Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.050-2.250 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.320. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.0 billion-$2.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.0 billion.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the stock. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price objective on shares of Hexcel from $70.00 to $68.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, October 28th. Vertical Research downgraded shares of Hexcel from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $65.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on shares of Hexcel from $63.00 to $60.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Truist Financial cut their target price on shares of Hexcel from $78.00 to $76.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Finally, UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Hexcel from $67.00 to $69.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $71.33.

Hexcel Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:HXL opened at $70.69 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.46, a P/E/G ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.30. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $63.57 and its 200 day simple moving average is $62.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 2.76 and a quick ratio of 1.51. Hexcel has a fifty-two week low of $57.50 and a fifty-two week high of $77.09.

Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January 22nd. The aerospace company reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.52. Hexcel had a return on equity of 10.55% and a net margin of 6.94%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Hexcel will post 2.34 earnings per share for the current year.

Hexcel Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.96%. This is a boost from Hexcel’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 7th. Hexcel’s dividend payout ratio is presently 37.74%.

Hexcel Company Profile

Hexcel Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets carbon fibers, structural reinforcements, honeycomb structures, resins, and composite materials and parts for use in commercial aerospace, space and defense, and industrial applications. It operates through two segments, Composite Materials and Engineered Products.