HL’s short interest shows a sharp decline on 2025-10-31

Daniel Torres

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Hecla Mining Co shares valued at $2,225,580 were sold by Lawlar Russell Douglas on Nov 10 ’25. At $15.00 per share, Lawlar Russell Douglas sold 148,372 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 347,402 shares worth approximately $4.9 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Lawlar Russell Douglas sold 18,535 shares, netting a total of over 278,396 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $15.02 each, the insider now holds 0 shares.

Before that, Lawlar Russell Douglas had added 148,500 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $1,636,470, the Officer bought Hecla Mining Co shares for $11.02 each.

Analysts at Roth Capital downgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Sell”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of July 01, 2025, Roth Capital has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for HL. Earlier on May 05, 2025, BMO Capital Markets downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Market perform” for HL stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.

Analyzing HL Stock Performance

On last trading session, Hecla Mining Co [NYSE: HL] rose 0.36% to $14.11. The stock’s lowest price that day was $13.77, but it reached a high of $14.85 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -9.14%. Over the course of the year, Hecla Mining Co shares have jumped approximately 156.55%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $16.09 on 11/12/25 and a 52-week low of $4.46 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Hecla Mining Co (HL)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 13.64, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 13.16. In the upper region, resistance lies at 14.72. The next price resistance is at 15.32. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 55.09 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Hecla Mining Co subject to short interest?

Stocks of Hecla Mining Co saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-10-31 dropping by -6.8 million shares to 27.95 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-30 was 34.75 million shares. A decline of -24.33% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.49 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.49.

Which companies own the most shares of Hecla Mining Co (HL)?

In terms of Hecla Mining Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 8.75 in the next 12 months, down nearly -37.77% from the previous closing price of $14.06. Analysts anticipate Hecla Mining Co stock to reach 15 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 7. In spite of this, 6 analysts ranked Hecla Mining Co stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 13, 2023, ROTH MKM assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $4.40.

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