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HL vs SND

Side-by-side comparison of Hecla Mining Company (HL) and Smart Sand Inc. (SND): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both HL and SND operate in Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • HL is the larger of the two at $9.99B, about 39.9x SND ($250.2M).
  • Over the past year, HL is up 139.1% and SND is up 193.7% - SND leads by 54.6 points.
  • SND has been more active in the news (3 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for HL).
  • HL has more recent analyst coverage (19 ratings vs 1 for SND).
PerformanceHL+139.12%SND+193.67%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricHLSND
Company
Hecla Mining Company
Smart Sand Inc.
Price
$14.88+0.74%
$5.80+6.23%
Market cap
$9.99B
$250.2M
1M return
-17.72%
+18.13%
1Y return
+139.12%
+193.67%
Industry
Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
2016
News (4w)
2
3
Recent ratings
19
1
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.

SND

Smart Sand Inc.

Smart Sand, Inc., an integrated frac sand supply and services company, engages in the excavation, processing, and sale of sands or proppant for use in hydraulic fracturing operations in the oil and gas industry in the United States. It also operates SmartSystems, a wellsite proppant storage solution; and offers logistics services. The company sells its products primarily to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies, and oilfield service companies. As of December 31, 2020, it had approximately 315 million tons of proven recoverable sand reserves. Smart Sand, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.

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