Industrials
Hexcel Corporation(HXL)
Live Price
Offline$98.73
-1.12% today
1Y Change
+79.20%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
- Market Cap
- $7.08B
- Revenue Growth
- -0.5%
- EPS Growth
- -14.3%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.7%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Hexcel Corporation (HXL) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $7.08B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $98.73 and up 79.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -0.5%, EPS growth of -14.3%, a dividend yield of 0.7%. What stands out right now is revenue -0.5%, EPS -14.3%, free cash flow +51.4% with operating margin 9.5% and ROIC 6.2%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.7%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 60.5 and price/sales 3.7. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines HXL price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-0.5% vs +3.6% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+9.5% vs +16.9% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
60.5 vs 36.7 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 22, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -0.5% and EPS is at -14.3%, with operating margin around 9.5%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.7%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +7.1% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 3 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 22, 2026 | โ | +4.8% | +3.9% | -1.5% |
2026 Jan 28, 2026 | +6.3% | +5.4% | +2.9% | +16.9% |
2025 Oct 22, 2025 | +2.4% | +11.3% | +14.6% | +11.8% |
Benchmark Edge
HXL vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
HXL
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
HXL Max Drawdown
-18.65%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for HXL and SPY.
Company Overview
Hexcel Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Hexcel Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets structural materials for use in commercial aerospace, space and defense, and industrial markets. It operates through two segments, Composite Materials and Engineered Products. The Composite Materials segment manufactures and markets carbon fibers, fabrics and 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 and commercial aircraft, wind turbine blades, recreational products, and other industrial applications, as well as in automotive, marine, and trains. 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. The company sells its products directly through its managers, product managers, and sales personnel, as well as through independent distributors and manufacturer representatives in the Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, India, and Africa. Hexcel Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
- Leadership
- Thomas C. Gentile
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 5.9k
- Street Address
- Two Stamford Plaza
- Mailing
- Stamford, CT, 06901-3261
- Region
- Stamford, CT, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 203 969 0666
- Last Updated
- Apr 30, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 60.5
- EV/EBITDA
- 26.1
- Price/Sales
- 3.7
- Price/Book
- 5.6
Growth
- Revenue
- -0.5%
- EPS
- -14.3%
- Free Cash Flow
- +51.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 23.6%
- Operating Margin
- 9.5%
- Net Margin
- 6.1%
- ROE
- 8.4%
- ROIC
- 6.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.79
- Current Ratio
- 2.45
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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