Hexcel Shares Jump 15% After Series of Outlier Inflow Signals

HXL develops, manufactures, and sells lightweight structural materials for use in aerospace, defense, and high-performance automotive applications. The company’s third-quarter fiscal 2025 earnings report showed total sales of $456.2 million, defense and space sales of $182 million (an 11.7% year-over-year gain), aggressive growth plans, and share repurchases worth $600 million. The company reports again on Jan. 28.

No wonder HXL shares are up 13% this year – and they could rise more. MoneyFlows data shows how Big Money investors are again betting heavily on the stock.

Inflows Finding Hexcel

Institutional volumes reveal plenty. In the last year, HXL has enjoyed strong investor demand, which we believe to be institutional support.

Each green bar signals unusually large volumes in HXL shares. They reflect our proprietary inflow signal, pushing the stock higher:

Plenty of industrial names are under accumulation right now. But there’s a powerful fundamental story happening with Hexcel.

Hexcel Fundamental Analysis

Institutional support and a healthy fundamental backdrop make this company worth investigating. As you can see, HXL has had strong sales and earnings growth:

• 3-year sales growth rate (+13%)
• 3-year EPS growth rate (+231.3%)

Source: FactSet

Also, EPS is estimated to ramp higher this year by +32.4%.

Now it makes sense why the stock has been generating Big Money interest. HXL has a track record of strong financial performance.

Marrying great fundamentals with MoneyFlows software has found some big winning stocks over the long term.

Hexcel has been a top-rated stock at MoneyFlows. That means the stock has unusual buy pressure and growing fundamentals. We have a ranking process that showcases stocks like this on a weekly basis.

It’s made the rare Outlier 20 report 14 times overall, and four times since October (it’s up 15% since then). The blue bars below show when HXL was a top pick in the last six months…Big Money is buying in bunches:

Tracking unusual volumes reveals the power of money flows.

This is a trait that most outlier stocks exhibit…the best of the best. Big Money demand drives stocks upward.

Hexcel Price Prediction

The HXL action isn’t new at all. Big Money buying in the shares is signaling to take notice. Given the historical gains in share price and strong fundamentals, this stock could be worth a spot in a diversified portfolio.

Disclosure: the author holds no position in HXL at the time of publication.

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