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NYSE:HXL

Hexcel - HXL Competitors

$69.18
+0.84 (+1.23%)
(As of 03/29/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$68.42
$69.26
50-Day Range
$59.72
$74.50
52-Week Range
$47.38
$74.99
Volume
373,008 shs
Average Volume
580,716 shs
Market Capitalization
$5.84 billion
P/E Ratio
46.74
Dividend Yield
0.72%
Price Target
$66.13

HXL vs. CW, CAE, AJRD, ESLT, SPR, HII, MOG.B, ERJ, FTAI, and AVAV

Should you be buying Hexcel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hexcel include Curtiss-Wright (CW), CAE (CAE), Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD), Elbit Systems (ESLT), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Moog (MOG.B), Embraer (ERJ), FTAI Aviation (FTAI), and AeroVironment (AVAV). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.

Hexcel vs.

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE:CW) and Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Curtiss-Wright has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hexcel has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Curtiss-Wright had 6 more articles in the media than Hexcel. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Curtiss-Wright and 5 mentions for Hexcel. Hexcel's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Curtiss-Wright's score of 0.53 indicating that Hexcel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Curtiss-Wright
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hexcel
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Curtiss-Wright has a net margin of 11.51% compared to Hexcel's net margin of 8.01%. Curtiss-Wright's return on equity of 16.56% beat Hexcel's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Curtiss-Wright 11.51% 16.56% 7.28%
Hexcel 8.01% 7.29% 3.86%

85.0% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Hexcel shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Curtiss-Wright shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Hexcel shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Curtiss-Wright has higher revenue and earnings than Hexcel. Curtiss-Wright is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hexcel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Curtiss-Wright$2.56 billion2.60$294.35 million$7.6122.80
Hexcel$1.58 billion3.70$126.30 million$1.4846.74

Curtiss-Wright pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Hexcel pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Curtiss-Wright pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hexcel pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Curtiss-Wright has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Hexcel has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Curtiss-Wright presently has a consensus target price of $179.80, indicating a potential upside of 3.62%. Hexcel has a consensus target price of $66.13, indicating a potential downside of 4.42%. Given Curtiss-Wright's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Curtiss-Wright is more favorable than Hexcel.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Curtiss-Wright
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Hexcel
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11

Hexcel received 2 more outperform votes than Curtiss-Wright when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.30% of users gave Hexcel an outperform vote while only 64.93% of users gave Curtiss-Wright an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Curtiss-WrightOutperform Votes
535
64.93%
Underperform Votes
289
35.07%
HexcelOutperform Votes
537
66.30%
Underperform Votes
273
33.70%

Summary

Curtiss-Wright beats Hexcel on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HXL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HXL vs. The Competition

MetricHexcelPlastics materials & resins IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.76B$9.90B$13.64B$14.30B
Dividend Yield0.73%2.94%1.60%3.89%
P/E Ratio46.7410.9616.5419.25
Price / Sales3.702.1251.2510.85
Price / Cash24.3710.2215.6624.50
Price / Book3.751.988.216.76
Net Income$126.30M$1.21B$320.00M$868.68M
7 Day Performance3.41%7.62%1.56%2.93%
1 Month Performance-5.17%-3.32%-7.70%-5.27%
1 Year Performance15.61%-21.92%-9.41%-13.85%

Hexcel Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CW
Curtiss-Wright
1.8943 of 5 stars
$173.52
+0.8%
$179.80
+3.6%
+13.1%$6.64B$2.56B22.808,100Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
CAE
CAE
2.2569 of 5 stars
$21.63
+1.6%
$33.25
+53.7%
-17.6%$6.88B$2.69B50.3010,000Analyst Revision
AJRD
Aerojet Rocketdyne
1.3958 of 5 stars
$55.90
+0.3%
$58.00
+3.8%
+45.4%$4.51B$2.24B62.115,283Short Interest ↑
ESLT
Elbit Systems
0 of 5 stars
$168.12
-2.0%
N/A-22.7%$7.44B$5.28B37.7817,787Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
SPR
Spirit AeroSystems
1.984 of 5 stars
$33.94
+3.3%
$38.17
+12.5%
-30.3%$3.57B$5.03B-6.5018,235Positive News
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
2.3614 of 5 stars
$208.78
+0.9%
$251.22
+20.3%
+3.2%$8.34B$10.68B14.4543,000Short Interest ↑
MOG.B
Moog
0 of 5 stars
$97.31
flat
N/A+8.0%$3.10B$3.07B20.1111,787
ERJ
Embraer
2.1624 of 5 stars
$16.28
+2.6%
$17.90
+10.0%
+23.1%$2.99B$4.54B85.6818,320Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
FTAI
FTAI Aviation
2.3289 of 5 stars
$26.95
+8.8%
$31.21
+15.8%
+6.0%$2.69B$708.41M-12.14600Analyst Report
AVAV
AeroVironment
1.8539 of 5 stars
$90.93
+0.8%
$106.50
+17.1%
-2.1%$2.30B$445.73M-259.801,223
This page (NYSE:HXL) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff