A share price of Hexcel Corp. [HXL] is currently trading at $75.57, up 1.75%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The HXL shares have gain 4.38% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 12.86%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 20, February 2024, Hexcel Provides Financial Outlook. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Hexcel Corporation (NYSE: HXL), a global leader in advanced lightweight composites technology, announced today its longer-term financial outlook during the Company’s Investor Day held in New York City.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Hexcel Corp. [NYSE: HXL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 22, 2024, when Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Underweight and also revised its price target to $66 from $70. Previously, UBS downgraded its rating to Neutral on January 30, 2024. On January 10, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $96 on the stock. Goldman upgraded its rating to a Neutral and increased its price target to $70 on January 10, 2024. Stifel initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $83 as its price target on December 01, 2023. Northcoast started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on November 28, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $80. In a note dated October 25, 2023, Vertical Research upgraded an Buy rating on this stock but restated the target price of $72.
Hexcel Corp. experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $58.81 and $79.08. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $66.44 within the next 12 months. Hexcel Corp. [NYSE: HXL] shares were valued at $75.57 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -12.08% based on the average HXL price forecast.
Analyzing the HXL fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Hexcel Corp. [NYSE:HXL] were 1.79B which represents 17.44% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at -0.03% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.24%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.51%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -1.53, Equity is -2.61 and Total Capital is -22.65. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of-6.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 74.75 points at the first support level, and at 73.94 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 76.05, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 76.54.
Hexcel Corp. [HXL] reported earnings per share of $0.43 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.49/share, meaning a difference of -$0.06 and a surprise factor of -12.20%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $0.38 per share as compared to estimates of $0.43 per share, a difference of -$0.05 representing a surprise of -11.60%.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Hexcel Corp. [NYSE:HXL] is 2.74. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.68, while the Cash Ratio is 0.05. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.56, the price to book ratio is 3.70 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 61.32.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Fitzsimons Gina,, that happened on Feb 14 when 864.0 shares were sold., Merlot Thierry completed a deal on Feb 09 to sell 4500.0 shares. Meanwhile, Lehman Gail E sold 1571.0 shares on Jul 27.
