Aerospace and defense company Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) will be reporting results this Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what investors should know.
Hexcel beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $456.2 million, flat year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with full-year EPS guidance missing analysts’ expectations significantly and full-year revenue guidance slightly missing analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Hexcel’s revenue to grow 1.4% year on year to $480.5 million, slowing from the 3.6% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.49 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Hexcel has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates three times over the last two years.
Looking at Hexcel’s peers in the aerospace and defense segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. AAR delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 15.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.4%, and CACI reported revenues up 5.7%, falling short of estimates by 2.4%. AAR traded up 2.1% following the results while CACI was also up 3.6%.
Read our full analysis of AAR’s results here and CACI’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the aerospace and defense segment, with share prices up 8.7% on average over the last month. Hexcel is up 7.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $81.07 (compared to the current share price of $81.66).
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