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HL vs SLCA
Side-by-side comparison of Hecla Mining Company (HL) and U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. (SLCA): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both HL and SLCA 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 19.9x SLCA ($704.7M).
- HL has hit the wire 9 times in the past 4 weeks while SLCA has been quiet.
- HL has more recent analyst coverage (20 ratings vs 7 for SLCA).
- Company
- Hecla Mining Company
- U.S. Silica Holdings Inc.
- Price
- $20.91+2.53%
- $15.50+0.03%
- Market cap
- $14.05B
- $704.7M
- 1M return
- +37.71%
- -
- 1Y return
- +161.64%
- -
- Industry
- Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
- Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2012
- News (4w)
- 9
- 0
- Recent ratings
- 20
- 7
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.
U.S. Silica Holdings Inc.
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. produces and sells commercial silica in the United States. It operates through two segments, Oil & Gas Proppants and Industrial & Specialty Products. The company offers whole grain commercial silica products to be used as fracturing sand in connection with oil and natural gas recovery, as well as sells its whole grain silica products in various size distributions, grain shapes, and chemical purity levels for manufacturing glass products. It also provides various grades of whole grain round silica to the foundry industry; ground silica and industrial minerals products for various products; and engineered performance materials made from diatomaceous earth (DE), clay, and perlite. In addition, the company offers transportation, equipment rental, and contract labor services. It serves oilfield services companies, and exploration and production companies that are engaged in hydraulic fracturing; and industrial and specialty products end markets. The company was formerly known as GGC USS Holdings, Inc. U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Katy, Texas.
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 SLCA
- SEC Form 15-12G filed by U.S. Silica Holdings Inc.
- Director Shaver Charles W returned $2,382,102 worth of shares to the company (153,684 units at $15.50), closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
- CEO Shinn Bryan Adair returned $26,592,994 worth of shares to the company (1,715,677 units at $15.50) and returned $12,251,076 worth of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units to the company (790,392 units at $15.50), closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
- Director Duren Diane K returned $1,596,918 worth of shares to the company (103,027 units at $15.50), closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
- VP, CAO and Controller Padgett Gene returned $314,696 worth of shares to the company (20,303 units at $15.50) and returned $330,910 worth of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units to the company (21,349 units at $15.50), closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & President, Oil and Gas Ussery James Derek returned $2,680,074 worth of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units to the company (172,908 units at $15.50) and returned $2,708,966 worth of shares to the company (174,772 units at $15.50), closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
- Director Bernard Peter Clark returned $2,685,700 worth of shares to the company (173,271 units at $15.50), closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & Chief Operating Officer Moreau Jay returned $1,705,620 worth of shares to the company (110,040 units at $15.50) and returned $1,465,060 worth of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units to the company (94,520 units at $15.50), closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & Chief Financial Officer Hough Kevin returned $1,181,627 worth of shares to the company (76,234 units at $15.50) and returned $1,255,159 worth of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units to the company (80,978 units at $15.50), closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)
- Director Smith Jimmi Sue returned $293,958 worth of shares to the company (18,965 units at $15.50), closing all direct ownership in the company (SEC Form 4)