Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) and Triple Flag Precious Metals (NYSE:TFPM) Head to Head Review

Triple Flag Precious Metals (NYSE:TFPM) and Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) are both materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and profitability.

Volatility and Risk

Triple Flag Precious Metals has a beta of -0.13, suggesting that its share price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hecla Mining has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

82.9% of Triple Flag Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hecla Mining shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Triple Flag Precious Metals and Hecla Mining, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Triple Flag Precious Metals	0	4	6	0	2.60
Hecla Mining	1	6	3	0	2.20

Triple Flag Precious Metals currently has a consensus target price of $39.25, indicating a potential upside of 30.31%. Hecla Mining has a consensus target price of $23.34, indicating a potential upside of 42.50%. Given Hecla Mining’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hecla Mining is more favorable than Triple Flag Precious Metals.

Profitability

This table compares Triple Flag Precious Metals and Hecla Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Triple Flag Precious Metals	84.32%	14.09%	13.64%
Hecla Mining	20.84%	18.91%	14.58%

Dividends

Triple Flag Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Hecla Mining pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Triple Flag Precious Metals pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hecla Mining pays out 2.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Triple Flag Precious Metals has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Triple Flag Precious Metals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Triple Flag Precious Metals and Hecla Mining”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Triple Flag Precious Metals	$388.70 million	15.96	$240.01 million	$1.99	15.14
Hecla Mining	$1.42 billion	7.73	$321.71 million	$0.49	33.43

Hecla Mining has higher revenue and earnings than Triple Flag Precious Metals. Triple Flag Precious Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hecla Mining, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Hecla Mining beats Triple Flag Precious Metals on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Triple Flag Precious Metals

Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp., a precious-metals-focused streaming and royalty company, engages in acquiring and managing precious metals, streams, royalties and other mineral interests in Australia, Canada, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Honduras, Mexico, Mongolia, Peru, South Africa, the United States, and internationally. The company has a portfolio of streams and royalties providing exposure to gold, silver, nickel, copper, zinc, and lead. It holds a royalty interest in the Beta Hunt mine located in Pert, Wester Australia; the Camino Rojo gold and silver mine located in Mexico; the El Mochito polymetallic mine located in north-western Honduras; and La Colorada polymetallic mine located in Mexico. Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. was founded in 2016 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

About Hecla Mining

Hecla Mining Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides precious and base metal properties in the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, and China. The company mines for silver, gold, lead, and zinc concentrates, as well as carbon material containing silver and gold for custom smelters, metal traders, and third-party processors; and doré containing silver and gold. It flagship project is the Greens Creek mine located on Admiralty Island in southeast Alaska. Hecla Mining Company was incorporated in 1891 and is headquartered in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.