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Company data sheet · Hecla Mining

Hecla Mining: four lost years, and the economy wasn't the reason.

Industry
Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals
Headquarters
United States
Ticker
HL (NYSE)
Sources
SEC filings (1994–2026), Stratrix's verified Decision Cases, market data and official economic statistics for the United States
Data as of
November 1, 2026
  1. From profit to four straight losses. Hecla Mining earned $0.1 billion in 2014–2016. Then it lost money every year from 2017 to 2020: $0.2 billion in all. 2021 was its first profit in five years: $0 billion.
  2. It wasn't the cycle. The losses began in 2017, a year the US economy grew 2.5%. When a company falls while its economy grows, look inside the company first.
  3. Still smaller than it was. Revenue reached $0.6 billion in 2017, 11% below its 2016 peak of $0.6 billion.

Financial results

Fiscal yearRevenueNet income
2016$0.6 billion$0.1 billion
2017$0.6 billion−$0 billion

As reported in its annual filings. Losses in red.

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  • Market reaction to disclosed decisions: 52 decision filings since 2016, each linked to the SEC, with the share return against its sector and the US market the next day and the next year (26 with market data).
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