Is HL a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores Hecla Mining Company on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how HL compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is Hecla Mining Company's AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to HL based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes HL a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

HL - Hecla Mining Company

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Other Commodity Producers

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C+ 60.8 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for other commodity producers businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 15%

C- 47.5

5yr Avg ROIC 3.0% 25/100
Operating Margin Trend +6.79 pp/yr 100/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 10%

F 13.8

5yr Avg ROE 2.1% 20/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR 4.9% 1/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 5%

A 92.0

5yr Revenue CAGR 15.2% 91/100
5yr EPS CAGR 66.1% 100/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5 80/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 25%

C+ 59.3

5yr FCF Margin 1.4% 32/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.41x 93/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 25%

A+ 94.5

Net Debt / EBITDA -0.04x 95/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 12.52x 89/100
Altman Z-Score 9.81 100/100

Stability

Weight: 20%

C- 46.7

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 1.03 0/100
Piotroski F-Score 8 89/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5 80/100

4 of 4 gurus held; 3 added; 1 trimmed.

Holders: 4
Avg Δ position: +614.8%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 0

Cooperman increased +2348%
Greenblatt increased +119%
Wood decreased -44%

How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (15%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (10%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (5%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (25%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (25%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (20%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.