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Hecla Mining has a trailing twelve months EPS of $-0.07.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is negative -1.14%.Sales Growth
Hecla Mining's sales growth is 6.9% for the ongoing quarter and negative 10.2% for the next.
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