Hexcel Corporation (NYSE:HXL) Stock Has Consensus Price Target of $106.00 According to Analysts

Key Points

• Analysts maintain a “Hold” consensus on Hexcel, with nine hold, five buy, one strong-buy, and one sell rating. The average 12-month price target is $106, versus the stock’s reported price of $86.18.
• Hexcel exceeded quarterly expectations, reporting $0.66 in EPS versus the $0.57 consensus and $529.3 million in revenue, up 8% year over year. Management’s fiscal 2026 EPS guidance is $2.30–$2.40.
• The company pays a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share, equal to a 0.8% annualized yield; institutional investors own 95.47% of outstanding shares, while two insiders recently reduced their holdings through stock sales.

Shares of Hexcel Corporation (NYSE:HXL - Get Free Report) have been given a consensus rating of "Hold" by the sixteen brokerages that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, nine have assigned a hold recommendation, five have assigned a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $106.00.

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on HXL shares. TD Cowen boosted their price target on Hexcel from $85.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, July 13th. Wolfe Research cut shares of Hexcel from an "outperform" rating to a "peer perform" rating in a research note on Friday, July 31st. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Hexcel from $113.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of Hexcel from $88.00 to $97.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th. Finally, Guggenheim initiated coverage on shares of Hexcel in a report on Monday, September 14th. They set a "buy" rating and a $120.00 target price for the company.

Hexcel Stock Performance

HXL stock opened at $86.18 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 2.43 and a quick ratio of 1.37. Hexcel has a 1 year low of $60.82 and a 1 year high of $111.74. The company has a market cap of $6.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 1.10. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $93.88 and its 200-day moving average price is $92.76.

Hexcel (NYSE:HXL - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The aerospace company reported $0.66 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.09. Hexcel had a return on equity of 12.34% and a net margin of 7.76%.The company had revenue of $529.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $528.08 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.50 earnings per share. Hexcel's revenue for the quarter was up 8.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Hexcel has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.300-2.400 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Hexcel will post 2.36 earnings per share for the current year.

Hexcel Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, August 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 10th were given a dividend of $0.18 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 10th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Hexcel's payout ratio is presently 36.18%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Hexcel

In related news, insider Gail E. Lehman sold 13,829 shares of Hexcel stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $92.10, for a total transaction of $1,273,650.90. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 20,148 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,855,630.80. The trade was a 40.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Gina Fitzsimons sold 9,675 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $103.14, for a total value of $997,879.50. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 7,712 shares of the company's stock, valued at $795,415.68. This represents a 55.65% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Corporate insiders own 1.84% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Amundi grew its stake in shares of Hexcel by 124.4% during the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 139,357 shares of the aerospace company's stock valued at $13,944,000 after acquiring an additional 77,268 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE bought a new stake in Hexcel during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $216,948,000. Corient Private Wealth LP bought a new stake in Hexcel during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $3,260,000. Redwood Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in Hexcel during the first quarter valued at approximately $1,054,000. Finally, BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in Hexcel during the second quarter valued at approximately $1,422,742,000. Institutional investors own 95.47% of the company's stock.

Hexcel Company Profile

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 help customers reduce weight, improve performance, and increase fuel efficiency in aircraft and other demanding applications.

The company's product portfolio includes carbon fiber, specialty reinforcements, prepreg materials, honeycomb cores, adhesives, and other composite technologies. Hexcel also produces engineered composite structures and components used in commercial aircraft, military aircraft, helicopters, launch vehicles, satellites, and various industrial applications, including wind energy and transportation.

Hexcel traces its roots to the development of lightweight honeycomb materials in the mid-20th century and has expanded through research, manufacturing, and acquisitions into a global composites supplier.

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