Hexcel Corp. (NYSE: HXL) kicked off on Tuesday, down -1.54% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $63.46. Over the past 52 weeks, HXL has traded in a range of $57.50-$77.09.
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Over the past five-year period, the drop rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Industrials sector was -1.62%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 11.15%. With a float of $80.39 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $84.10 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 5590 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 23.95%, operating margin of 12.02%, and the pretax margin is 6.5%.
Hexcel Corp. (HXL) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Aerospace & Defense Industry. The insider ownership of Hexcel Corp. is 0.76%, while institutional ownership is 97.20%. 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
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/30/2024, the organization reported 0.43 earnings per share (EPS), lower than consensus estimate (set at 0.49) by -0.06. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.53 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 11.15% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 20.29% during the next five years compared to -16.84% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Hexcel Corp. (NYSE: HXL) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Hexcel Corp.’s (HXL) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.51. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.68. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 24.80.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.31, a number that is poised to hit 0.51 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.50 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Hexcel Corp. (HXL)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.87 million, its volume of 0.97 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 30.97%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.52.
During the past 100 days, Hexcel Corp.’s (HXL) raw stochastic average was set at 41.36%, which indicates a significant decrease from 52.53% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 22.93% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 26.76% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $61.65, while its 200-day Moving Average is $66.42. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $63.51 in the near term. At $64.55, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $65.19. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $61.83, it is likely to go to the next support level at $61.19. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $60.15.
Hexcel Corp. (NYSE: HXL) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 5.06 billion has total of 81,002K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 1,789 M in contrast with the sum of 105,700 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 456,500 K and last quarter income was 39,800 K.
