HXL
Hexcel Corporation
HXL has the edge over RDW overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger valuation.
RDW
Redwire Corporation
RDW's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
HXL Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Strong | |
| Healthy | |
| Stable |
HXL's profitability and cash flow are currently healthy, and its revenue and balance sheet are stable.
RDW Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure | |
| Under pressure | |
| Unavailable |
RDW's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
HXL PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 29x | $79.91 | — |
| Cheap | 32x | $71.17 | -11% |
| Current | 36x | $79.91 | — |
| Fair | 47x | $105 | +31% |
| Expensive | 66x | $146 | +83% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
HXL's PE is in its cheap range at 36x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 29x next year's earnings.
RDW PE Valuation
RDW has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
HXL Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for HXL, with profitability improving.
RDW Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect RDW's losses to shrink, with revenue growing.
HXL Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $2.72 | +23% |
| Q3 2026 | $2.22 | +161% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.98 | +83% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.51 | 0% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.37 | -14% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.85 | -35% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.08 | -15% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.51 | +29% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.59 | +28% |
HXL has the edge over RDW on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
RDW Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1.17 | +$2.01 |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.37 | +$1.89 |
| Q1 2026 | -$2.59 | -$0.32 |
| Q4 2025 | -$2.28 | +$0.07 |
| Q3 2025 | -$3.18 | -$1.97 |
| Q2 2025 | -$3.26 | -$2.28 |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.27 | -$1.55 |
| Q4 2024 | -$2.35 | -$1.62 |
RDW is still losing money, but far less than before: $1.17 per share over the past year, against $3.26 at its worst in mid-2025.
HXL Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $496.4M | +8.8% |
| Q2 2026 | $529.3M | +8% |
| Q1 2026 | $501.5M | +9.9% |
| Q4 2025 | $491.3M | +3.7% |
| Q3 2025 | $456.2M | -0.1% |
| Q2 2025 | $489.9M | -2.1% |
| Q1 2025 | $456.5M | -3.3% |
| Q4 2024 | $473.8M | +3.6% |
HXL's revenue has grown year over year for four quarters in a row: $496M last quarter, up 8.8% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 11% | +3.1 points |
| Q2 2026 | 14% | +7.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | 11% | +1.8 points |
| Q4 2025 | 13% | +11 points |
| Q3 2025 | 7.9% | -3.6 points |
| Q2 2025 | 6.1% | -8.2 points |
| Q1 2025 | 9.7% | -1.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 1.9% | -8.5 points |
HXL has the edge over RDW on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
RDW Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $109M | +5.4% |
| Q2 2026 | $117.1M | +90% |
| Q1 2026 | $97M | +58% |
| Q4 2025 | $108.8M | +56% |
| Q3 2025 | $103.4M | +51% |
| Q2 2025 | $61.8M | -21% |
| Q1 2025 | $61.4M | -30% |
| Q4 2024 | $69.6M | +9.6% |
RDW has the edge over HXL on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -24% | +16 points |
| Q2 2026 | -19% | +130 points |
| Q1 2026 | -72% | -49 points |
| Q4 2025 | -75% | -48 points |
| Q3 2025 | -40% | -22 points |
| Q2 2025 | -149% | -140 points |
| Q1 2025 | -23% | -19 points |
| Q4 2024 | -27% | -17 points |
RDW's operating margin was −24% last quarter, up 16 points from the same quarter a year ago.
HXL Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $50.7M | -47% |
| Q2 2026 | $58M | +625% |
| Q1 2026 | -$6.2M | +$48.4M |
| Q4 2025 | $107.3M | -25% |
| Q3 2025 | $96.5M | +32% |
| Q2 2025 | $8M | -62% |
| Q1 2025 | -$54.6M | -$18.9M |
| Q4 2024 | $144M | -0.8% |
HXL has the edge over RDW on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
RDW Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$65.3M | -$38.5M |
| Q2 2026 | -$33.5M | +$57.2M |
| Q1 2026 | -$11.4M | +$35.5M |
| Q4 2025 | -$26.5M | -659% |
| Q3 2025 | -$26.9M | -$7.6M |
| Q2 2025 | -$90.6M | -$80.2M |
| Q1 2025 | -$46.9M | -3996% |
| Q4 2024 | $4.7M | -65% |
RDW has burned cash in most quarters: −$137M over the past year, against −$160M the year before.
HXL Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.3% | +200K shares |
| 1 year | -4.5% | -3.6M shares |
| 3 years | -10% | -8.9M shares |
| 5 years | -9.4% | -8M shares |
| Available history | -11% | -9.1M shares |
HXL has the edge over RDW on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | $353.4M |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | $50.5M |
| Q1 2025 | $50.4M |
| Q4 2024 | — |
HXL spent $353M buying back its own shares over the past year, about four times what it spent the year before.
RDW Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +13% | +29.6M shares |
| 1 year | +179% | +160M shares |
| 3 years | +289% | +186M shares |
| 5 years | +319% | +190M shares |
RDW has 250M diluted shares, up 179% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | — |
| Q2 2020 | — |
| Q1 2020 | — |
HXL Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.3x | Moderate |
| Q2 2026 | 2.6x | Moderate |
| Q1 2026 | 3.1x | Elevated |
| Q4 2025 | 3.2x | Elevated |
| Q3 2025 | 2.8x | Moderate |
| Q2 2025 | 2.9x | Moderate |
| Q1 2025 | 2.3x | Moderate |
| Q4 2024 | 1.9x | Healthy |
HXL's net debt is about 2.3 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 2.8 years a year ago.
RDW Net Leverage
RDW's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
HXL Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 39.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 8.0 | Oversold |
HXL's weekly RSI is 40 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 8 (oversold).
RDW Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 42.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 16.1 | Oversold |
RDW's weekly RSI is 42 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 16 (oversold).
HXL PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | HXL | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 36x | 24x | 50% above |
| PE % | 24 | 58 | 34 pts below |
HXL is trading at 36x earnings, a 50% premium to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
RDW PE vs Industrials Sector
RDW has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
HXL Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $83.1 | 3.9% below |
| 20 week MA | $92.5 | 14% below |
| 50 week MA | $88.3 | 9.5% below |
| 100 week MA | $74.5 | 7.2% above |
| 200 week MA | $71.2 | 12% above |
HXL has the edge over RDW on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
RDW Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $9.06 | 11% below |
| 20 week MA | $10.1 | 20% below |
| 50 week MA | $10.6 | 24% below |
| 100 week MA | $11.6 | 31% below |
| 200 week MA | $8.07 | 0.5% below |
RDW is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 0.5% below its 200-week average.
HXL Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $73.8 | $48.8 | -34% |
| 2021 | $48.8 | $51.4 | +5.3% |
| 2022 | $51.4 | $58.0 | +13% |
| 2023 | $58.0 | $73.8 | +27% |
| 2024 | $73.8 | $63.1 | -14% |
| 2025 | $63.1 | $76.1 | +21% |
| 2026 YTD | $76.1 | $79.9 | +5% |
HXL has finished higher in four of the last six years. It's up 5% so far in 2026.
RDW Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $10.2 | $7.34 | -28% |
| 2022 | $7.34 | $1.92 | -74% |
| 2023 | $1.92 | $2.85 | +48% |
| 2024 | $2.85 | $17.1 | +501% |
| 2025 | $17.1 | $7.15 | -58% |
| 2026 YTD | $7.15 | $8.03 | +12% |
RDW has the edge over HXL on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.