Compare · HL vs IPI
HL vs IPI
Side-by-side comparison of Hecla Mining Company (HL) and Intrepid Potash Inc (IPI): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both HL and IPI 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 27.6x IPI ($508.8M).
- HL has been more active in the news (9 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for IPI).
- HL has more recent analyst coverage (20 ratings vs 1 for IPI).
- Company
- Hecla Mining Company
- Intrepid Potash Inc
- Price
- $20.91+2.53%
- $37.88-0.24%
- Market cap
- $14.05B
- $508.8M
- 1M return
- -
- +10.26%
- 1Y return
- -
- +26.41%
- Industry
- Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
- Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2008
- News (4w)
- 9
- 4
- Recent ratings
- 20
- 1
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.
Intrepid Potash Inc
Intrepid Potash, Inc. produces and sells potash and langbeinite products in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Potash, Trio, and Oilfield Solutions. The Potash segment offers muriate of potash or potassium chloride for use as a fertilizer input in the agricultural market; as a component in drilling and fracturing fluids for oil and gas wells, as well as an input to other industrial processes in the industrial market; and as a nutrient supplement in the animal feed market. The Trio segment provides Trio, a specialty fertilizer that delivers potassium, sulfate, and magnesium in a single particle. The Oilfield Solutions segment sells water for use in the oil and gas services industry; and offers potassium chloride real-time mixing services on location for hydraulic fracturing operations and trucking services. The company offers salt for use in animal feeds, industrial applications, pool salts, and treatment of roads and walkways; magnesium chloride for use in the deicing and dedusting of roads; brines for well development and completion activities in the oil and gas industry; and metal recovery salt, a combination of potash and salt to enhance the recovery of aluminum in the aluminum recycling processing facilities. Intrepid Potash, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Denver, Colorado.
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 IPI
- York Space Systems Announces Chief Financial Officer Transition
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Intrepid Potash Inc
- Intrepid Potash Inc filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Intrepid Announces Second Quarter 2026 Results
- General Counsel Sheehan Christina converted options into 299 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 87 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.75% to 28,609 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Accounting Officer Ingold Cris covered exercise/tax liability with 36 shares and converted options into 122 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.66% to 13,067 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Executive Officer Crutchfield Kevin S converted options into 2,039 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 755 shares, increasing direct ownership by 1% to 109,657 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Financial Officer Tremblay Jason was granted 12,405 shares (SEC Form 4)
- Intrepid Announces Date for Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Release
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Tremblay Jason