A look at Hexcel Corp.’s (HXL) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

On Friday, Hexcel Corp. (NYSE: HXL) opened lower -0.82% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $61.34. Price fluctuations for HXL have ranged from $58.54 to $77.09 over the past 52 weeks.

Industrials Sector giant saw their annual sales slid by -1.62% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 15.97% at the time writing. With a float of $81.13 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $84.10 million.

The firm has a total of 5590 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 23.62%, operating margin of 11.78%, and the pretax margin is 6.18%.

Hexcel Corp. (HXL) Insider Activity

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Aerospace & Defense industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Hexcel Corp. is 0.76%, while institutional ownership is 97.13%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 30 ’24, was worth 607,319. In this transaction an insider of this company sold 9,611 shares at a rate of $63.19, taking the stock ownership to the 46,371 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 28 ’24, when Company’s See Remarks sold 4,800 for $63.28, making the entire transaction worth $303,744. This insider now owns 12,547 shares in total.

Hexcel Corp. (HXL) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 15.97% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 22.62% during the next five years compared to -16.84% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Hexcel Corp. (NYSE: HXL) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Hexcel Corp. (HXL). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.55. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.69. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 27.75.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.27, a number that is poised to hit 0.48 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.73 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Hexcel Corp. (HXL)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Hexcel Corp., HXL], we can find that recorded value of 0.65 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 0.89 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 49.26%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.64.

During the past 100 days, Hexcel Corp.’s (HXL) raw stochastic average was set at 15.29%, which indicates a significant decrease from 36.11% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.81% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 28.89% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $63.16, while its 200-day Moving Average is $68.09. Now, the first resistance to watch is $61.57. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $62.31. The third major resistance level sits at $62.97. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $60.17, it is likely to go to the next support level at $59.51. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $58.77.

Hexcel Corp. (NYSE: HXL) Key Stats

There are currently 83,114K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 4.97 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 1,789 M according to its annual income of 105,700 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 500,400 K and its income totaled 50,000 K.