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HL vs USLM

Side-by-side comparison of Hecla Mining Company (HL) and United States Lime & Minerals Inc. (USLM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both HL and USLM operate in Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • HL is the larger of the two at $2.55B, about 3.6x USLM ($715.9M).
  • Over the past year, HL is up 220.1% and USLM is up 43.0% - HL leads by 177.1 points.
  • HL has hit the wire 8 times in the past 4 weeks while USLM has been quiet.
  • HL has more recent analyst coverage (18 ratings vs 0 for USLM).
PerformanceHL+220.10%USLM+42.99%
2025-04-28+0.00%2026-04-24
MetricHLUSLM
Company
Hecla Mining Company
United States Lime & Minerals Inc.
Price
$18.79+2.06%
$132.41+0.06%
Market cap
$2.55B
$715.9M
1M return
+2.23%
+5.35%
1Y return
+220.10%
+42.99%
Industry
Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
News (4w)
8
0
Recent ratings
18
0
HL

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.

USLM

United States Lime & Minerals Inc.

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. manufactures and supplies lime and limestone products in the United States. The company extracts limestone from open-pit quarries and an underground mine, and processes it as pulverized limestone, quicklime, hydrated lime, and lime slurry. It supplies its products primarily to the construction customers, including highway, road, and building contractors; industrial customers, such as paper and glass manufacturers; environmental customers comprising municipal sanitation and water treatment facilities, and flue gas treatment processes; steel producers; oil and gas services companies; roof shingle manufacturers; and poultry and cattle feed producers. The company also has various royalty interests and non-operating working interests with respect to oil and gas rights in natural gas wells located in Johnson County, Texas in the Barnett Shale Formation. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

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