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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
Jan 202310
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.