as of Jul 17
HXL
DefensiveHexcel Corp
Hexcel Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets advanced lightweight composites technology. It operates through two segments, Composite Materials and Engineered Products. The company offers carbon fiber, reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, honeycomb, resins, engineered core and composite structures for use in commercial aerospace, defense and space, and industrial applications.
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+21.65%
Held by 1 AI ETF
Signal performance
Each tracked ETF's moves on this stock, grouped by fund. Returns are measured from the signal date to the latest close — hypothetical, no commissions or slippage.
AIVL · Weight increase · 2d
WisdomTree's AIVL ETF, which employs an AI to score names within a pre-filtered US value-factor pool, has recently increased its allocation to Hexcel Corp. The AI's method of distinguishing genuine value from value traps, based on fundamentals like margins and return on capital alongside valuation metrics, appears to have re-evaluated HXL positively, leading to consecutive weight increases on July 14th and 15th. This positive adjustment within the ~100-stock portfolio suggests that despite Hexcel's significant 1-year return of +77.5%, placing it near its 52-week high of $102.73, the AI identifies continued underlying value or improving financial health not fully reflected in its current market price. The periodic rebalancing of the fund, rather than daily adjustments, aligns with these observed incremental shifts, indicating a sustained favorable outlook from the AI's analytical framework.
weight 1.368% → 1.421% (+0.053 pp)·stock up 5.1% in the 30 days before
Jul 15·entry $102.73·now $105.73Drifting
AIVL · Weight decrease · 2d
Currently at $99.75, near its $101.30 52-week high, Hexcel has delivered a +75.4% return over the past year. WisdomTree’s AIVL strategy, which employs AI to identify genuine value within a pre-filtered US value-factor pool using fundamental and valuation metrics, likely recalibrated its assessment of HXL. As HXL’s price ascended, its valuation ratios, such as P/E and P/B, presumably expanded while its free cash flow yield diminished, potentially reducing its AI score for value. Consequently, the fund executed periodic rebalancing adjustments, reflected in the daily weight changes for HXL, including the observed consecutive decreases from its early July peak, aligning with the AI's mandate to avoid value traps among its ~100 holdings.
weight 1.391% → 1.373% (-0.018 pp)·stock up 10.5% in the 30 days before
Jul 8·entry $98.53·now $105.73
AIVL · Weight decrease · 2d
Hexcel Corp's current price of $99.31, nearing its $100.06 52-week high and reflecting an +82.6% 1-year return, likely triggered AIVL's AI to reassess its position within the ETF's US value-factor pool. WisdomTree's methodology, which uses AI to distinguish genuine value from value traps by evaluating valuation metrics like P/E and P/B alongside fundamentals, would perceive such a significant price surge as eroding the company's value appeal. Consequently, the observed consecutive weight decreases for HXL, from 1.4077% on June 22, 2026, to 1.3533% on June 25, and again from 1.4069% on June 30 to 1.3728% on July 2, suggest the AI's algorithm adjusted the allocation as Hexcel approached peak valuation levels within its investment universe. This specific pattern for an Industrials sector company trading at 99% of its 52-week high demonstrates the AI's adaptive rebalancing, prioritizing adherence to value criteria even for stocks experiencing strong market momentum.
weight 1.407% → 1.373% (-0.034 pp)·stock up 12.8% in the 30 days before
Jul 2·entry $99.31·now $105.73
AIVL · Weight increase · 2d
Currently, Hexcel Corp (HXL), an Industrials company, trades at $100.06, precisely at its 52-week high, having delivered an 81.7% return over the past year and 12.1% in the last 30 days. Despite this price ascension, AIVL, a WisdomTree ETF employing AI to distinguish genuine value from value traps within a US value-factor universe, recently increased its HXL weight from 1.3533% to 1.4069% between June 25th and June 30th. This indicates the AI's assessment of HXL’s underlying fundamentals—such as margins, return on capital, and debt structure—combined with its valuation metrics like P/E, P/B, and FCF yield, still qualified the stock as a compelling value opportunity, preventing its reclassification as a value trap. The AI's continuous evaluation within its approximately 100-stock portfolio evidently confirmed HXL's sustained financial attributes justified its higher valuation, even as it reached new highs.
weight 1.353% → 1.407% (+0.054 pp)·stock up 11.4% in the 30 days before
Jun 30·entry $100.06·now $105.73Drifting
AIVL · Weight decrease · 3d
Hexcel Corporation, trading at $96.52, sits near the top of its 52-week range at 97% of its $99.85 high, following a 76.3% rise over the past year. This strong price performance interacts directly with AIVL's strategy, which employs AI to identify genuine value within its US value-factor universe by evaluating fundamentals and valuation metrics such as P/E, P/B, and FCF yield. As HXL's price has appreciated significantly, its relative valuation scores likely declined within the AI's model, indicating a diminished value proposition compared to other holdings. Consequently, between June 22nd and June 25th, 2026, AIVL reduced HXL's weight consecutively from 1.4077% to 1.3533%, reflecting the AI's periodic re-evaluation of the stock against its value criteria. This adjustment suggests the AI detected the stock transitioning from its value sweet spot as its price neared its annual maximum.
weight 1.408% → 1.353% (-0.054 pp)·stock up 9.4% in the 30 days before
Jun 25·entry $96.21·now $105.73
AIVL · Weight decrease · 2d
HXL is currently trading at $95.48, resting at 96% of its 52-week high, following a considerable 69.4% return over the past year. This substantial price movement likely shifted the company's valuation metrics, such as its price-to-earnings or free cash flow yield, beyond what AIVL’s AI considers attractive for a value play. WisdomTree's AIVL specifically employs AI to differentiate genuine value from value traps within its US value-factor universe, analyzing fundamentals like margins and return on capital alongside valuation metrics. The observed consecutive weight decrease for HXL, settling at 1.3644% on June 24th, indicates the AI's models determined HXL no longer aligned with its stringent value criteria, or its elevated price presented a risk of becoming a value trap. Therefore, as HXL’s stock appreciated significantly, its candidacy as a deep value opportunity lessened for the AI, leading to a measured reduction in its portfolio allocation.
weight 1.408% → 1.364% (-0.043 pp)·stock up 10.8% in the 30 days before
Jun 24·entry $95.48·now $105.73
AIVL · Weight decrease · 3d
Hexcel Corporation’s recent price of $97.63, near 98% of its $99.85 52-week high and reflecting a 73.1% one-year return, likely pushed its valuation metrics. The WisdomTree AI, which actively scores US value stocks to distinguish genuine value from potential traps, likely identified a decline in HXL's relative appeal based on its fundamental and valuation criteria. This reassessment, occurring as the stock maintained high price levels, prompted AIVL’s periodic rebalancing to consecutively reduce HXL’s weight. Beginning around June 12th, the allocation shifted from 1.4105% to 1.3957% by June 18th, aligning with the AI’s updated perception of Hexcel within its value-tilted universe.
weight 1.410% → 1.396% (-0.015 pp)·stock up 10.6% in the 30 days before
Jun 18·entry $97.63·now $105.73
AIVL · Weight decrease · 2d
Hexcel Corporation currently trades at $99.85, marking its 52-week high after a substantial 78.8% return over the past year. This rapid ascent places HXL at a valuation extreme, directly influencing AIVL's AI, which evaluates US value stocks using both fundamental health and valuation metrics like P/E and FCF yield. WisdomTree's AI, tasked with identifying genuine value rather than chasing momentum, likely registered a decreased score for HXL based on these stretched valuation levels relative to its peer group within the value universe. Consequently, the fund initiated a subtle, consecutive reduction in HXL's weight on June 12th and 16th, consistent with its periodic rebalancing methodology to manage exposure to stocks that have fully priced in their recent growth. This shift indicates the AI’s recalibrated assessment of HXL’s financial attractiveness after its significant annual return and current peak pricing.
weight 1.410% → 1.400% (-0.011 pp)·stock up 11.0% in the 30 days before
Jun 16·entry $98.39·now $105.73
AIVL · Accumulation · 5d
Hexcel Corp (HXL) currently trades at $97.36, marking 100% of its 52-week high, having delivered a +84.1% return over the past year and +17.3% in the last 90 days. Despite this significant appreciation, AIVL, which sifts US value stocks using AI to avoid value traps, systematically increased its HXL allocation from 1.2646% to 1.4105% over approximately one month. This gradual accumulation suggests the AI’s model, evaluating fundamentals like margins, return on capital, and debt, alongside valuation metrics such as P/E, P/B, and FCF yield, found HXL's underlying financial position and future prospects justified its increasing portfolio weight. The AI's continued positive scoring indicates that even at a market high, HXL’s specific financial attributes continue to signal genuine value, rather than posing as a temporary overvaluation within the fund’s pre-filtered universe.
weight 1.265% → 1.411% (+0.146 pp)·stock up 5.3% in the 30 days before
Jun 11·entry $97.36·now $105.73Drifting
AIVL · Weight increase · 2d
weight 1.286% → 1.319% (+0.033 pp)·stock down 7.6% in the 30 days before
Jun 5·entry $89.16·now $105.73Chased
AIVL · Weight decrease · 2d
The sequence of AIVL's weight in HXL reveals a systematic reduction from 1.3535% to 1.2646% across multiple days, rather than a single abrupt cut. This phased decrease aligns directly with HXL's considerable price performance, including a 64.3% return over the past year and its current position at 93% of its 52-week high. Given AIVL's strategy of using AI to score US value stocks based on fundamentals and valuation metrics like P/E and FCF yield, HXL's substantial price appreciation likely caused a re-evaluation of its value proposition. The AI, in its task of distinguishing genuine value from value traps, would perceive HXL as drifting away from optimal value characteristics. This prompted a measured reduction within the periodic rebalancing structure of the portfolio, reflecting the AI's ongoing assessment of valuation within its value-focused mandate.
weight 1.301% → 1.265% (-0.037 pp)·stock up 6.8% in the 30 days before
May 15·entry $88.65·now $105.73
AIVL · Weight decrease · 3d
The AI ETF's consecutive weight decrease in HXL likely reflects its models detecting deteriorating fundamental or technical signals, suggesting reduced future growth prospects or increased risk for the company. For retail investors, this action serves as a potential warning to conduct independent due diligence on HXL's latest performance and sector trends, rather than solely relying on a single AI's moves.
weight 1.354% → 1.297% (-0.057 pp)·stock up 9.8% in the 30 days before
May 12·entry $92.45·now $105.73
AIVL · Weight decrease · 2d
The AI ETF's consecutive weight decrease for Hexcel likely indicates its algorithms detected a persistent deterioration in HXL's fundamental outlook, such as weakening sector prospects or declining earnings momentum. This systematic reduction could also reflect the AI reallocating capital to higher-conviction opportunities elsewhere in the portfolio. For retail investors, observing such sustained selling by an AI fund should prompt a deeper investigation into HXL's underlying health and a critical re-evaluation of their own investment thesis.
weight 1.354% → 1.319% (-0.035 pp)·stock up 12.6% in the 30 days before
May 11·entry $94.15·now $105.73
AIVL · Weight increase · 2d
The AI likely increased HXL's weight due to detecting improving short-term momentum or positive fundamental shifts, such as new contract potential or an upward revision in earnings forecasts within the aerospace and defense sector. For retail investors, this illustrates that AI funds make dynamic, data-driven adjustments; therefore, it's vital to research the specific company news or broader sector trends influencing such rebalances rather than blindly following.
weight 1.292% → 1.353% (+0.061 pp)·stock up 20.7% in the 30 days before
May 6·entry $96.48·now $105.73Drifting
AIVL · Weight decrease · 2d
The AI-managed ETF likely initiated a consecutive weight decrease for HXL due to its algorithms detecting a deteriorating short-term outlook or increased risk, potentially driven by negative technical indicators, shifting sector dynamics, or updated fundamental assessments for Hexcel Corp. This systematic reduction suggests the AI is rebalancing its portfolio to mitigate exposure to what it perceives as an underperforming or higher-risk asset within its investment mandate. For a retail investor, this pattern serves as a potential early warning signal, suggesting further independent research into HXL's specific situation is warranted to understand the underlying drivers of the AI's divestment. It highlights the importance of due diligence, even when observing sophisticated AI actions.
weight 1.329% → 1.292% (-0.036 pp)·stock up 14.5% in the 30 days before
May 4·entry $90.69·now $105.73
AIVL · Accumulation · 3d
The AI ETF likely opted for gradual accumulation in HXL to minimize market impact and achieve an optimized average entry price while establishing a new position, signaling a deliberate, risk-managed conviction. This strategy suggests the AI identified positive long-term indicators for Hexcel, possibly within the aerospace or broader industrials sector. For retail investors, this illustrates the benefit of dollar-cost averaging into a position rather than making a single large purchase, smoothing out the entry price over time. It reinforces the value of patience and a disciplined approach when building exposure to a company with perceived long-term potential.
weight 0.954% → 1.309% (+0.355 pp)·stock up 11.7% in the 30 days before
May 1·entry $92.23·now $105.73Chased
AIVL · Accumulation · 3d
The AI likely employed gradual accumulation for HXL to minimize market impact and optimize the average entry price, suggesting it sees long-term value in this Industrials stock without expecting an immediate price surge. For retail investors, this pattern highlights the benefit of dollar-cost averaging into positions, reducing the risk of poor timing and promoting disciplined investment over time.
weight 0.954% → 1.329% (+0.375 pp)·stock up 16.0% in the 30 days before
Apr 30·entry $93.87·now $105.73Chased
AIVL · Weight increase · 2d
The AI likely initiated and then rapidly increased its HXL position due to identifying a strong, immediate positive signal for the Industrials sector stock. This consecutive buying suggests a high-conviction opportunity, potentially driven by new contracts, improved fundamental outlook, or favorable technical indicators for Hexcel. For retail investors, this pattern underscores the value of investigating the specific catalysts that trigger such swift, AI-driven allocation shifts in individual stocks.
weight 0 → 0.970% (new)·stock up 17.2% in the 30 days before
Apr 28·entry $93.06·now $105.73Chased
Sell signals show what the stock did after the AI exited. A negative number means the AI's exit was well-timed.