Hecla Mining Company operates in the Silver ores sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Hecla Mining Company with three other precious metal companies in North America: Fortuna Silver Mines Inc of Canada (2018 sales of 342.15 million Canadian Dollars [US$259.79 million] of which 67% was Cuzcatlan), Silvercorp Metals Inc of Canada (217.95 million Canadian Dollars [US$165.49 million] of which 100% was Mining), and Pan American Silver Corporation which is also based in Canada (1.02 billion Canadian Dollars [US$774.06 million] of which 44% was Refined silver and gold).

Sales Analysis. Hecla Mining Company reported sales of $567.14 million for the year ending December of 2018. This represents a decrease of 1.8% versus 2017, when the company's sales were $577.78 million. Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 54.8% decline in Lucky Friday, from $21.56 million to $9.75 million. There were also decreases in sales in Greens Creek (down 4.5% to $265.65 million) and San Sebastian (down 41.4% to $50.22 million) . However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of Casa Berardi (up 9.5% to $210.34 million) .