AlphaMadera's AlphaVal page classifies Hexcel Corporation as a Platform & Compounding FCF business and values it using Two-stage FCF DCF, then compares the result to the current market price to flag HXL as undervalued, fairly valued, or overvalued.

What is Hexcel Corporation's fair value?

Fair value for HXL comes from a Two-stage FCF DCF model -- the approach AlphaVal selected for this company's Platform & Compounding FCF classification. The live AlphaVal page shows bear, base, and bull scenarios alongside the key assumption behind each.

How does AlphaMadera value HXL?

AlphaVal routes each company to one of ten valuation archetypes based on its business model. HXL was classified as Platform & Compounding FCF and is valued using Two-stage FCF DCF, built from HXL's most recent reported fundamentals.

HXL - Hexcel Corporation

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS | PRICE TARGET: $110.38 DETAILS

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 70% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Undervalued Strong

Trading 44.9% below fair value

Current Price $87.74

Bear Case $87.29 0.5% downside ($87.29 - $87.74) / $87.74 = -0.5% 11% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Fair Value $159.36 81.6% upside ($159.36 - $87.74) / $87.74 = 81.6% 18% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Bull Case $245.95 180.3% upside ($245.95 - $87.74) / $87.74 = 180.3% 24% stage 1 growth, 11% discount

Adjust Assumptions

DCF Stage 1 Growth Rate

18.1%

Discount Rate (WACC)

11.0%

Terminal Growth Rate

3.0%

Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (18% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 45%

Implied Market Multiple 23.1x

Market is pricing in (growth) 10.9% vs our 18.1% base

Plain-Language Summary

Using a two-stage FCF DCF with 18% growth decelerating over 15 years, discounted at 11%, the base-case intrinsic value is $159.36 per share.

Analyst Consensus (External Reference)

Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.

Average Target (36 analysts) $110.38

Analyst Range $98.00 – $126.00

Divergence from AlphaVal 44%

Warnings

ℹ Wall Street's average price target is $110.38 (from 36 analysts). Our estimate is 44% above the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

P/E alone misleads — earnings depressed by growth investment
Cyclical or commodity businesses may be misclassified as platforms
Terminal value dominance suggests sensitivity to long-run assumptions