NYSE:HXL - Hexcel Stock Price, Price Target & More

Hexcel trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HXL."

Hexcel announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, May 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.125 per share on Friday, May 11th. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 3rd. View Hexcel's Dividend History.

Hexcel declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Monday, May 7th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 8.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Hexcel Co. (NYSE:HXL) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The aerospace company reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.01. The aerospace company had revenue of $540.10 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $510.73 million. Hexcel had a return on equity of 17.36% and a net margin of 13.81%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 12.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.60 EPS. View Hexcel's Earnings History.

Hexcel is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Hexcel.

11 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Hexcel's shares. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $82.00. On average, they expect Hexcel's stock price to reach $71.2727 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Hexcel.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hexcel in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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Headlines about HXL stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Hexcel earned a daily sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the aerospace company an impact score of 45.86 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Hexcel's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Channing Capital Management LLC (1.22%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.54%), Trinity Street Asset Management LLP (0.54%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.35%), ELCO Management Co. LLC (0.11%) and Fred Alger Management Inc. (0.05%). Company insiders that own Hexcel stock include David Charles Hill, Kimberly A Hendricks, Lynn Brubaker, Michael Canario, Nick L Stanage, Robert George Hennemuth, Thierry Merlot, Timothy Swords and Wayne C Pensky. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hexcel.

HXL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fred Alger Management Inc., Channing Capital Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can and Foundry Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Hexcel company stock in the last year include Kimberly A Hendricks, Lynn Brubaker, Nick L Stanage, Robert George Hennemuth, Thierry Merlot and Timothy Swords. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hexcel.

HXL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Trinity Street Asset Management LLP, KAMES CAPITAL plc, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Scout Investments Inc., Boston Advisors LLC, Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB, Contravisory Investment Management Inc. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hexcel.

Shares of HXL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HXL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $68.42.

Hexcel has a market capitalization of $6.18 billion and generates $1.97 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $284 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.68 on an earnings per share basis. Hexcel employs 6,259 workers across the globe.

Hexcel's mailing address is TWO STAMFORD PLAZA 281 TRESSER BOULEVARD, STAMFORD CT, 06901. The aerospace company can be reached via phone at 203-969-0666 or via email at [email protected]