$10.40 -0.26 (-2.44%)
12/3/2009 4:02 PM

Hexcel Corp (HXL)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company develops, manufactures, and markets lightweight, high-performance reinforcement products, composite materials and composite structures for use in the commercial aerospace, industrial, space and defense, and electronics markets.

Current Price $10.40 Mkt Cap $1.01B
Open $10.71 P/E Ratio 13.16
Prev. Close $10.66 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $10.37 - $10.73 Volume 891,533
52-Wk Range $4.49 - $13.92 Avg. Daily Vol. 703,000

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JakilaTheHun (99.93)
Submitted April 30, 2009

Very solid company with great management and good growth prospects selling at a significant discount. Net tangible assets are worth $4.66 per share and over the past five years, their average earnings have been 84 cents per share and average… More

holopoj (55.65)
Submitted March 07, 2008

By my calculation the company would need continued growth on level with what they had over the last five years to justify the current stock price.

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Member Avatar redfox18 (97.84) Submitted: 6/4/2009 1:26:13 PM : Outperform Start Price: $12.29 HXL Score: -34.08

wind play.

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Member Avatar JakilaTheHun (99.93) Submitted: 4/30/2009 2:58:57 PM : Outperform Start Price: $8.60 HXL Score: -8.72

Very solid company with great management and good growth prospects selling at a significant discount. Net tangible assets are worth $4.66 per share and over the past five years, their average earnings have been 84 cents per share and average operating cash flows have been 92 cents per share. While the economic downfall has obviously hampered the aerospace industry and this will harm their revenues since Boeing and EADS are their biggest customers, they are holding up reasonably well thus far and have improved their cost picture. Moreover, they still have growth in other sectors, including carbon fiber and materials for wind turbine blades.

HXL has a moderate degree of leverage with high liquidity and good cash flows. They are paying down debt at the moment and have slowed capital expenditures in the current environment. Even going with a fairly conservative estimates on this with 60 cent per share "added value" each year with a small 3% growth rate and a 12% cost of capital, I still come up with a valuation of $11.28. Assuming they can simply continue what they've been doing, I come up with a valuation closer to the $17 - $18 range. 5-year upside is probably in the $30 - $35 range. Based on all of this, I'm going with the green thumb.

If you want to read more, see my write-up at Seeking Alpha:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/134146-hexcel-value-in-the-honeycomb

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Member Avatar kevinottofro (98.88) Submitted: 4/25/2009 8:56:56 AM : Outperform Start Price: $8.62 HXL Score: -9.42

Low relative PE, good star ranking, PEG & 09 PE still below normal - bottom fishing 4/27 picks.

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pkt1037 (96.12) Score: +76.95

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Member Name Member
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greenseal 99.27 3/9/2009 Outperform 5Y $4.70 +121.28% +65.26% +56.02
greenfuture 69.40 3/5/2009 Outperform 5Y $4.91 +111.81% +62.53% +49.29
investorexel 69.16 3/6/2009 Outperform 3Y $4.93 +110.95% +61.87% +49.09
typhoto < 20 6/2/2008 Underperform 3M $25.00 -58.40% -17.56% +40.84
juliehowe 65.15 11/4/2008 Underperform 5Y $13.67 -23.92% +14.54% +38.46
holopoj 55.65 3/7/2008 Underperform 5Y $19.90 -47.74% -11.26% +36.48 2 Comments
JShortridge 83.15 4/29/2008 Underperform NS $22.71 -54.21% -17.84% +36.36
briansonia 98.45 3/5/2009 Outperform 1Y $5.35 +94.39% +58.85% +35.54
kalanikai1 34.96 4/24/2008 Underperform 3W $22.24 -53.24% -17.88% +35.36
2Oma 72.63 4/29/2008 Underperform NS $22.01 -52.75% -17.71% +35.04

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TrackCreditSuiss 91.35 4/28/2009 Outperform NS $8.99 +15.68% +31.25% -15.57
TrackDeutscheSec 89.50 3/12/2009 Outperform NS $5.48 +67.52% +19.35% +48.17 4/29/2009 @ $9.18
TrackJefferies 27.94 1/12/2009 Outperform NS $7.33 +41.88% +26.44% +15.44
TrackSoleil 84.07 12/12/2008 Outperform NS $6.77 +53.62% +32.37% +21.25
TrackKeyBanc 90.17 12/10/2008 Outperform NS $7.68 +36.85% +3.53% +33.32 6/15/2009 @ $10.51
TrackJimCramer < 20 4/28/2008 Underperform 3W $22.69 -54.16% -18.01% +36.15
TrackUBS 88.19 12/17/2007 Outperform NS $24.97 -52.26% -32.46% -19.80 11/5/2008 @ $11.92
TrackJohnKeeley < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $22.71 -54.21% -24.21% -30.00 1 Comment
TrackSoros < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $22.71 -54.21% -24.21% -30.00 1 Comment
TrackWedbush < 20 9/25/2007 Outperform NS $22.58 +11.65% -8.22% +19.87 6/2/2008 @ $25.21
TrackBroadpoint.AmTech 71.99 4/25/2007 Outperform NS $21.79 -52.27% -21.32% -30.96
TrackStifel 94.69 3/1/2007 Outperform NS $17.75 -41.41% -15.92% -25.49
TrackMatrix 90.36 11/21/2006 Underperform NS $17.35 -40.06% -16.62% +23.44
TrackMatrix 90.36 9/29/2006 Outperform NS $14.57 +19.08% +4.69% +14.39 11/21/2006 @ $17.35
TrackRochdale 38.21 8/24/2006 Outperform NS $14.97 -30.53% -9.54% -20.98
TrackJimCramer < 20 3/8/2006 Outperform 3W $21.19 +7.08% +9.11% -2.03 4/29/2008 @ $22.69

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