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Hexcel Corporation (HXL)

Industrials | Aerospace & Defense | Stamford, United States | NYSE
94.87 USD +0.16 (0.169%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 94.87

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:01 a.m. EDT

While the stock has pulled back sharply over the last fortnight, trading below its 50-day average, the longer-term technical structure remains intact with price holding well above the 200-day moving average. Fundamentally, earnings growth is accelerating significantly at nearly 30 percent, supported by strong revenue expansion and new long-term agreements with major aerospace clients like Boeing. However, the valuation remains stretched with a trailing price-to-earnings ratio near 47 times, pricing in substantial future performance. The dividend yield is modest and unlikely to drive income-focused investors. Options flow confirms a bullish sentiment among traders, betting on a recovery toward the $110 analyst target, though the recent price weakness suggests caution for immediate entries.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.051383
MSTL0.056843
AutoARIMA0.058176
AutoETS0.058839

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 49%
H-stat 1.40
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.725
Excess Kurtosis -0.19
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-09
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-09
Debt to Equity Ratio 73.902
Revenue per Share 25.676
Market Cap 7,174,397,440
Trailing P/E 47.91
Forward P/E 30.45
Beta 1.06
Profit Margins 7.76%
Website https://www.hexcel.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:01 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside with heavy out-of-the-money call open interest concentrated at the $100 to $120 strikes, creating a bullish bias for the near term. Put open interest is also present but less dominant, suggesting downside protection is secondary to the bullish thesis.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.18% 0.82% 0.94% 0.81%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-10 0.180 0.178518
2026-05-04 0.180 0.198478
2026-02-09 0.180 0.209156
2025-11-03 0.170 0.235686
2025-08-08 0.170 0.281830
2025-05-02 0.170 0.342397
2025-02-07 0.170 0.260297
2024-11-01 0.150 0.254929
2024-08-02 0.150 0.241119
2024-05-02 0.150 0.221011
2024-02-08 0.150 0.209790
2023-11-02 0.125 0.194099
2023-08-03 0.125 0.183824
2023-05-04 0.125 0.175242
2023-02-09 0.125 0.179469
2022-11-03 0.100 0.182983
2022-08-04 0.100 0.162153
2022-05-05 0.100 0.172028
2022-02-10 0.100 0.182815
2020-02-13 0.170 0.226335
2019-10-31 0.170 0.227821
2019-08-01 0.170 0.209128
2019-05-02 0.150 0.211954
2019-02-04 0.150 0.217077
2018-11-01 0.150 0.253293
2018-08-02 0.150 0.217423
2018-05-03 0.125 0.189912
2018-02-05 0.125 0.195343
2017-10-31 0.125 0.205965
2017-08-01 0.125 0.242671
2017-04-28 0.110 0.212560
2017-02-06 0.110 0.213054
2016-10-31 0.110 0.241811
2016-08-01 0.110 0.251601
2016-05-02 0.110 0.244771
2016-02-03 0.100 0.248756
2015-10-29 0.100 0.213356
2015-07-30 0.100 0.194288
2015-04-30 0.100 0.199402
2015-01-30 0.100 0.226091
1992-10-27 0.110 0.946237
1992-07-28 0.110 0.862745
1992-04-28 0.110 0.897959
1992-01-28 0.110 0.862745
1991-10-29 0.110 0.916667
1991-07-30 0.110 0.880000
1991-05-07 0.110 0.704000
1991-01-29 0.110 1.086420
1990-10-30 0.110 1.571429
1990-07-31 0.110 0.977778
1990-05-01 0.110 0.830189
1990-01-30 0.110 0.671756
1989-10-31 0.110 0.564103
1989-08-01 0.110 0.387665
1989-05-02 0.110 0.372881
1989-01-31 0.110 0.352000
1988-10-25 0.110 0.284790
1988-07-26 0.110 0.304498
1988-05-03 0.110 0.361644
1988-01-26 0.100 0.425532
1987-10-26 0.100 0.392157
1987-07-27 0.100 0.310881
1987-04-28 0.100 0.317460
1987-01-27 0.100 0.384615
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.72
dividendYield 0.76
exDividendDate 2026-08-10
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.7
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.007390983
lastDividendValue 0.18
lastDividendDate 2026-08-10
dividendDate 2026-08-17

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.46315467
Address1 Two Stamford Plaza
Address2 281 Tresser Boulevard 16th Floor
All Time High 111.74
All Time Low 1.25
Ask 96.99
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 2.6 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 718,130
Average Daily Volume3 Month 972,851
Average Volume 972,851
Average Volume10Days 718,130
Beta 1.06
Bid 94.79
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 4
Book Value 17.195
City Stamford
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 94.87
Current Ratio 2.427
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 95.595
Day Low 93.795
Debt To Equity 73.902
Display Name Hexcel
Dividend Date 1,786,924,800
Dividend Rate 0.72
Dividend Yield 0.76
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,418,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,418,200
Earnings Growth 2.802
Earnings Quarterly Growth 2.652
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,355,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,612,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,612,800
Ebitda 389,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.19663
Enterprise To Ebitda 20.749
Enterprise To Revenue 4.08
Enterprise Value 8,071,297,024
Eps Current Year 2.3994
Eps Forward 3.1155
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.98
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,320,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 101.013
Fifty Day Average Change -6.1429977
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.060813934
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 46.315468
Fifty Two Week High 111.74
Fifty Two Week High Change -16.869995
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.15097544
Fifty Two Week Low 60.26
Fifty Two Week Low Change 34.610004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.5743446
Fifty Two Week Range 60.26 - 111.74
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.88
Float Shares 74,831,674
Forward Eps 3.1155
Forward P E 30.450972
Free Cashflow 252,975,008
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 5,563
Fullday Change 0.160004
Fullday Change Percent 0.168941
Fullday Price 94.87
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.24956
Gross Profits 493,700,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00957
Held Percent Institutions 1.1564499
Implied Shares Outstanding 75,623,452
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 1,786,320,000
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 7,174,397,440
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_278513
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 153,500,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 7,162,297,138
Number Of Analyst Opinions 13
Open 96.02
Operating Cashflow 332,400,000
Operating Margins 0.13904999
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.35349998
Peg Ratio 1.29
Phone 203 969 0666
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 94.87
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 94.71
Price Eps Current Year 39.53905
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 5.517302
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.6265466
Profit Margins 0.077589996
Quick Ratio 1.236
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.5625
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.160004
Regular Market Change Percent 0.168941
Regular Market Day High 95.595
Regular Market Day Low 93.795
Regular Market Day Range 93.795 - 95.595
Regular Market Open 96.02
Regular Market Previous Close 94.71
Regular Market Price 94.87
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 679,280
Return On Assets 0.05983
Return On Equity 0.10764
Revenue Growth 0.08
Revenue Per Share 25.676
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 75,623,452
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.059699997
Shares Short 4,512,760
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 4,202,028
Short Name Hexcel Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0683
Short Ratio 4.21
Source Interval 15
State CT
Symbol HXL
Target High Price 126.0
Target Low Price 90.0
Target Mean Price 109.92308
Target Median Price 110.0
Total Cash 62,500,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.826
Total Debt 959,400,000
Total Revenue 1,978,300,032
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.7
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.007390983
Trailing Eps 1.98
Trailing P E 47.914143
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.3065
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 87.88415
Two Hundred Day Average Change 6.985855
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.079489365
Type Disp Equity
Volume 679,280
Website https://www.hexcel.com
Zip 06,901-3261