Hexcel (HXL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Hexcel Corporation (NYSE:HXL) develops and manufactures advanced composite materials and structural solutions for the aerospace, defense, space, and industrial markets. Its products are designed to provide high strength and stiffness while reducing weight compared with many traditional materials.

The company’s portfolio includes carbon fibers, specialty reinforcements, prepregs, honeycomb sandwich structures, adhesives, and composite tooling materials. These products are used in aircraft structures, helicopter components, rocket and satellite systems, wind turbine blades, and other applications that require lightweight, durable, and high-performance materials.

Hexcel traces its history to 1946 and serves customers through manufacturing operations and commercial activities in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The company works with major aerospace and defense manufacturers as well as customers in selected industrial markets, supplying materials for both original equipment production and aftermarket applications.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $90.70 to $92.76
• 50-Day Range: $89.67 to $110.15
• 52-Week Range: $60.26 to $111.74
• Volume: 850,595 shs
• Average Volume: 682,239 shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.99 billion
• P/E Ratio: 46.47
• Dividend Yield: 0.78%
• Price Target: $107.18
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Hexcel Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Hexcel scored higher than 85% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 151st out of 668 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Hexcel has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.27, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Hexcel has a consensus price target of $107.18, representing about 15.9% upside from its current price of $92.48.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Hexcel has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 44.92%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Hexcel are expected to grow by 44.92% in the coming year, from $2.36 to $3.42 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Hexcel is 46.47, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.10.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Hexcel is 46.47, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.75.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Hexcel has a PEG Ratio of 1.28. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Hexcel has a P/B Ratio of 5.61. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.78% of the float of Hexcel has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Hexcel has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.87.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Hexcel has recently decreased by 21.33%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Hexcel has a dividend yield of 0.80%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Hexcel has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Hexcel is 36.18%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Hexcel will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.05% next year. This indicates that Hexcel will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.78

News Sentiment

Hexcel has a news sentiment score of 0.78. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Hexcel this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for HXL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Hexcel to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Hexcel insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,271,530.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.84% of the stock of Hexcel is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

95.47% of the stock of Hexcel is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Record date for 8/17 Dividend: 8/10/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/17 Dividend: 8/10/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/17/2026
• Today: 9/12/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Aerospace & Defense
• Sub-Industry: Aerospace & Defense
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HXL
• CIK: 717605
• Web: www.hexcel.com
• Phone: (203) 969-0666
• Fax: 203-358-3977
• Employees: 5,563
• Year Founded: 1948

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Hexcel: $107.18
• High Price Target: $126.00
• Low Price Target: $94.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.27
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.99
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 46.47
• Forward P/E Ratio: 39.18
• P/E Growth: 1.28
• Net Income: $109.40 million
• Net Margins: 7.76%
• Pretax Margin: 9.27%
• Return on Equity: 12.34%
• Return on Assets: 6.08%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.74
• Current Ratio: 2.43
• Quick Ratio: 1.37

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.98 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.54
• Cash Flow: $3.57 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.89
• Book Value: $16.49 per share
• Price / Book: 5.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 75,623,000
• Free Float: 74,232,000
• Market Cap: $6.99 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.05