Hexcel stock analysis
Hexcel (HXL) Stock Price & Analysis
HXL Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 71.22 - EUR 71.22
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 58.50 - EUR 96.12
- Previous Close
- EUR 72.22
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 0
- Market Cap
- EUR 5.58B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 7.29B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 77.80M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 934.90M
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 36.2
- Beta
- 0.59
- Next Earnings
- Jan 27, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 0.57
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 0.90%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Commercial Aerospace Growth
Commercial aerospace is the company’s main growth engine, and volume gains across multiple Airbus and Boeing platforms support durable program demand. Rising aircraft production should drive recurring purchases of qualified composite materials, improving revenue visibility over the next several quarters.
Margin Expansion Potential
Improving gross margin and operating leverage indicate that higher aerospace volumes can translate into stronger profitability. Management’s long-term margin pathway, supported by pricing, efficiency, and continuous improvement, provides a durable earnings expansion opportunity as production rates increase.
Improving Cash Flow And Leverage
Stronger operating cash generation and lower net leverage improve financial flexibility as Hexcel invests in capacity and workforce expansion. Continued deleveraging can reduce balance-sheet constraints, support future investment, and preserve the ability to return capital once targeted leverage is reached.
Bears Say
Higher Balance-sheet Leverage
The higher debt-to-equity ratio leaves Hexcel with a less conservative capital cushion than in prior years. If aerospace demand or earnings weaken, elevated leverage could reduce financial flexibility, increase sensitivity to operating volatility, and constrain investment or shareholder returns.
Defense And Space Weakness
Weakness outside commercial aerospace creates an offset to the company’s growth profile and increases reliance on commercial aircraft production. Lower space volumes and fighter-program softness may continue to weigh on mix, revenue diversification, and segment performance over the coming quarters.
Ramp-up Margin Pressure
Capacity expansion requires substantial hiring and training before new production becomes fully efficient. These costs can suppress near-term margins and delay operating leverage, creating execution risk during the aerospace ramp even if demand remains strong and the added workforce supports future growth.
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Company Description
Hexcel
Hexcel Corporation, operating through its various subsidiaries, focuses on the innovation, production, and sale of advanced structural materials. These specialized materials are essential across the commercial aviation, space and defense, and broader industrial sectors. The company's operations are segmented into two primary divisions: Composite Materials and Engineered Products. The Composite Materials division is responsible for manufacturing and marketing a diverse range of products, including carbon fibers, specialized fabrics and reinforcements, prepregs, various fiber-reinforced matrix materials, robust structural adhesives, honeycomb structures, molding compounds, tooling solutions, polyurethane systems, and laminates. These materials are integral to the construction of military and commercial aircraft, wind turbine blades, recreational items, a wide array of industrial applications, and also find use in the automotive, marine, and railway industries. The Engineered Products segment concentrates on producing finished aircraft components and structural assemblies. This encompasses items such as wing-to-body fairings, wing panels, flight deck panels, door liners, rotorcraft blades, spars, and tip caps. Furthermore, it supplies structural sub-components and semi-finished parts that are incorporated into helicopter blades, engine nacelles, and various aircraft surfaces like flaps, wings, elevators, and fairings. Hexcel distributes its products both directly through its management, product specialists, and sales teams, and indirectly by utilizing independent distributors and authorized manufacturer representatives. Its market reach extends across the Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific region, India, and Africa. Established in 1946, Hexcel Corporation maintains its corporate headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- CEO
- Thomas C. Gentile
- Employees
- 5,563
- Website
- www.hexcel.com
- Address
- Two Stamford Plaza, Stamford, CT, 06901-3261, US
Hexcel (HXL) Earnings & Revenues
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HXL Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was broadly positive. Strong commercial aerospace growth, improving earnings and cash flow, reaffirmed guidance, strengthening demand signals, capacity investments, and significant long-term margin and revenue opportunities outweighed the lower defense and space sales, temporary program softness, foreign exchange headwind, and near-term hiring-related inefficiencies.
View all DE:HXL earnings summariesHXL Net sales Breakdown
- 82.40% Composite Materials
- 17.60% Engineered Products
HXL Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| Technical Analysis | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Moving Averages | 1 | 0 | 11 |
