Hexcel Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets advanced lightweight composites technology. It operates through two segments, Composite Materials and Engineered Products. The company offers carbon fiber, reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, honeycomb, resins, engineered core and composite structures for use in commercial aerospace, defense and space, and industrial applications. Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Aerospace & Defense
Exchange: NYSE
IPO Date: November 5, 1987
Headquarters: Two Stamford Plaza, Stamford, CT, United States, 06901-3261
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$100.70
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$88.82
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$74.15
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$69.76
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$88.69
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$74.26
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$70.74
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
Price Level
Type
Volume Ratio
Age
$82.00
support
1.04x
3 months ago
$75.00
support
1.12x
6 months ago
$63.00
support
1.12x
9 months ago
$49.00
support
1.10x
14 months ago
Historical Earnings Reactions (123 events)
Timeframe
Avg Return
Median
Win Rate
Best
Worst
Gap
0.11%
0.00%
45.53%
9.09%
-22.25%
1 Day
0.99%
0.42%
53.66%
28.57%
-21.23%
1 Week
1.28%
1.24%
56.10%
24.77%
-34.53%
2 Weeks
2.00%
1.71%
54.47%
39.85%
-46.04%
1 Month
2.66%
1.78%
54.92%
59.10%
-46.29%
Next earnings: October 17, 2026 (51 days away)
Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns
Monthly Seasonality
Month
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Jan
1.8%
54.3%
46
Feb
2.4%
58.7%
46
Mar
-0.7%
47.8%
46
Apr
6.4%
63.8%
47
May
3.2%
59.6%
47
Jun
1.2%
51.1%
47
Jul
2.7%
59.6%
47
Aug
2.5%
58.7%
46
Sep
-4.4%
41.3%
46
Oct
-2.6%
41.3%
46
Nov
2.3%
60.9%
46
Dec
-0.5%
34.8%
46
Day-of-Week Tendencies
Day
Avg Return
Win Rate
Samples
Monday
-0.05%
43.9%
2213
Tuesday
0.11%
46.1%
2401
Wednesday
0.07%
44.8%
2399
Thursday
0.07%
46.7%
2353
Friday
0.09%
46.5%
2337
Top Institutional Holders
Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.
Total institutional ownership: 115.6%
Insider Transactions — Smart Summary
Total insider ownership: 1.0%
12-Month Insider Activity Summary
Total Filings
6
Net Value
-$1.2M
Net Shares Change
-5,911
% of Float
-0.0%
C-Suite Filings
6
Clusters Detected
0
Key Insiders
Name
Title
Net Value
Filings
Activity
Fitzsimons Gina
EVP Chief HR & Communications Officer
-$577,909.165
2
1 sell
Merlot Thierry
President, Aerospace - Europe, MEA and Asia Pacific and Industrial
-$343,053.55
1
N/A
Evans Amy S
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
-$139,200
1
1 sell
Winterlich Patrick
EVP, CFO
-$107,953.19
1
1 sell
Smith Lyndon John
President, Americas & Global Fibers
-$65,030.87
1
1 sell
Significant Filings
Date
Insider
Title
Net Value
Price After
2026-08-17
Fitzsimons Gina
EVP Chief HR & Communications Officer
-$518,694.165
Transaction at $76.33, now +22.7%
2026-03-02
Evans Amy S
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
-$139,200
Transaction at $92.80, now +0.9%
2025-10-30
Winterlich Patrick
EVP, CFO
-$107,953.19
Transaction at $57.53, now +62.8%
2025-10-29
Smith Lyndon John
President, Americas & Global Fibers
-$65,030.87
Transaction at $57.36, now +63.2%
2025-09-02
Merlot Thierry
President, Aerospace - Europe, MEA and Asia Pacific and Industrial
-$343,053.55
Transaction at $52.78, now +77.4%
2025-09-03
Fitzsimons Gina
Executive Vice President, Chief HR and Communications Officer
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