A share price of Hexcel Corp. [HXL] is currently trading at $64.18, up 1.49%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The HXL shares have gain 4.53% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -11.39%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Hexcel Corp. [NYSE: HXL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 10, 2024, when Northcoast downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Previously, BofA Securities downgraded its rating to Underperform on April 10, 2024, and dropped its price target to $65. On February 22, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underweight and revised its price target to $66 on the stock. UBS downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Truist upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $96 on January 10, 2024. Goldman upgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on January 10, 2024, and upped its price target to $70. In a note dated December 01, 2023, Stifel initiated an Buy rating and provided a target price of $83 on this stock.
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 $64.18 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.52% based on the average HXL price forecast.
Analyzing the HXL fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Hexcel Corp. [NYSE:HXL] were 1.80B which represents 1.72% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.23% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.12%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.06 and Total Capital is 0.08. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.44.
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 62.61 points at the first support level, and at 61.03 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 65.07, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 65.95.
Hexcel Corp. [HXL] reported earnings per share of $0.44 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 3/31/2024. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.41/share, meaning a difference of $0.03 and a surprise factor of 7.30%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 12/31/2023 were $0.43 per share as compared to estimates of $0.49 per share, a difference of -$0.06 representing a surprise of -12.20%.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Hexcel Corp. [NYSE:HXL] is 2.74. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.51, and the Cash Ratio is 0.3. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.97, the price to book ratio is 3.27 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 55.17.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Fitzsimons Gina,, that happened on Feb 14 ’24 when 864.0 shares were sold., Merlot Thierry completed a deal on Feb 09 ’24 to sell 4500.0 shares. Meanwhile, Lehman Gail E sold 1571.0 shares on Jul 27 ’23.
