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$60.71 +1.74 (+2.95%)
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HXL vs. AL, BA, CW, HWM, ITT, RTX, TDG, TXT, AVAV, and HII

Should you be buying Hexcel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hexcel include Air Lease (AL), Boeing (BA), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), ITT (ITT), RTX (RTX), Transdigm Group (TDG), Textron (TXT), AeroVironment (AVAV), and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII).

Hexcel vs. Its Competitors

Air Lease (NYSE:AL) and Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Air Lease currently has a consensus price target of $59.29, indicating a potential upside of 1.65%. Hexcel has a consensus price target of $59.22, indicating a potential downside of 2.45%. Given Air Lease's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Air Lease is more favorable than Hexcel.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Air Lease
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Hexcel
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10

Air Lease has a net margin of 24.77% compared to Hexcel's net margin of 6.60%. Hexcel's return on equity of 10.36% beat Air Lease's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Air Lease24.77% 8.04% 1.91%
Hexcel 6.60%10.36%5.76%

In the previous week, Hexcel had 17 more articles in the media than Air Lease. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Hexcel and 6 mentions for Air Lease. Air Lease's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Hexcel's score of 0.36 indicating that Air Lease is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Air Lease
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hexcel
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

94.6% of Air Lease shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Hexcel shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Air Lease shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Hexcel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Air Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Hexcel pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Air Lease pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hexcel pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Air Lease has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Hexcel has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Air Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Air Lease has higher revenue and earnings than Hexcel. Air Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hexcel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Air Lease$2.73B2.38$427.70M$5.7210.20
Hexcel$1.90B2.57$132.10M$1.5140.21

Air Lease has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hexcel has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Air Lease beats Hexcel on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HXL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HXL vs. The Competition

MetricHexcelAEROSP/DEF EQ IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.74B$17.37B$27.01B$20.75B
Dividend Yield1.15%0.76%0.97%3.66%
P/E Ratio40.2160.1642.4825.75
Price / Sales2.577.667.1259.30
Price / Cash16.3146.2535.5922.13
Price / Book3.227.828.744.66
Net Income$132.10M$266.64M$369.21M$994.58M
7 Day Performance1.85%5.33%5.02%-0.69%
1 Month Performance10.16%11.49%10.90%5.41%
1 Year Performance-10.67%79.79%55.50%9.18%

Hexcel Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HXL
Hexcel
3.5446 of 5 stars
$60.71
+3.0%
$59.22
-2.5%
-14.6%$4.74B$1.90B40.215,894News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AL
Air Lease
4.7568 of 5 stars
$58.97
-1.3%
$57.43
-2.6%
+16.9%$6.59B$2.73B10.31150Positive News
BA
Boeing
3.4442 of 5 stars
$218.42
+1.2%
$215.77
-1.2%
+23.5%$164.69B$66.52B-12.19172,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CW
Curtiss-Wright
3.4481 of 5 stars
$491.48
+0.7%
$418.00
-15.0%
+68.7%$18.51B$3.12B43.738,800Analyst Forecast
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
4.0382 of 5 stars
$180.40
-0.4%
$142.13
-21.2%
+126.5%$72.82B$7.43B58.7623,930Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.5151 of 5 stars
$158.84
-1.4%
$165.50
+4.2%
+10.4%$12.50B$3.63B25.2511,700Analyst Forecast
RTX
RTX
4.367 of 5 stars
$146.00
+0.2%
$161.12
+10.4%
+44.9%$195.05B$80.74B42.82186,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TDG
Transdigm Group
3.4718 of 5 stars
$1,522.50
0.0%
$1,545.80
+1.5%
+23.0%$85.51B$8.39B51.4016,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TXT
Textron
3.6372 of 5 stars
$81.36
-1.1%
$88.08
+8.3%
-10.5%$14.69B$13.70B18.4534,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AVAV
AeroVironment
3.357 of 5 stars
$240.74
-2.2%
$256.50
+6.5%
+58.6%$11.00B$820.63M155.321,475Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.5315 of 5 stars
$253.82
+0.7%
$236.38
-6.9%
-5.2%$9.96B$11.54B18.2944,000Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:HXL) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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