1. Whitman College
CFA Research Challenge
February 3, 2017
Hecla Mining Company
San Sebastian mine
Durango, Mexico
Sawyer Shader-Seave
Kyle Fix
Mikaela Slade
Jack Fogarty
http://www.hecla-mining.com/

2. $4.00
$4.50
$5.00
$5.50
$6.00
$6.50
$7.00
$7.50
$8.00
Recommendation
BUY
Target Price: $7.62
Upside: 20.19%
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As of 1/28/17
HL Daily stock price: 6 months
Fair Value: $7.62
Current Price: $6.34
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Overview
Industry Competition Financials Valuation Risks Summary
Undervalued
Cheap Assets

3. Main Features
 Largest Silver Producer in America
Past Events
 Dividend paid 11/17/16: $0.0025 (0.04%)
Upcoming Events
 4Q Earnings report February 28th
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NYSE: HL Sector: Basic Materials Industry: Mining Price: $6.34
Market Profile
Closing Price $6.34
52 Week High $7.64
52 Week Low $1.72
Market Capitalization $ 2,506M
Shares Outstanding 395.29M
Float 327.02M
Short % of Float 5.64%
Avg. Daily Volume 108,516
Dividend Yield 0.16%
P/E -
P/B 1.7
P/S 4.1
P/OCF 12.45
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Silver Market
0
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800
1000
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1400
Silver Demand by Year and Segment
(millions of OZ)
2013
2014
2015

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Silver Market
19%
25%
6%
50%
2015 Silver Demand by Segment
Jewelry
Coins and Bars
Silverware
Industrial
Fabrication
42%
10%
8%
13%
2%
25%
Industrial Fabrication
Electronics
Brazing
Photography
Solar
Etylene Oxide
Other

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Gold Market
-50
150
350
550
750
950
1150
1350
Jewelry Technology Investment Bar and
Coin
ETFs, etc. Central
Banks
Total
Demand
Gold Demand by Year and Segment
(tonnes)
Q3 '15
Q3 '16
5-yr avg

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Gold Market
50%
34%
8%
8%
Q3 2016 Gold Demand (tonnes)
Jewelry
Investment
Technology
Central Banks
56%
21%
8%
15%
Q3 2015 Gold Demand (tonnes)
Jewelry
Investment
Technology
Central Banks

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Mining Industry CapEx
 Capital Expenditures (CapEx) down
 Decreasing costs
 Gains in commodity prices will likely
lead to increasing CapEx

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Alternative Financing
 Increase in industrywide streaming
 Hecla does not engage in streaming
transactions
 Greater risk and upside

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Porter’s Five Forces
 Threat of New Entrants- VERY LOW (1/5)
 Threat of Substitutes- HIGH (4/5)
 Bargaining Power of Suppliers- HIGH (4/5)
 Competition- HIGH (4/5)
 Bargaining Power of Buyers- LOW (2/5)

11. Forward P/E P/Book P/Sales P/Cash Flow
HL 16.2 1.5 3.5 10.5
CDE 13 2.7 2.1 9.9
SLW 15.9 1.6 8.8 13.6
NEM 18.5 1.7 2.3 7.6
KGH-PL 21.5 0.9 1 5.9
ABX 15.7 2.3 2 6.5
Industry
Avg 17.7 1.9 1.4 10.9
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Financial Ratios
As of 1quarter ago
Top Competitors
CDE: Coeur Mining Inc.
SLW: Silver Wheaton Corp.
NEM: Newmont Mining Corp.
KGH-PL: KGHM Polska Miedz SA
ABX: Barrick Gold Corp.

12. EV/EBITDA NET DEBT/EBITDA
HL 14.73 4.98
CDE 6.56 3.01
SLW 16.19 3.47
NEM 5.59 1.2
KGH-PL 9.87 3.6
ABX 5.96 2.58
Industry Average 10.2 2.07
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EBITDA Ratios
 EV/EBITDA above industry average
 Above average leverage

13.  Second highest return among competitors
 Significantly outperformed the industry
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Hecla: Alpha & Beta
Low Beta

14.  Volatile earnings
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Financials
(millions of $) 5 year
Average
10 Year
Average
EBITDA 137.4 101.5
Net Income 14.4 25.7
Cash Flow
From Operations
71 80.9
-150
-100
-50
0
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100
150
200
250
300
350
2006-12 2007-12 2008-12 2009-12 2010-12 2011-12 2012-12 2013-12 2014-12 2015-12
EBITDA
Net income
Net cash provided by
operating activities
Free cash flow
Hecla Profit Metrics: 2006-2015

15.  Volatile margins
-40.00%
-30.00%
-20.00%
-10.00%
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
70.00%
2006-12 2007-12 2008-12 2009-12 2010-12 2011-12 2012-12 2013-12 2014-12 2015-12
EBITDA Margin Net Margin
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Financials
EBITDA & Net Margins: 2006-2015

16. 16
 Discounted reserves
 Assets and Liabilities
 Destruction by management
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Valuation

17.  Proven and Probable reserves
 Based on 2015 production rates
 Discounted annually for their WACC
Reserves
Silver 1,141,519,563.26
Zinc 872,893,736.56
Lead 657,219,636.45
Gold 602,440,706.28
All Reserves 3,274,073,642.55
1,141.52
872.89
657.22
602.44
3,274.07
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500.00
1,000.00
1,500.00
2,000.00
2,500.00
3,000.00
3,500.00
Millions
Current Value of Reserves $
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Reserves
thousands of
oz/tonnes
Proven and
Probable
Reserves
Silver 175,429
Gold 2,073
Lead 687,960
Zinc 738,930

18.  175.43 million oz in reserves
 Based on 2015 production rates
 Discounted 6% annually
 Increasing production rates?
0
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
12,000,000
14,000,000
y1 y2 y3 y4 y5 y6 y7 y8 y9 y10 y11 y12 y13 y14 y15 y16
Silver Reserves
Annual production oz (based on 2015 production) Discounted value (based on 6% WACC)
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Silver Reserves & Production

19. Assets (millions of $)
Total cash 159
Receivables 71
Equity and other investments 4
Other long-term assets 5
Total 239
Liabilities (millions of $)
Short-tem debt 2
Long-term debt 500
Total 502
239
502
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Auxiliary
Assets
Debt
 We included Hecla’s most liquid
assets in their Auxiliary Assets
 We also included Hecla’s $502
in short and long-term debt
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Assets & Liabilities

20.  On average Hecla reinvests $164.7 million
per year
 Hecla averages a 0.86% return or $1.37
million annually
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Destruction of value
 Their annual cost of capital is $9.88 million
leading to a $8.46 million loss per year
 The terminal value of this loss $141.84
million
$164.70
$1.37
-$8.46
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Destruction of Value
(millions of $)
Average annual reinvestment
of cash
profit from avg annual
investmnet
Average annual return (after
capital costs)

21.  DCF
 Comparable Company
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Other Valuations

22.  Lack of Hedging
 Future regulations
 CERCLA 108b
 Management turnover
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Risks

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Investment Summary
Current Price: $6.34
Target Price: $7.62
Upside: 20.2%
BUYImproving
Efficiency
Cheap
Assets
Possible
Decreasing
Regulations

24. Questions?