HEXCEL CORP NEW HXL
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 428291108 · ISIN US4282911084
American materials company
- SectorMaterials
- IndustryPlastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers
- HeadquartersStamford, CT
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($34.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 81.1m as of 2025-01-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $62.71. Options: 6 managers hold calls ($2.1m notional), 3 hold puts ($538.6k).
Trends to Q4 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 376 |
| Q4 2022 | 369 |
| Q1 2023 | 408 |
| Q2 2023 | 410 |
| Q3 2023 | 409 |
| Q4 2023 | 418 |
| Q1 2024 | 451 |
| Q2 2024 | 450 |
| Q3 2024 | 429 |
| Q4 2024 | 441 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 208 | 160 |
| Q2 2023 | 146 | 225 |
| Q3 2023 | 166 | 208 |
| Q4 2023 | 166 | 182 |
| Q1 2024 | 225 | 178 |
| Q2 2024 | 242 | 211 |
| Q3 2024 | 193 | 228 |
| Q4 2024 | 198 | 209 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | $2.0m | $779.4k | 0.40 |
| Q2 2024 | $46.4m | $20.3m | 0.44 |
| Q3 2024 | $25.3m | $7.6m | 0.30 |
| Q4 2024 | $2.1m | $538.6k | 0.25 |
Biggest buyers
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +2.4m |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +1.1m |
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP | Added | +651.1k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | Added | +582.4k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC | Added | +493.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +480.2k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | Added | +395.7k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +262.8k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | New | +237.5k |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC | New | +236.7k |
Biggest sellers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -788.5k |
| Woodline Partners LP | Sold out | -664.2k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | -274.8k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -256.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Reduced | -249.7k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -248.6k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -176.7k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | Reduced | -169.0k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -162.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -129.1k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.4m22.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $257.1k4.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $250.0k4.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $200.3k3.2k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $50.2k800 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $432.6k6.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $106.0k1.7k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock Portfolio Management LLC 13G · institution +1.7 pts · filed 2026-07-17 | 8.4% |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 13G · institution +1.4 pts · filed 2026-08-14 | 7.8% |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 13G · institution filed 2025-08-14 | 6.5% |
| STATE STREET CORP 13G · institution +1.3 pts · filed 2026-05-12 | 6.3% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. (4.5%, 2026-05-18), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2024
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $777.9k | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $110.2k | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $384.6k | $62.3k |
| Q2 2024 | 6 | $3.2m | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $911.1k | $607.3k |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q4 2024.
Holders, Q4 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.3m $520.9m | Added +40.6k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.6m $475.8m | Reduced -35.3k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 1.35% of their portfolio | 4.8m $302.0m | Added +37.4k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.1m $254.9m | Added +4.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.6m $223.4m | Reduced -249.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.2m $198.7m | Reduced -129.1k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.5m $156.9m | Added +2.4m |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.0m $125.2m | Added +395.7k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.5m $95.9m | Reduced -169.0k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.5m $92.9m | Added +122.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $90.1m | Added +24.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $85.9m | Reduced -102.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $84.7m | Reduced -17.8k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.3m $83.4m | Added +86.4k |
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP 0.91% of their portfolio | 1.3m $81.8m | Added +651.1k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $75.1m | Added +480.2k |
| Copeland Capital Management, LLC 1.33% of their portfolio | 1.1m $71.8m | Reduced -16.4k |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC 1.89% of their portfolio | 1.1m $70.8m | Added +105.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $68.6m | Added +1.1m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $68.0m | Added +24.1k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.0m $65.2m | Reduced -256.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $64.6m | Added +136.9k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $63.8m | Reduced -788.5k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.08% of their portfolio | 998.7k $62.6m | Reduced -29.9k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 1.22% of their portfolio | 962.7k $60.4m | Reduced -10.7k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 960.8k $60.2m | Reduced -30.6k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.10% of their portfolio | 815.7k $51.1m | Added +582.4k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.12% of their portfolio | 795.0k $49.8m | Added +213.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 766.2k $48.0m | Reduced -22.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 751.9k $47.1m | Added +70.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 730.0k $45.8m | Added +47.0k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.04% of their portfolio | 676.9k $42.4m | Added +90.7k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.34% of their portfolio | 637.1k $39.9m | Added +2.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 574.4k $36.0m | Reduced -107.8k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.80% of their portfolio | 574.1k $36.0m | Added +51.4k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 536.0k $33.5m | Added +493.2k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 513.3k $32.2m | Added +2.3k |
| WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC 0.20% of their portfolio | 413.1k $25.9m | Unchanged |
| INGALLS & SNYDER LLC 0.96% of their portfolio | 390.0k $24.5m | Reduced -8.9k |
| Sea Cliff Partners Management, LP 8.00% of their portfolio | 368.0k $23.1m | Added +22.4k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 357.7k $22.4m | Added +235.0k |
| Jackson Square Partners, LLC 2.18% of their portfolio | 333.7k $20.9m | Reduced -94.2k |
| FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ 0.12% of their portfolio | 333.4k $20.9m | Added +59.3k |
| GRANDFIELD & DODD, LLC 1.27% of their portfolio | 329.5k $20.7m | Added +4.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 312.1k $19.6m | Added +16.8k |
| Man Group plc 0.06% of their portfolio | 306.6k $19.2m | Reduced -104.4k |
| Leeward Investments, LLC - MA 0.93% of their portfolio | 299.1k $18.8m | Reduced -17.1k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 292.8k $18.4m | Added +262.8k |
| SPEECE THORSON CAPITAL GROUP INC 3.60% of their portfolio | 291.0k $18.2m | Added +46.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 287.0k $18.0m | Added +22.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 271.1k $17.0m | Added +143.7k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 266.9k $16.7m | Reduced -162.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 260.7k $16.3m | Reduced -12.7k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 251.4k $15.8m | Added +55.1k |
| SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P 0.33% of their portfolio | 248.6k $15.6m | Added +33.6k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 243.0k $15.2m | Reduced -126.5k |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD 0.20% of their portfolio | 240.6k $15.1m | Added +14.7k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 239.7k $15.0m | Added +24.1k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 239.1k $15.0m | Added +7.3k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.03% of their portfolio | 237.8k $14.9m | Added +65.7k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 237.5k $14.9m | New |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC 0.55% of their portfolio | 236.7k $14.8m | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 232.8k $14.6m | Added +3.1k |
| FIL Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 230.4k $14.4m | New |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 225.7k $14.1m | New |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 223.6k $14.0m | Added +153.6k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.04% of their portfolio | 223.3k $14.0m | Added +17.9k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 209.6k $13.1m | Reduced -274.8k |
| NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC 0.95% of their portfolio | 203.1k $12.7m | Reduced -74.6k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.13% of their portfolio | 200.0k $12.5m | Reduced -2.0k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 198.6k $12.4m | New |
| Markel Group Inc. 0.10% of their portfolio | 189.0k $11.9m | Unchanged |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 185.7k $11.6m | Reduced -3.7k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 184.7k $11.6m | Reduced -95.4k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 182.2k $11.4m | Reduced -32.8k |
| TRILLIUM ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 181.8k $11.4m | Reduced -105.1k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 177.3k $11.1m | Added +103.2k |
| WEYBOSSET RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT LLC 3.75% of their portfolio | 175.7k $11.0m | Added +692 |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 160.8k $10.1m | Reduced -1.5k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 159.0k $10.0m | Reduced -3.2k |
| Paradoxiom Capital L.P. 3.90% of their portfolio | 150.4k $9.4m | First filing |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 145.6k $9.1m | Added +18.5k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 142.6k $8.9m | Reduced -1.4k |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 140.1k $9.1m | Added +27.9k |
| Pier Capital, LLC 1.24% of their portfolio | 139.2k $8.7m | Added +21.8k |
| Clear Harbor Asset Management, LLC 0.63% of their portfolio | 125.5k $7.9m | Added +1.3k |
| Centre Asset Management, LLC 1.80% of their portfolio | 125.3k $7.9m | New |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 124.9k $7.8m | Reduced -8.4k |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC 0.41% of their portfolio | 121.4k $7.6m | Added +11.4k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 115.8k $7.3m | Reduced -906 |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 114.2k $7.2m | Reduced -11.2k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 113.1k $7.1m | First filing |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 107.9k $6.8m | Reduced -176.7k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 106.1k $6.7m | Added +20.1k |
| CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 104.8k $6.6m | New |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 101.3k $6.3m | Reduced -11.9k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.02% of their portfolio | 98.5k $6.2m | Reduced -813 |
| Kopion Asset Management, LLC 4.31% of their portfolio | 98.0k $6.1m | Added +9.9k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 93.4k $5.9m | Added +968 |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 91.7k $5.7m | Reduced -5.0k |