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) Net margin

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Hexcel Corporation's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.50%, up 2.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.78%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.22% (fiscal 2021) to 14.4% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 2.11% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.53%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 5.78% (1.16)
FY2024 6.94% 1.03
FY2023 5.91% (2.10)
FY2022 8.01% 6.79
FY2021 1.22% (0.89)
FY2020 2.11% (10.91)
FY2019 13.0% 0.38
FY2018 12.6% (1.75)
FY2017 14.4% 1.93
FY2016 12.5% (0.28)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 7.78% (1.53)
Jun 2026 9.31% 1.89
Mar 2026 7.42% (2.02)
Dec 2025 9.44% 4.92
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.22% High 14.4%
Ten-year median 8.01%
Current reading's percentile 51

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
LOAR Loar Holdings Inc. compare 11.6%
HXL Hexcel Corporation 8.50%
KRMN Karman Holdings Inc. compare 6.31%
SARO StandardAero, Inc. compare 5.12%
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. compare 2.03%
MRCY Mercury Systems Inc compare −3.02%
AVAV AeroVironment, Inc. compare −10.1%
PL Planet Labs PBC compare −95.1%
BETA BETA Technologies, Inc. compare −1,340.3%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 2.11%
Industrials sector median 2.53%
Market median 1.22%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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