Valuation
26% of the score
68median 13
Hecla Mining Company is valued at 13.4x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
13.4x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
HLHecla Mining Company
$17.00+68% 1Y
$17.00
$10.1752 weeks$31.80
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 54 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. Hecla Mining Company scores higher than 56% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on new capital, held back by return on capital and cycle position.
Basic Materials median 54 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
3median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 2.5% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
2.5%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 12%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
100median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 32 cents. New capital earned 27%, and 117% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
32%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
44median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 4.5% a year over 5 years: new shares
75%
-3%
4.5%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 5.7% a year, sales 16%
10012%
-2%
-9.8%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
0median 62
Today's operating margin of 46% is 6.43x its normal 7.1%: near a peak, where margins tend to fall back. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
6.4x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 46%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
100median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDAMore cash than debt
100Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 13x
1001.5x
12x
13.1x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
98median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 3.13x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
3.1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 7.4% of assets
978%
0%
-8%
-7.4%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-scoreTaken out: sales grew 53% in a year, and the model flags that much growth on its own
n/aHow the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
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