Hexcel Corporation

HXL Industrials Aerospace & Defense

Hexcel Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.9 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.81%
EPS
+96.2%
Free cash flow
−47.5%
Total debt
+23.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

83.06 1.23 +1.50%
Market cap
$6.2B
P/E
36.5×
Fwd P/E
34.2×
Dividend yield
0.88%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
4.71
Beneish M
−2.54
Dividend safety
67/100

Hexcel Corporation (HXL) Free cash flow margin

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Hexcel Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.4%, up 2.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.30%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.23% (fiscal 2015) to 14.2% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.08%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 8.30% (2.36)
FY2024 10.7% 1.76
FY2023 8.90% 1.42
FY2022 7.48% (1.87)
FY2021 9.35% (4.87)
FY2020 14.2% 2.04
FY2019 12.2% 1.34
FY2018 10.8% 3.21
FY2017 7.63% 3.96
FY2016 3.67% 3.90

Against its own ten years

Low −0.23% High 14.2%
Ten-year median 8.90%
Current reading's percentile 45

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
LOAR Loar Holdings Inc. compare 18.1%
HXL Hexcel Corporation 10.4%
MRCY Mercury Systems Inc compare 6.92%
PL Planet Labs PBC compare 5.25%
SARO StandardAero, Inc. compare 3.24%
AVAV AeroVironment, Inc. compare −2.24%
KRMN Karman Holdings Inc. compare −4.63%
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. compare −8.47%
BETA BETA Technologies, Inc. compare −894.2%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 2.08%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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