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Hexcel

NYQ:HXL · US4282911084
Aerospace & DefenseMedium

360

68
EV / EBIT41
Price / Owner Earnings49
Owner Earnings Yield66
Dividend Yield85
Price/Sales45
EV / Gross Profit44
Price/Book31
Return on Capital41
Cash Return on Capital58
Return on Equity38
EBIT Margin62
Gross Profitability61
Cash Conversion86
Accruals85
Owner Earnings Margin76
Sales growth45
Profit Growth48
Long-Term EPS Growth89
Owner Earnings Growth59
Reinvestment40
Price momentum71
Debt load32
Refinancing63
Debt Payback40
Liquidity54
Analyst ratings7
Opinion Changes26
Price Target Upside15
Market mood51
Value Creation10/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Hexcel clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryAerospace & Defense
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded1983
Employees1,938
Websitehexcel.com
ISINUS4282911084
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Onshore and Offshore Wind3D PrintingPassenger Aircraft ManufacturingDefenseTechSpaceTechAerospaceIndustrial

Description

Hexcel Corporation is a global leader in advanced lightweight composites technology. The company’s broad product range includes carbon fiber, specialty reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, honeycomb, resins, engineer…

Analysis

Quality compounder

Hexcel Corporation is a quality compounder: a well-run business trading at a price that reflects what it is worth.

The price is expensive. You pay 43.5× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically expensive zone. At today's price, the market is assuming roughly 17% yearly growth; analysts expect 29%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

The trajectory is moderate and the balance sheet is stretched. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

Nothing is flagged here: no red or amber gates, no divergence between profits and cash. That is itself information: the numbers are straightforward. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
19
2023202420252026

All-time high

45

Jan 2024

All-time low

10

Jul 2024

Average rank

24

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
45
26
17
23
Price/Earnings
28
28
17
7
Price/Book
31
34
26
46
Dividend Yield
85
57
48
46
Value (overall)
48
25
25
14

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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