How does HXL *'s PE Ratio compare to its peers?

HXL * is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (47.7x) compared to the peer average (28.6x).

How does HXL *'s PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Aerospace & Defense Industry?

HXL * is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (47.7x) compared to the Global Aerospace & Defense industry average (39.5x).

What is HXL *'s PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

Insufficient data to calculate HXL *'s Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

What is the Fair Price of HXL * when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

HXL * (MX$1308.01) is trading below our estimate of [[fair value]] (MX$2044.95)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

HXL * Stock Overview

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. More details

HXL * fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	2/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	1/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Trading at 36% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 23.12% per year

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Has a high level of debt

Profit margins (5.7%) are lower than last year (9.1%)

My Notes

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Hexcel
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$1,308.01
52 Week High	US$1,308.01
52 Week Low	US$1,308.01
Beta	1.31
1 Month Change	n/a
3 Month Change	n/a
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	0%

Recent News & Updates

No updates

Recent updates

No updates

Shareholder Returns

	HXL *	MX Aerospace & Defense	MX Market
7D	0%	0%	0%
1Y	n/a	0%	0%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how HXL * performed against the MX Aerospace & Defense industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how HXL * performed against the MX Market.

Price Volatility

Is HXL *'s price volatile compared to industry and market?
HXL * volatility
HXL * Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Aerospace & Defense Industry Average Movement	0%
Market Average Movement	0%
10% most volatile stocks in MX Market	0%
10% least volatile stocks in MX Market	0%

Stable Share Price: HXL *'s share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the MX market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine HXL *'s volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1946	5,590	Tom Gentile	www.hexcel.com

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. The Composite Materials segment manufactures and markets fabrics, multi-axials, specialty reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, structural adhesives, molding compounds, tooling materials, polyurethane systems, and laminates that are used in military and commercial aircraft, wind turbine blades, recreational products, and other industrial applications, as well as in automotive, marine, and rail transportation.

Hexcel Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do Hexcel's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
HXL * fundamental statistics
Market cap	Mex$101.72b
Earnings (TTM)	Mex$2.20b
Revenue (TTM)	Mex$38.46b

46.2x

P/E Ratio

2.6x

P/S Ratio

Is HXL * overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
HXL * income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$1.89b
Cost of Revenue	US$1.43b
Gross Profit	US$454.40m
Other Expenses	US$346.30m
Earnings	US$108.10m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	1.33
Gross Margin	24.08%
Net Profit Margin	5.73%
Debt/Equity Ratio	50.5%

How did HXL * perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

1.0%

Current Dividend Yield

44%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/19 06:58
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/03 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Hexcel Corporation is covered by 39 analysts. 17 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Christopher Kapsch	Aegis Capital Corporation
David Strauss	Barclays
Paretosh Misra	Berenberg