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HL vs MDU
Side-by-side comparison of Hecla Mining Company (HL) and MDU Resources Group Inc. (MDU): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both HL and MDU operate in Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
- HL is the larger of the two at $10.45B, about 2.7x MDU ($3.91B).
- Over the past year, HL is up 5.8% and MDU is down 2.0% - HL leads by 7.8 points.
- MDU has been more active in the news (4 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for HL).
- HL has more recent analyst coverage (20 ratings vs 13 for MDU).
- Company
- Hecla Mining Company
- MDU Resources Group Inc.
- Price
- $15.29-1.55%
- $19.00+2.12%
- Market cap
- $10.45B
- $3.91B
- 1M return
- -19.31%
- +1.50%
- 1Y return
- +5.81%
- -2.01%
- Industry
- Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
- Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 2
- 4
- Recent ratings
- 20
- 13
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.
MDU Resources Group Inc.
MDU Resources Group, Inc. engages in the regulated energy delivery, and construction materials and services businesses in the United States. The company's Electric segment generates, transmits, and distributes electricity for residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Its Natural Gas Distribution segment distributes natural gas for residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming; and offers supply related value-added services. The company's Pipeline segment provides natural gas transportation and underground storage services through a regulated pipeline system primarily in the Rocky Mountain and northern Great Plains regions; and cathodic protection and other energy-related services. Its Construction Materials and Contracting segment mines, processes, and sells construction aggregates; produces and sells asphalt mix; and supplies ready-mixed concrete. This segment is also involved in the sale of cement, liquid asphalt, finished concrete products, and other building materials and related contracting services. The company's Construction Services segment designs, constructs, and maintains electrical and communication wiring and infrastructure, fire suppression systems, and mechanical piping and services; and overhead and underground electrical distribution and transmission lines, substations, external lighting, traffic signalization, and gas pipelines, as well as engages in the utility excavation activities. This segment also manufactures and distributes transmission line construction equipment; and constructs and maintains renewable energy projects. It serves manufacturing, commercial, industrial, institutional, and government customers, as well as utilities. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota.
Latest HL
- Great Basin Drill Season Delivers High-Grade Silver and Gold as a Historic Nevada Tungsten Camp Lines Up Six Drill Holes
- Silver Is Headed for a Sixth Straight Year of Supply Shortfall
- Silver Holds Near $65 as Developers Turn to Mines Already Built
- Hecla Mining Company filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- By-Product Credits Can Push a Silver Mine's Cash Cost Below Zero
- Hecla Mining Company filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 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
Latest MDU
- MDU Resources to Webcast Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call
- Director Durkin Marian M was granted 172 shares, increasing direct ownership by 1% to 11,848 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Dosch Vernon A. was granted 1,462 shares, increasing direct ownership by 8% to 20,377 units (SEC Form 4)
- WBI Energy Reaches Positive Final Investment Decision to Build Bakken East Pipeline
- MDU Resources Announces Increased Quarterly Dividend
- SEC Form S-8 filed by MDU Resources Group Inc.
- SEC Form S-8 filed by MDU Resources Group Inc.
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by MDU Resources Group Inc.
- MDU Resources upgraded by Analyst with a new price target
- MDU Resources Group Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits