HXL — HEXCEL CORP /DE/

US Materials Chemicals equity mkt cap 7.1B
93.86 -0.27% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 61.07 · high 110.28

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Performance

1 day-0.27%
1 week-9.81%
1 month-14.59%
3 months+10.74%
6 months+4.36%
Year to date+22.09%
1 year+54.55%
3 years+35.68%
5 years+62.64%

Technicals

RSI 1429.5
vs 50-day avg-7.38%
vs 200-day avg+7.40%
Volatility 1y32.8%
Max drawdown 1y-18.65%
Avg volume 30d1.0M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)0.76%
Paid last 12m0.7100
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2016-02-03

Measured signals that fired on HXL

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-20Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-03Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-20Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-12Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-12Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-06Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-14Fitzsimons Gina
See Remarks
Open-market sale6.2K103.15635.2K
2026-08-14Fitzsimons Gina
See Remarks
Open-market sale3.5K103.12362.7K
2026-08-14Fitzsimons Gina
See Remarks
Option exercise6.2K52.17321.3K
2026-08-14Fitzsimons Gina
See Remarks
Option exercise3.5K44.90157.9K
2026-07-29Smith Lyndon John
see remarks
Shares withheld for tax87105.619.2K
2026-07-29Smith Lyndon John
see remarks
Option exercise2200.000
2026-07-27Smith Lyndon John
see remarks
Shares withheld for tax697109.7276.5K
2026-07-27Smith Lyndon John
see remarks
Option exercise1.7K0.000
2026-07-23Stanage Nick L
Director
Shares withheld for tax57.2K110.706.3M
2026-07-23Stanage Nick L
Director
Option exercise70.3K74.745.3M

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.1.0B12.9M
STATE STREET CORP385.8M4.8M
EARNEST PARTNERS LLC380.8M4.7M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC275.0M3.4M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC253.4M3.1M
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.251.4M3.4M
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/194.3M2.4M
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/183.3M2.3M
BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP180.8M2.2M
UBS Group AG152.0M1.9M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d64.1% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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