NEWP vs HL vs SVM Stock Comparison

New Pacific Metals, Hecla Mining and Silvercorp Metals Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HL Hecla Mining Co/De/
$14.62 -19.6% 1M +18.3% 1Y
Market cap
$9.92B
P/E
29.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.60B
Div. yield
–
Silver Basic Materials
5 wins
SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc
$8.62 -23.9% 1M +40.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.88B
P/E
21.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$495.47M
Div. yield
–
Silver Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Hecla Mining leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Hecla Mining 5, Silvercorp Metals 5, New Pacific Metals 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNEWPHLSVMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.01B $9.92B $1.88B HL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -242.0x 29.8x 21.9x SVM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 22.8x 12.0x SVM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +74.4% +60.8% HL
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 20.8% 17.3% HL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 19.9% 11.7% HL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.5x -1.9x SVM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +175.1% +18.3% +40.6% NEWP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +10.1%/yr +19.1%/yr +14.6%/yr HL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 80.2% 71.1% 70.6% SVM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 74/100 76/100 SVM

Percentile Scorecard

NEWPHLSVM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNEWPHLSVM
Valuation 40 #97 of 162 60 #66 of 162 83 #28 of 162
Growth 58 #62 of 147 98 #4 of 147 87 #20 of 147
Profitability – 93 #10 of 122 82 #23 of 122
Financial Health 100 #1 of 164 88 #21 of 164 83 #28 of 164
Shareholder Returns 32 #73 of 107 33 #72 of 107 44 #60 of 107
Overall 58 74 76
  • NEWP ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • HL ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • SVM ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNEWPHLSVMSPY
1 month -14.7%-19.6%-23.9% -0.2%
3 months +24.2%+0.5%-8.2% +3.9%
6 months +8.0%-18.0%-26.9% +8.2%
Year to date +60.7%-23.8%+3.4% +12.9%
1 year +175.1%+18.3%+40.6% +12.3%
3 years +257.0%+253.1%+274.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year +52.9%+52.3%+55.4% +23.3%
5 years +61.6%+139.7%+97.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year +10.1%+19.1%+14.6% +10.9%
10 years +1,609.1%+153.8%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +32.8%+9.8%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNEWPHLSVMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 80.2%71.1%70.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 79.1%70.1%73.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.862.642.62 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.180.260.58 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -78.2%-56.5%-56.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.5%-54.0%-45.1% -1.2%
52-week high $7.37$31.81$15.71 $779.14
52-week low $2.04$11.97$6.09 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNEWPHLSVM
P/E now vs peer median -243.1xmedian 13.3x 29.4xmedian 13.3x 22.0xmedian 13.3x
P/S now vs peer median —median 3.2x 6.1xmedian 3.2x 3.8xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.3x 10.2xmedian 7.3x 7.5xmedian 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -141.3xmedian 14.7x 20.3xmedian 14.7x 6.1xmedian 14.7x
P/B now vs peer median 6.6xmedian 2.2x 3.7xmedian 2.2x 1.6xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -10.40median 0.31 0.29median 0.31 0.48median 0.31

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNEWPHLSVM
Revenue – $1.60B $495.47M
Gross profit – – $302.64M
Operating income – $737.49M $165.81M
Net income -$4.19M $333.98M $69.58M
Free cash flow -$7.39M $483.99M $309.98M
R&D – $30.73M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.02 $0.49 $0.39
Cash & equivalents $38.57M $483.48M $386.76M
Total debt – $7.56M $118.10M
Shares (diluted) 180.60M 675.89M 219.43M
Enterprise value $900.05M $8.40B $221.55M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNEWPHLSVM
P/E -243.1x 29.4x 22.0x
P/FCF -141.3x 20.3x 6.1x
P/Operating cash flow -299.0x 13.4x 5.9x
P/S – 6.1x 3.8x
P/B 6.6x 3.7x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 6.6x 3.7x 1.6x
EV/EBITDA – 10.2x 7.5x
EV/EBIT – 12.7x 9.2x
EV/Revenue – 5.8x 3.1x
EV/FCF -136.1x 19.3x 4.9x
EV/Operating cash flow -287.9x 12.7x 4.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -10.40 0.29 0.48

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNEWPHLSVM
Revenue growth (1Y) – 74.4% 60.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 30.6% 31.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 146.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 58.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 344.3% 44.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 217.6% 72.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -10.8% 233.1% -7.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 19.7% 109.0% 50.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -6.0% 216.5% 1.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 23.4% 102.4% 45.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -7.1% 129.4% 120.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.1% 112.8% 53.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -17.1% 293.4% 298.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 33.8% 81.0% 189.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNEWPHLSVM
Gross margin – – 61.1%
EBITDA margin – 56.9% 40.9%
Operating margin – 46.0% 33.5%
Pretax margin – 43.4% 57.4%
Net margin – 20.8% 17.3%
FCF margin – 30.2% 62.6%
Operating cash flow margin – 45.8% 65.4%
Return on equity -2.6% 26.7% 5.7%
Return on assets – 21.4% 4.4%
Return on invested capital – 19.9% 11.7%
Return on capital employed – 23.5% 12.0%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x 2.2x 4.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.7% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNEWPHLSVM
Debt / assets – 0.2% 0.0%
Debt / equity – 0.0x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.5x -1.9x
Debt / FCF – 0.0x 0.0x
Liabilities / assets 0.7% 15.9% 23.2%
Equity / assets 99.3% 84.1% 76.8%
Interest coverage – 27.3x 11.9x
Current ratio 34.5x 5.2x 3.5x
Quick ratio 34.3x 5.0x 3.4x
Cash ratio 34.3x 3.3x 3.3x
Altman Z-score – 13.08 4.39

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNEWPHLSVM
Dividend yield – 0.0% 0.2%
Net buyback yield -2.8% -0.4% -0.3%
Shareholder yield -2.8% -0.4% -0.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNEWPHLSVM
Forward P/E – 22.8xFY2026 12.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.03FY2027 $0.64FY2026 $0.72FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +45.5%FY2026 +4.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +40.6% +80.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $0.00FY2027 $1.49BFY2026 $479.44MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +5.1%FY2026 +9.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -7.2% +74.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNEWPHLSVM
Held by institutions – 72.1% 55.0%
Institutions holding – 584 185
Change in shares held, QoQ – +0.4% +2.1%
Institutions buying – 313 92
Institutions selling – 187 64
Buyers to sellers – 1.67 1.44

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NEWPHLSVM
NEWP 1.00 0.75 0.79
HL 0.75 1.00 0.85
SVM 0.79 0.85 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NEWP, HL and SVM?

Hecla Mining (HL) is the largest by market capitalisation: New Pacific Metals (NEWP) $1.01B, Hecla Mining (HL) $9.92B, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) $1.88B.

Which stock is cheaper, NEWP, HL and SVM?

Silvercorp Metals (SVM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (New Pacific Metals (NEWP) -242.0x, Hecla Mining (HL) 29.8x, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) 21.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) is cheapest (Hecla Mining (HL) 22.8x, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) 12.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Hecla Mining (HL) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hecla Mining (HL) +74.4%, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) +60.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hecla Mining (HL) has the highest net margin (Hecla Mining (HL) 20.8%, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) 17.3%). On return on invested capital, Hecla Mining (HL) leads (Hecla Mining (HL) 19.9%, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) 11.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year New Pacific Metals (NEWP) returned the most: New Pacific Metals (NEWP) +175.1%, Hecla Mining (HL) +18.3%, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) +40.6%. Over five years, Hecla Mining (HL) compounded fastest (New Pacific Metals (NEWP) +10.1%/yr, Hecla Mining (HL) +19.1%/yr, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) +14.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) has been the steadiest (New Pacific Metals (NEWP) 80.2%, Hecla Mining (HL) 71.1%, Silvercorp Metals (SVM) 70.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NEWP, HL and SVM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Hecla Mining (HL) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.