The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 16% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are up 115%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 41%. The street (10 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $814.
Hochschild Mining plc
HOC.L · LSE · GBp · Market cap $2.8B · 3,199 employees
Hochschild Mining plc, a precious metals company, engages in the exploration, mining, processing, and sale of gold and silver deposits.
PASS · Titan Ethical · score 70.0At the last full screen
2025-12-31
Screened 2025-12-31 · the tape above runs as of 16:37 UTC · 29 Aug · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
This name holds its markup label.
Hochschild Mining plc holds its Markup at $536.50. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 8 days.
| Phase | Markup |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 8 days |
| Price at the screen | $536.50 |
| Valuation | 18.50 trailing · 8.12 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | PASS · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 0.98 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Full pass across all five screens. This security clears the Titan Ethical Standard: its business and its balance sheet both stay inside the lines.
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Permissible | Core business clean | Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. | Pass |
| Debt load | 16.14% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is just 16.1% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money. | Pass |
| Interest-bearing cash | 0.00% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 18.44% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 18.4% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 0.22% | Below 5% | Only 0.2% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. | Pass |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
What the Numbers Say It Is WorthThe Fair Value Range
Fair value range in GBp, drawn from the 2025-12-31 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. The price runs 24.3% above the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 10 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +50% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Our more conservative model reads it as fully-to-richly valued here, while the Street is more bullish: a quality-at-a-fair-price name rather than a deep-value one.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2025-12-31 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain Words| Forward P/E | 8.1xcheap for a company growing this fast |
| Trailing P/E | 18.5xreasonably valued |
| EPS, trailing | 0.29 |
| EPS, forward | 0.66 |
| Revenue growth | +19.1%steady growth |
| Profit margin | 17.1%healthy profit margins |
| Return on equity | 31.6%an exceptional return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | 11.24% |
| Dividend yield | 110.00% |
| Debt to equity | 0.40minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet |
| Current ratio | 0.99below 1: short-term bills exceed liquid assets |
| Beta | 0.98steadier than the market |
| 52-week range | 235.20 - 849.50 |
| Market cap | $2.8B |
| Employees | 3,199 |
The risks · The things to watch: its business and earnings are exposed to United Kingdom and to currency swings.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 16% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are up 115%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 41%. The street (10 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $814.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $679.00 | -26.4% | · | $736 | -26.4% |
| 2 months | $651.96 | -23.3% | $3.69 | $773 | -22.7% |
| 3 months | $649.46 | -23.0% | $3.69 | $776 | -22.4% |
| 6 months | $444.17 | +12.6% | $3.69 | $1,134 | +13.4% |
| 1 year | $232.18 | +115.4% | $4.43 | $2,173 | +117.3% |
| 2 years | $181.38 | +175.7% | $5.88 | $2,789 | +178.9% |
| 3 years | $82.79 | +503.9% | $5.88 | $6,110 | +511.0% |
| 5 years | $159.95 | +212.6% | $10.85 | $3,194 | +219.4% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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