Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.050-2.250 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently weighed in on the company. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on Hexcel from $78.00 to $81.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. Vertical Research cut Hexcel from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $65.00 target price for the company. in a report on Thursday, October 10th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on Hexcel from $70.00 to $68.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, October 28th. TD Cowen raised Hexcel to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their target price on Hexcel from $63.00 to $60.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Hexcel has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $71.33.

Hexcel Trading Up 0.1 %

NYSE HXL traded up $0.06 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $68.52. 2,184,889 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,320,698. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $63.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of $62.59. Hexcel has a 1-year low of $57.50 and a 1-year high of $77.09. The firm has a market cap of $5.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.30, a PEG ratio of 1.88 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a current ratio of 2.76, a quick ratio of 1.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51.

Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 22nd. The aerospace company reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.52. Hexcel had a return on equity of 9.99% and a net margin of 5.73%. On average, equities analysts forecast that Hexcel will post 2.02 EPS for the current fiscal 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.99%. This is a boost from Hexcel’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. Hexcel’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 45.80%.

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.