Stocks · Basic Materials · Gold
Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation HYMC
$18.80 +0.48% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $1.74B
Expensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 231.7% in a year.
- Over the past year the stock returned +202.7%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 187.0 percentage points.
- The stock is 66% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 6%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 3%
- Interest coverBottom 7%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 26%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 17%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 13%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 1%
- 6-month returnBottom 3%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 1%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 8%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 24%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 31%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 21%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 27%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 43%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capital | -34.3% | — | Bottom 6% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 7.5%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -23.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -18.60%
- Shareholder yield
- -18.60%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +231.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +65.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -5.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | -31.4% | -1.5% | +0.9% | +26.0% | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | +0.0% | -6.5% | -5.3% | -12.9% | -46.3% |
| Mar 4, 2026 | +8.3% | -1.7% | -7.5% | -27.4% | -31.6% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | +0.0% | +18.7% | +19.4% | +44.1% | +650.4% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | -13.2% | -4.0% | +6.6% | +17.2% | +118.1% |
| May 13, 2025 | -9.3% | -2.7% | -17.9% | +25.9% | +3.0% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | -16.3% | +9.4% | +12.4% | +28.2% | +29.9% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | -20.4% | -3.3% | -9.8% | -8.2% | -5.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | -$0.23 | -$0.18 | -31.4% | $7.2M |
| Apr 28, 2026 | -$0.54 | -$0.54 | +0.0% | — |
| Mar 4, 2026 | -$0.11 | -$0.12 | +8.3% | — |
| Oct 28, 2025 | -$0.22 | -$0.22 | +0.0% | — |
| Jul 30, 2025 | -$0.43 | -$0.38 | -13.2% | — |
| May 13, 2025 | -$0.47 | -$0.43 | -9.3% | $850,000 |
| Mar 5, 2025 | -$0.50 | -$0.43 | -16.3% | $7.9M |
| Nov 4, 2024 | -$0.59 | -$0.49 | -20.4% | — |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free-cash-flow yield | -6.27% | — | — | Bottom 17% |
| Earnings yield | -6.40% | — | — | Bottom 26% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -17.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -39.0%
- RSI (14)
- 37.5
- Relative volume
- 0.72×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 86.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 40th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.10
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.16
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -66.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -66.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2020 | Nov 14, 2023 | -98.4% | 788 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.74B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.20
- Revenue (TTM)
- $0
- 52-week range
- $6.22 – $58.73
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $110.7M | $33.2M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | -$52.6M | -$15.7M | -$14.0M | -$12.1M | -$29.5M |
| Operating income | -$83.9M | -$53.5M | -$45.0M | -$43.8M | -$44.5M |
| Net income | -$88.6M | -$60.8M | -$55.0M | -$60.9M | -$40.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$14.74 | -$3.58 | -$2.61 | -$2.63 | -$0.94 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | -$14.2M | -$12.7M | -$11.8M | -$11.7M | -$9.4M | -$7.8M | -$48.3M | -$20.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.59 | -$0.51 | -$0.47 | -$0.43 | -$0.34 | -$0.09 | -$0.54 | -$0.23 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$37.0M | -$34.9M | -$41.4M | -$35.9M | -$82.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$7.0M | -$951,000 | -$1.1M | -$1.3M | -$564,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$44.0M | -$35.8M | -$42.5M | -$37.1M | -$83.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $188.9M | $1.1M | $12.6M | $285.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $220.5M
- Total assets
- $293.1M
- Total liabilities
- $42.2M
- Total debt
- $23,000
- Net debt
- -$220.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $250.9M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 12,873,588
- Days to cover
- 6.91
- Change vs previous report
- -6.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 15, 2023
- 1-for-10