Hecla Mining Stock Options

HL Stock  USD 5.10  0.16  3.04%   
Hecla Mining's latest option contracts expiring on January 10th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 1.89. The total put volume is at 40.0, with calls trading at the volume of 47.0. This yields a 0.85 put-to-call volume ratio. The Hecla Mining option chain provides detailed quote and price information for the current Hecla Mining option contracts. It shows all of Hecla Mining's listed puts, calls, expiration dates, strike prices, and other pricing information.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Hecla Mining

Analyzing Hecla Mining's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Hecla Mining regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Hecla Mining's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Hecla Mining's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Hecla Mining's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.

Hecla Mining In The Money Call Balance

When Hecla Mining's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Hecla Mining stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Hecla Mining's options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on Hecla Mining are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.

Hecla Current Options Market Mood

Hecla Mining's open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Hecla Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.

Put-to-Call Volume

Unfortunately, most Hecla Mining's options investors are not very successful. Hecla Mining's option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.

Rule 16 of the current Hecla contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Hecla Mining will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.12% per day over the life of the 2025-01-10 option contract. With Hecla Mining trading at USD 5.1, that is roughly USD 0.006024. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Hecla Mining's daily price movement you should consider buying Hecla Mining options at the current volatility level of 1.89%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Hecla Mining options can give investors a meaningful hedge against losses and, therefore, could be used conservatively to decrease the volatility of your portfolio. However, many options could also amount to little more than gambling, significantly enhancing your overall portfolio risk. One simple example of these aggressive strategies is the sale of "uncovered" Hecla calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Hecla Mining stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Hecla Mining Option Chain

When Hecla Mining's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Hecla Mining stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
Hecla Mining's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Hecla. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Hecla. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Hecla Mining against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone.
Open IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
HL250110C0000150001.53.65 - 4.853.65In
Call
HL250110C0000200002.03.0 - 5.653.0In
Call
HL250110C0000250002.52.65 - 3.452.65In
Call
HL250110C0000300003.02.18 - 2.982.18In
Call
HL250110C0000350003.51.9 - 2.551.9In
Call
HL250110C0000400004.01.48 - 2.061.48In
Call
HL250110C0000450004.50.61 - 3.20.61In
Call
HL250110C0000500005.00.0 - 2.352.35In
Call
HL250110C0000550005.50.31 - 0.630.31Out
Call
HL250110C00006000106.00.0 - 0.560.24Out
Call
HL250110C00006500106.50.07 - 0.20.1Out
 Put
HL250110P0000150001.50.0 - 0.750.75Out
 Put
HL250110P0000200002.00.0 - 0.750.75Out
 Put
HL250110P0000250002.50.0 - 0.750.75Out
 Put
HL250110P0000300003.00.0 - 0.750.75Out
 Put
HL250110P0000350003.50.0 - 1.951.95Out
 Put
HL250110P0000400004.00.0 - 0.750.75Out
 Put
HL250110P0000450004.50.02 - 0.150.05Out
 Put
HL250110P0000500005.00.11 - 0.420.13Out
 Put
HL250110P0000550005.50.0 - 0.510.51Out
 Put
HL250110P0000600006.00.15 - 2.460.15In

Hecla Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

2.38 Billion

At this time, Hecla Mining's Total Stockholder Equity is quite stable compared to the past year.

Hecla Mining Corporate Directors

Stephen RalbovskyIndependent DirectorProfile
George JohnsonIndependent DirectorProfile
Catherine BoggsIndependent DirectorProfile
George NethercuttIndependent DirectorProfile
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Is Metals & Mining space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Hecla Mining. If investors know Hecla will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Hecla Mining listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.81)
Dividend Share
0.04
Earnings Share
(0.03)
Revenue Per Share
1.364
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.347
The market value of Hecla Mining is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Hecla that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Hecla Mining's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Hecla Mining's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Hecla Mining's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Hecla Mining's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Hecla Mining's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Hecla Mining is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Hecla Mining's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.