Madison Asset Management LLC Has $2.44 Million Stake in Hexcel Corporation $HXL

Madison Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Hexcel Corporation (NYSE:HXL) by 46.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 32,944 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after buying an additional 10,461 shares during the quarter. Madison Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Hexcel were worth $2,435,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of HXL. MMA Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Hexcel in the 3rd quarter valued at $35,000. Optiver Holding B.V. boosted its stake in Hexcel by 469.3% in the 3rd quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. now owns 575 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 474 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Hexcel by 8,671.4% in the 3rd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 614 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $38,000 after buying an additional 607 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in Hexcel by 138.7% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 759 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $42,000 after buying an additional 441 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in Hexcel by 57.8% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 786 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $44,000 after buying an additional 288 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.47% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently commented on HXL. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $105.00 price target on shares of Hexcel in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Morgan Stanley raised Hexcel from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $67.00 to $90.00 in a research note on Friday, January 30th. KeyCorp began coverage on Hexcel in a research note on Wednesday, March 25th. They issued a “sector weight” rating on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on Hexcel from $67.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Hexcel from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $91.00.

Insider Buying and Selling at Hexcel

In other news, insider Amy S. Evans sold 1,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $92.80, for a total transaction of $139,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 1,979 shares in the company, valued at $183,651.20. The trade was a 43.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 1.84% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hexcel Price Performance

Hexcel stock opened at $92.56 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 1.37 and a current ratio of 2.45. The firm has a market cap of $6.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 60.89, a P/E/G ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.11. The business’s fifty day moving average is $85.85 and its two-hundred day moving average is $81.14. Hexcel Corporation has a 52 week low of $50.54 and a 52 week high of $98.26.

Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 22nd. The aerospace company reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.17. The company had revenue of $501.50 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $488.11 million. Hexcel had a return on equity of 11.08% and a net margin of 6.07%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.37 earnings per share. Hexcel has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.100-2.300 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Hexcel Corporation will post 2.24 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hexcel Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, May 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 4th were given a dividend of $0.18 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 4th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Hexcel’s payout ratio is presently 47.37%.

About Hexcel

Hexcel Corporation is a global leader in advanced composite materials for aerospace and industrial applications. The company specializes in the development and manufacture of lightweight, high-performance products that enhance fuel efficiency, durability and structural strength. Its offerings are critical to the aerospace sector, where demand for lighter, more efficient aircraft drives continuous innovation in materials.

Hexcel’s product portfolio encompasses carbon fiber reinforcements, pre-impregnated composites (prepregs), honeycomb core, engineered adhesives and structural film adhesives.