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HL vs LEU
Side-by-side comparison of Hecla Mining Company (HL) and Centrus Energy Corp. (LEU): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both HL and LEU operate in Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
- HL is the larger of the two at $14.05B, about 25.3x LEU ($555.8M).
- Over the past year, HL is up 161.6% and LEU is down 7.6% - HL leads by 169.3 points.
- LEU has been more active in the news (12 items in the past 4 weeks vs 9 for HL).
- LEU has more recent analyst coverage (22 ratings vs 20 for HL).
- Company
- Hecla Mining Company
- Centrus Energy Corp.
- Price
- $20.91+2.53%
- $193.36+9.03%
- Market cap
- $14.05B
- $555.8M
- 1M return
- +37.71%
- +9.78%
- 1Y return
- +161.64%
- -7.63%
- Industry
- Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
- Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
- Exchange
- NYSE
- AMEX
- IPO
- 2014
- News (4w)
- 9
- 12
- Recent ratings
- 20
- 22
Hecla Mining Company
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 offers lead, zinc, and bulk concentrates, as well as carbon materials to custom smelters, metal traders, and third-party processors; and unrefined gold and silver bullion bars to precious metals traders. It owns 100% interests in the Greens Creek mine located on Admiralty Island in southeast Alaska; the Lucky Friday mine located in northern Idaho; the Casa Berardi mine located in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec, Canada; and the San Sebastian mine located 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 located in Elko County, Nevada. Hecla Mining Company was incorporated in 1891 and is headquartered in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Centrus Energy Corp.
Centrus Energy Corp. supplies nuclear fuel and services for the nuclear power industry in the United States, Japan, Belgium, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) and Technical Solutions. The LEU segment sells separative work units (SWU) component of LEU; SWU and uranium components of LEU; and natural uranium for utilities that operate nuclear power plants. Its LEU is a component that is used in the production of nuclear fuel for reactors to produce electricity. The Technical Solutions segment offers technical, manufacturing, engineering, procurement, construction, and operations services to public and private sector customers, including the American Centrifuge engineering and testing activities. The company was formerly known as USEC Inc. and changed its name to Centrus Energy Corp. in September 2014. Centrus Energy Corp. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
Latest HL
- Amendment: VP - Sustainability Malone Patrick Shay acquired 2,275 shares and sold $498,136 worth of shares (23,994 units at $20.76), decreasing direct ownership by 12% to 174,644 units (SEC Form 4)
- VP - Sustainability Malone Patrick Shay sold $498,136 worth of shares (23,994 units at $20.76), closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
- Jefferies initiated coverage on Hecla Mining with a new price target
- Surface Sampling Just Extended an Ontario Gold Trend to 560 Metres
- Nearly 3 Million Ounces of Century-Old Silver. Ontario Just Opened the Door.
- SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G filed by Hecla Mining Company
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Hecla Mining Company
- Hecla Mining Company filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Hecla Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
- Hecla Reports Excellent Q2 2026 Exploration Results at Keno Hill, New Veins Discovered at Midas, and Positive Definition Results at Greens Creek
Latest LEU
- Centrus Hosts Governor DeWine and JobsOhio at Piketon Uranium Enrichment Facility
- Centrus Energy Corp. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Barclays initiated coverage on Centrus Energy with a new price target
- SVP, CFO & Treasurer Tinelli Todd M was granted 456 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 206 shares (SEC Form 4) (for withholding tax)
- America Consumed 50 Million Pounds of Uranium, Produced 677,000
- SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G filed by Centrus Energy Corp.
- Centrus Energy Corp. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Centrus Energy Signs LEU and HALEU Supply Agreement with X-energy
- X-energy, Centrus Sign HALEU Supply Agreement for Xe-100 Advanced Small Modular Reactor Development
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Centrus Energy Corp.