Hexcel Corp. (NYSE: HXL) is -13.67% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $58.81 and a high of $79.08 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HXL stock was last observed hovering at around $62.34 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.33%.
Currently trading at $63.67, the stock is -10.86% and -11.79% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.0 million and changing 2.13% at the moment leaves the stock -9.41% off its SMA200. HXL registered -4.44% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -6.81%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $3.22 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $21.46.
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The stock witnessed a -12.51% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -10.45%, and is -10.11% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.97% over the week and 2.10% over the month.
Hexcel Corp. (HXL) has around 5590 employees, a market worth around $5.29B and $1.79B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 51.66 and Fwd P/E is 21.54. Profit margin for the company is 5.91%. Distance from 52-week low is 8.26% and -19.49% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.34%).
Hexcel Corp. quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at $0.42 with sales reaching $476.04M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 22.81% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 10.80% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 10.70% in year-over-year returns.
548 institutions hold shares in Hexcel Corp. (HXL), with institutional investors hold 100.83% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 84.10M, and float is at 82.56M with Short Float at 2.13%. Institutions hold 100.17% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is Blackrock Inc. with over 9.11 million shares valued at $692.69 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.79% of the HXL Shares outstanding. As of Jun 29, 2023, the second largest holder is Vanguard Group Inc with 7.82 million shares valued at $594.75 million to account for 9.26% of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are Alliancebernstein L.P. which holds 5.41 million shares representing 6.41% and valued at over $411.44 million, while Morgan Stanley holds 6.34% of the shares totaling 5.35 million with a market value of $406.88 million.
Hexcel Corp. (HXL) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Fitzsimons Gina, the company’s. SEC filings show that Fitzsimons Gina sold 864 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 14 ’24 at a price of $72.10 per share for a total of $62294.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 3375.0 shares.
Hexcel Corp. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 09 ’24 that Merlot Thierry () sold a total of 4,500 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 09 ’24 and was made at $71.63 per share for $0.32 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 50371.0 shares of the HXL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jul 27 ’23, Lehman Gail E () disposed off 1,571 shares at an average price of $70.15 for $0.11 million. The insider now directly holds 6,942 shares of Hexcel Corp. (HXL).
