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Hexcel Corporation HXL R3KDEFENCE

Industrials · Aerospace & Defense · United States
https://www.hexcel.com
Company Profile ↓
$91.28
+43.98% 1Y
Mkt Cap$6.90B
P/E46.10
P/B5.13
Div. Yield0.82%
52W High$110.09
52W Low$60.24
Book Value$17.20
EPS (TTM)$1.98

Company Overview

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. The Composite Materials segment manufactures and markets carbon fibers, fabrics, multi-axials, specialty reinforcements, prepregs and other fiber-reinforced matrix materials, structural adhesives, honeycomb, molding compounds, tooling materials, polyurethane systems, and laminates that are used in military aircraft, transportation, recreational products, and other industrial applications. The Engineered Products segment manufactures and markets aircraft structures and finished aircraft components, including wing to body fairings, wing panels, flight deck panels, door liners, rotorcraft blades, spars, and tip caps; and aircraft structural sub-components and semi-finished components used in rotorcraft blades, engine nacelles, and aircraft surfaces, such as flaps, wings, elevators, and fairings; and RF interference control products for military and aerospace applications. This segment also provides interference control materials, structural composites, and services; dielectric absorber foams; magnetic absorbers; and thermoplastics for commercial and defense applications. The company sells its products directly through its marketing managers, product managers, and sales personnel, as well as through independent distributors in the Americas, Europe, the Asia Pacific, India, and Africa. Hexcel Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Why Investors Should Care

Positive Free Cash Flow

Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.

Recent Developments

  • Dec 2025 Revenue of $1.89B (-0.5% YoY); net profit $109.40M.
  • Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +8.0%, earnings +280.2%.
  • 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 2.1%, profit CAGR 4.2%.

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:2.12%
1 Year:8.00%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:4.24%
1 Year:280.20%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:+43.98%
6 Months:+5.42%
3 Months:+2.52%
1 Month:-11.59%

Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.

Technical Snapshot Mixed
52-Week Range 62% of range
$60.24 $110.09
Trend Signals
  • Price vs 50-DMABelow
  • Price vs 200-DMAAbove
  • RSI (14)32.01 · Neutral
Price Performance
1M-11.59%
3M+2.52%
6M+5.42%
1Y+43.98%
Valuation vs Sector

P/E of 46.10 is above the sector median of 26.00 — pricier than peers.

Auto-generated from price history and fundamentals; not investment advice.

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Fundamental Growth Charts

Interactive charts for Revenue, Net Income, EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, EPS, ROE, ROCE, Gross/Net/Operating Margin and more — switch metric and period using the dropdowns above. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised). Visual growth charts make it easy to spot multi-year compounding trends at a glance — far faster than reading raw numbers in a table.

PROS

  • Generates positive free cash flow.
  • In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

No notable concerns flagged.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Valuation

Stock P/E
46.10
Industry PE
26.00
Forward P/E
29.18
PEG Ratio
0.65
Book Value
$17.20
Price to Book
5.13
P/S
3.37
EV/EBITDA
19.42
Dividend Yield
0.82%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
2.12%
Profit 5Y
4.24%
Revenue (YoY)
8.00%
Earnings (YoY)
280.20%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE
7.21%
ROE
10.76%
ROA
5.98%
Profit Margin
7.76%
Op Margin
13.90%
Gross Margin
24.96%
EPS (Latest Qtr)
$-0.23
EPS (TTM)
$1.98

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity
0.74
Quick Ratio
1.24
Current Ratio
2.43
Debt
$959.40M
Total Assets
$2.73B
Current Assets
-
Working Capital
-

Ownership

Promoter Holding
0.96%
Chg in Prom Hold
-
FII / Inst Holding
115.58%
Chg in FII Hold
-0.06%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value
$6.90B
Total Revenue (TTM)
$1.98B
EBITDA
$389.00M
Free Cash Flow
$252.98M
Operating Cash Flow
$332.40M
Shares Outstanding
75.62M
Gross Margin
24.96%
Payout Ratio
35.35%

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Industrials).

#NameCMP $P/E Mkt CapDiv Yld % ROCE %ROE % Rev CAGR 5Y %Profit CAGR 5Y %
1 HXL Hexcel Corporation R3KDEFENCE 91.28 46.10 $6.90B 0.82% 7.21% 10.76% 2.12% 4.24%
2 SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. R3KAIDEFENCE 153.47 -139.52 $1.16T 0.00% -3.22% -11.95% 34.08% -3.34%
3 CAT Caterpillar Inc. SPXR3K 822.48 35.47 $378.07B 0.79% 17.98% 56.97% 2.29% 5.24%
4 GE GE Aerospace SPXR3KDEFENCE 334.91 39.40 $347.49B 0.60% 9.52% 48.23% -7.42% -5.36%
5 RTX RTX Corporation SPXR3KDEFENCE 198.81 35.06 $267.95B 1.51% 8.28% 12.27% 2.61% 2.62%
6 GEV GE Vernova Inc. SPXR3KAI 971.31 27.86 $258.69B 0.22% 6.30% 82.58% 8.68% -
7 DE Deere & Company SPXR3K 680.73 37.88 $183.54B 0.95% 12.53% 18.24% 3.43% 5.10%
8 UNP Union Pacific Corporation SPXR3K 288.45 23.38 $171.36B 2.01% 15.22% 39.70% 2.30% 7.77%
9 BA The Boeing Company SPXR3KDEFENCE 210.73 75.80 $166.43B 0.00% -9.01% - 1.67% -3.28%
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric Jun 2015Sep 2015Dec 2015Mar 2016Jun 2016Sep 2016Dec 2016Mar 2017Jun 2017Sep 2017Dec 2017Mar 2018Jun 2018Sep 2018Dec 2018Mar 2019Jun 2019Sep 2019Dec 2019Mar 2020Jun 2020Sep 2020Dec 2020Mar 2021Jun 2021Sep 2021Mar 2022Jun 2022Sep 2022Mar 2023Jun 2023Sep 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Revenue -------478.80M491.30M491.50M511.70M540.10M547.50M540.50M561.00M609.90M609.00M572.50M564.30M541.00M378.70M286.90M295.80M310.30M320.30M333.80M390.60M393.00M364.70M457.70M454.30M419.50M472.30M500.40M456.50M456.50M489.90M456.20M501.50M529.30M
Gross Profit 139.10M124.10M127.80M143.00M150.30M135.70M135.60M134.10M139.90M135.60M142.20M142.60M144.80M143.00M150.40M167.20M168.80M157.90M146.50M140.90M54.90M13.50M30.40M53.10M61.90M66.00M86.70M89.50M81.80M127.70M110.80M91.60M118.20M126.60M106.50M102.40M111.50M99.90M134.70M138.10M
Operating Income 90.60M78.00M81.20M83.90M100.10M89.10M87.00M78.60M89.70M89.10M93.20M82.40M96.50M96.50M95.80M102.80M115.10M109.90M97.40M65.70M6.40M-37.60M-20.40M-10.20M16.20M22.80M30.10M63.80M40.80M62.80M61.30M43.60M52.90M71.80M52.50M44.20M30.00M36.00M57.60M72.60M
Net Income 61.70M53.50M53.90M56.00M66.10M68.20M59.50M64.60M61.60M69.70M88.10M61.60M68.80M80.10M66.10M72.20M80.90M80.30M73.20M42.40M-1.00M9.70M-19.40M---------36.50M50.00M39.80M28.90M13.50M20.60M37.20M49.30M
Diluted EPS 0.630.550.560.590.700.720.640.700.670.760.960.680.760.910.760.840.940.930.860.50-0.010.12-0.23-----------------
R&D Expense 10.40M10.60M-11.70M11.60M11.50M-12.60M12.10M11.80M-13.80M13.00M13.90M-14.90M14.20M14.20M-14.00M11.30M10.70M-11.60M11.50M10.40M10.90M11.30M11.60M13.90M13.30M13.40M15.10M14.70M13.80M13.80M14.30M14.00M17.80M17.30M

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Revenue 1.32B1.11B1.17B1.39B1.58B1.68B1.86B1.86B2.00B1.97B2.19B2.36B1.50B1.32B1.58B1.79B1.90B1.89B
Gross Profit 289.20M248.50M282.60M342.10M406.70M454.00M508.80M532.80M564.60M551.80M580.80M640.40M239.70M250.10M357.10M433.20M469.80M434.80M
Operating Income 130.90M103.70M129.80M192.00M248.80M270.90M305.80M332.40M360.10M350.60M371.20M425.20M14.10M51.80M175.20M215.30M186.10M171.60M
Net Income -56.30M77.40M135.50M164.30M187.90M209.40M237.20M249.80M284.00M276.60M306.60M31.70M16.10M126.30M105.70M132.10M109.40M
Diluted EPS 1.140.570.771.351.611.842.122.44----------
R&D Expense 31.40M30.10M30.80M32.60M36.70M41.70M47.90M44.30M46.90M49.40M55.90M56.50M46.60M45.10M45.80M52.70M57.10M56.40M

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2007Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Total Assets --1.25B1.26B1.38B1.60B1.84B2.04B2.19B2.40B2.78B2.82B3.13B2.92B2.82B2.84B2.92B2.73B2.70B
Total Equity 427.60M509.20M575.60M659.40M802.20M994.10M1.16B1.15B1.18B1.24B1.50B1.32B1.45B1.51B1.49B1.55B1.72B1.53B1.25B
Cash & Equivalents 28.10M50.90M110.10M117.20M49.50M32.60M65.50M70.90M51.80M35.20M60.10M32.70M64.40M103.30M127.70M112.00M227.00M125.40M71.00M
Long Term Debt ----248.90M240.00M292.00M415.00M576.50M684.40M805.60M947.40M1.05B925.50M822.40M723.30M699.40M700.60M993.00M
Total Liabilities --671.00M598.70M573.90M609.00M675.70M886.50M1.01B1.16B1.29B1.50B1.68B1.41B1.33B1.28B1.20B1.20B1.45B
Current Liabilities --201.70M205.90M247.50M235.30M268.70M310.60M292.60M271.90M262.10M326.70M322.60M183.10M247.60M329.80M315.90M353.50M322.70M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow 97.50M172.80M126.50M-----401.40M428.70M421.40M491.10M264.30M151.70M173.10M257.10M289.90M230.50M
Investing Cash Flow -153.60M-104.40M-48.80M------366.50M-354.10M-187.50M-367.30M-50.60M-27.90M-54.60M-50.70M-87.00M-76.00M
Financing Cash Flow 80.10M-12.70M-65.20M------46.80M-58.30M-257.30M-91.40M-178.50M-96.80M-130.00M-92.60M-301.70M-212.30M
Capital Expenditure -175.90M-98.40M-48.80M-158.00M-263.70M-194.90M-260.10M-305.30M-327.90M-278.10M-184.10M-204.10M-50.60M-27.90M-76.30M-108.20M-87.00M-73.30M
Free Cash Flow -78.40M74.40M77.70M-----73.50M150.60M237.30M287.00M213.70M123.80M96.80M148.90M202.90M157.20M
Share Buybacks -----90.00M160.00M146.10M111.10M150.30M357.70M143.00M24.60M0030.10M252.20M454.30M

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Gross Margin % 21.8%22.4%24.1%24.6%25.8%27.1%27.4%28.6%28.2%28.0%26.5%27.2%16.0%18.9%22.6%24.2%24.7%23.0%
Operating Margin % 9.9%9.4%11.1%13.8%15.8%16.1%16.5%17.9%18.0%17.8%17.0%18.0%0.9%3.9%11.1%12.0%9.8%9.1%
Net Margin % -5.1%6.6%9.7%10.4%11.2%11.3%12.7%12.5%14.4%12.6%13.0%2.1%1.2%8.0%5.9%6.9%5.8%
ROE % -9.8%11.7%16.9%16.5%16.2%18.2%20.1%20.1%19.0%20.9%21.2%2.1%1.1%8.1%6.2%8.6%8.7%
ROCE % -9.9%12.3%17.0%18.2%17.3%17.7%17.5%16.9%13.9%14.9%15.2%0.5%2.0%7.0%8.3%7.8%7.2%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders
0.96%
Institutions
115.58%
Public Float
116.70%

Top Institutional Holders

#Holder% HeldSharesValue
1 Blackrock Inc. 18.80% 14.22M $1.25B
2 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 7.75% 5.86M $516.83M
3 Earnest Partners LLC 6.06% 4.58M $404.13M
4 State Street Corporation 5.78% 4.37M $385.51M
5 Vanguard Capital Management LLC 4.50% 3.40M $299.94M
6 Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC 4.16% 3.14M $277.06M
7 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. 3.27% 2.47M $217.87M
8 Bank of America Corporation 2.87% 2.17M $191.13M
9 Brandes Investment Partners L.P. 2.82% 2.13M $188.16M
10 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2.26% 1.71M $150.79M

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HXL — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current share price of Hexcel Corporation (HXL)?

As of 2026-09-19 21:16 PDT, Hexcel Corporation (HXL) trades at $91.28 on NYSE. Its 52-week range is $60.24 to $110.09.

What is the market capitalisation of HXL?

Hexcel Corporation (HXL) has a market capitalisation of $6.90B on NYSE.

What is the P/E ratio of HXL?

HXL trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 46.10. The industry average P/E is 26.00. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 5.13.

Does HXL pay a dividend?

Hexcel Corporation (HXL) currently offers a dividend yield of 0.82%.

What is the return on equity (ROE) of HXL?

HXL has a return on equity (ROE) of 10.76%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 7.21%.

Is HXL a good stock to buy?

This page provides a data-driven analysis of Hexcel Corporation (HXL), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.

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