Hexcel Corporation (HXL)Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | Stamford, United States | NYSE
88.76 USD
+5.77
(6.953%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 88.55 -0.21 (-0.206%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:24 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 3:51 p.m. EDT
Hexcel Corporation (HXL) is currently in a volatile phase with mixed signals from both fundamentals and options activity. While the stock has shown some momentum in the short term, the overall risk profile is moderate, and the dividend yield is low. The options market indicates a lack of consensus on the stock's future direction, with both bullish and bearish positions being actively traded. For short-term traders, the current price could present a buying opportunity if the stock rebounds, but the risk of further declines is present. For long-term investors, the fundamentals are somewhat positive, but the low dividend yield and moderate growth prospects suggest a cautious approach. Overall, HXL is a stock to watch with a balanced strategy. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.049393 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.049393 |
| MSTL | 0.050969 |
| AutoTheta | 0.060338 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.15 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.276 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.74 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-02-08 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-02-08 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 81.45 |
| Revenue per Share | 23.823 |
| Market Cap | 6,734,258,176 |
| Trailing P/E | 64.79 |
| Forward P/E | 29.32 |
| Beta | 1.05 |
| Profit Margins | 5.78% |
| Website | https://www.hexcel.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 3:51 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing mixed signals. The calls show a concentration of open interest and volume around strikes near the current price, suggesting some bullish sentiment, especially with higher IV on the 2026-06-18 and 2027-01-15 expirations. However, the puts also show significant open interest and volume, particularly around strikes below the current price, indicating potential bearish sentiment or hedging against downside risk. The overall options activity suggests a volatile environment with uncertainty about the stock's direction in the short term.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.21% | 1.07% | 0.95% | 0.75% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | 0.180 | 0.209156 |
| 2025-11-03 | 0.170 | 0.236180 |
| 2025-08-08 | 0.170 | 0.283095 |
| 2025-05-02 | 0.170 | 0.344893 |
| 2025-02-07 | 0.170 | 0.263116 |
| 2024-11-01 | 0.150 | 0.258370 |
| 2024-08-02 | 0.150 | 0.245000 |
| 2024-05-02 | 0.150 | 0.225092 |
| 2024-02-08 | 0.150 | 0.214149 |
| 2023-11-02 | 0.125 | 0.198555 |
| 2023-08-03 | 0.125 | 0.188420 |
| 2023-05-04 | 0.125 | 0.179953 |
| 2023-02-09 | 0.125 | 0.184608 |
| 2022-11-03 | 0.100 | 0.188560 |
| 2022-08-04 | 0.100 | 0.167398 |
| 2022-05-05 | 0.100 | 0.177883 |
| 2022-02-10 | 0.100 | 0.189358 |
| 2020-02-13 | 0.170 | 0.234867 |
| 2019-10-31 | 0.170 | 0.236950 |
| 2019-08-01 | 0.170 | 0.218003 |
| 2019-05-02 | 0.150 | 0.221410 |
| 2019-02-04 | 0.150 | 0.227244 |
| 2018-11-01 | 0.150 | 0.265734 |
| 2018-08-02 | 0.150 | 0.228689 |
| 2018-05-03 | 0.125 | 0.200188 |
| 2018-02-05 | 0.125 | 0.206306 |
| 2017-10-31 | 0.125 | 0.217928 |
| 2017-08-01 | 0.125 | 0.257294 |
| 2017-04-28 | 0.110 | 0.225920 |
| 2017-02-06 | 0.110 | 0.226921 |
| 2016-10-31 | 0.110 | 0.258106 |
| 2016-08-01 | 0.110 | 0.269213 |
| 2016-05-02 | 0.110 | 0.262573 |
| 2016-02-03 | 0.100 | 0.267499 |
| 2015-10-29 | 0.100 | 0.230013 |
| 2015-07-30 | 0.100 | 0.209900 |
| 2015-04-30 | 0.100 | 0.215842 |
| 2015-01-30 | 0.100 | 0.245218 |
| 1992-10-27 | 0.110 | 1.028600 |
| 1992-07-28 | 0.110 | 0.946609 |
| 1992-04-28 | 0.110 | 0.993821 |
| 1992-01-28 | 0.110 | 0.963681 |
| 1991-10-29 | 0.110 | 1.032483 |
| 1991-07-30 | 0.110 | 1.000451 |
| 1991-05-07 | 0.110 | 0.807061 |
| 1991-01-29 | 0.110 | 1.254224 |
| 1990-10-30 | 0.110 | 1.833586 |
| 1990-07-31 | 0.110 | 1.159112 |
| 1990-05-01 | 0.110 | 0.993257 |
| 1990-01-30 | 0.110 | 0.810698 |
| 1989-10-31 | 0.110 | 0.685348 |
| 1989-08-01 | 0.110 | 0.473695 |
| 1989-05-02 | 0.110 | 0.457388 |
| 1989-01-31 | 0.110 | 0.433425 |
| 1988-10-25 | 0.110 | 0.351931 |
| 1988-07-26 | 0.110 | 0.377365 |
| 1988-05-03 | 0.110 | 0.449550 |
| 1988-01-26 | 0.100 | 0.530871 |
| 1987-10-26 | 0.100 | 0.491310 |
| 1987-07-27 | 0.100 | 0.390950 |
| 1987-04-28 | 0.100 | 0.400444 |
| 1987-01-27 | 0.100 | 0.486707 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.64336634 |
| Address1 | Two Stamford Plaza |
| Address2 | 281 Tresser Boulevard 16th Floor |
| All Time High | 95.22 |
| All Time Low | 1.25 |
| Ask | 88.47 |
| Ask Size | 1,600 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.4 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 954,350 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,282,226 |
| Average Volume | 1,282,226 |
| Average Volume10Days | 954,350 |
| Beta | 1.048 |
| Bid | 88.31 |
| Bid Size | 500 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 16.522 |
| City | Stamford |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 4 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 88.76 |
| Current Ratio | 2.264 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 88.76 |
| Day Low | 83.905 |
| Debt To Equity | 81.45 |
| Display Name | Hexcel |
| Dividend Date | 1,771,286,400 |
| Dividend Rate | 0.69 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.78 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,776,951,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,776,951,000 |
| Earnings Growth | 8.166 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 7.0 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,776,888,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,776,888,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,776,888,000 |
| Ebitda | 326,600,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.17245 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 23.521 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.056 |
| Enterprise Value | 7,681,958,400 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.22808 |
| Eps Forward | 3.02779 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.37 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,770,595,200 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 85.072 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 3.6880035 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.043351557 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 64.33663 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 95.22 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -6.459999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.06784288 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 45.37 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 43.390003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.9563589 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 45.37 - 95.22 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 322,151,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 0.88 |
| Float Shares | 75,129,922 |
| Forward Eps | 3.02779 |
| Forward P E | 29.315111 |
| Free Cashflow | 118,425,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 5,563 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.22958 |
| Gross Profits | 434,800,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00898 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.1657901 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 75,870,417 |
| Industry | Aerospace & Defense |
| Industry Disp | Aerospace & Defense |
| Industry Key | aerospace-defense |
| Ir Website | http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=75598&p=irol-investors |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,770,595,200 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.18 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 580,348,800 |
| Last Split Factor | 3:2 |
| Long Business Summary | Hexcel Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets advanced lightweight composites technology. It operates through two segments, Composite Materials and Engineered Products. The company offers carbon fiber, reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, honeycomb, resins, engineered core and composite structures for use in commercial aerospace, defense and space, and industrial applications. The Composite Materials segment manufactures and markets carbon fibers, fabrics, multi-axials, specialty reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, structural adhesives, honeycomb, molding compounds, tooling materials, polyurethane systems, and laminates that are used in military aircraft, transportation, recreational products, and other industrial applications. The Engineered Products segment manufactures and markets aircraft structures and finished aircraft components, including wing to body fairings, wing panels, flight deck panels, door liners, rotorcraft blades, spars, and tip caps; and aircraft structural sub-components and semi-finished components used in rotorcraft blades, engine nacelles, and aircraft surfaces, such as flaps, wings, elevators, and fairings; and RF interference control products for military and aerospace applications. This segment also provides interference control materials, structural composites, and services; dielectric absorber foams; magnetic absorbers; and thermoplastics for commercial and defense applications. The company sells its products directly through its marketing managers, product managers, and sales personnel, as well as through independent distributors in the Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, India, and Africa. Hexcel Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. |
| Long Name | Hexcel Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 6,734,258,176 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_278513 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 109,400,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 6,257,029,888 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 15 |
| Open | 83.73 |
| Operating Cashflow | 230,500,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.13088 |
| Overall Risk | 2 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.4964 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.22 |
| Phone | 203 969 0666 |
| Post Market Change | -0.20619965 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.23231144 |
| Post Market Price | 88.5538 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,464,641 |
| Previous Close | 82.99 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 39.83699 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 5.3722315 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.5557623 |
| Profit Margins | 0.05776 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.104 |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.35294 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 5.77 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 6.95265 |
| Regular Market Day High | 88.76 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 83.905 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 83.905 - 88.76 |
| Regular Market Open | 83.73 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 82.99 |
| Regular Market Price | 88.76 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,212,524 |
| Return On Assets | 0.047030002 |
| Return On Equity | 0.07874 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.037 |
| Revenue Per Share | 23.823 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 75,394,986 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0574 |
| Shares Short | 4,330,905 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 5,810,277 |
| Short Name | Hexcel Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0657 |
| Short Ratio | 3.31 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CT |
| Symbol | HXL |
| Target High Price | 104.0 |
| Target Low Price | 71.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 88.2 |
| Target Median Price | 90.0 |
| Total Cash | 71,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.936 |
| Total Debt | 1,018,700,032 |
| Total Revenue | 1,893,900,032 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.68 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.008193758 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.37 |
| Trailing P E | 64.78832 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.2208 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 72.5073 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 16.2527 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.22415261 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,212,524 |
| Website | https://www.hexcel.com |
| Zip | 06,901-3261 |