Hexcel (HXL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

14 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hexcel in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" HXL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HXL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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14 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Hexcel's shares. Their HXL share price targets range from $65.00 to $96.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $76.93 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.7% from the stock's current price.
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Hexcel's stock was trading at $73.75 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, HXL stock has decreased by 16.4% and is now trading at $61.67.
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Hexcel saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,760,000 shares, a decrease of 7.4% from the March 15th total of 1,900,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 760,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 22nd 2024.
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Hexcel will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 23rd at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Hexcel Co. (NYSE:HXL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 25th. The aerospace company reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.06. The aerospace company had revenue of $457.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $474.01 million. Hexcel had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.31% and a net margin of 5.91%. The company's revenue was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.40 EPS.

Hexcel declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, February 16th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.97%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 8th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13.
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Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.97%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 48.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HXL will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.41% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) stock in their portfolio include Gabelli Commercial Aerospace & Defense ETF (GCAD), ProShares Smart Materials ETF (TINT), SPDR S&P Kensho Final Frontiers ETF (ROKT), SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR), First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF (MISL), Touchstone Climate Transition ETF (HEAT), First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF (FAN) and SPDR Kensho Future Security ETF (FITE).

Hexcel updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.100-2.300 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.230. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.9 billion-$2.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.0 billion.

52 employees have rated Hexcel Chief Executive Officer Nick L. Stanage on Glassdoor.com. Nick L. Stanage has an approval rating of 91% among the company's employees. This puts Nick L. Stanage in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hexcel investors own include KAZ Minerals (KAZ), Petra Diamonds (PDL), AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO), NVIDIA (NVDA), Pfizer (PFE), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Micron Technology (MU) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

Hexcel's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.05%), Compass Wealth Management LLC (0.02%), Park Avenue Securities LLC (0.02%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.01%), Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. (0.01%) and Oak Thistle LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Gail E Lehman, Gina Fitzsimons, Marilyn Minus, Nick L Stanage, Robert George Hennemuth and Thierry Merlot.
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Shares of HXL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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