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) Operating margin

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Hexcel Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 12.2%, up 3.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.06%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.94% (fiscal 2020) to 18.1% (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 1.21% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.12%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 9.06% (0.72)
FY2024 9.78% (2.25)
FY2023 12.0% 0.93
FY2022 11.1% 7.19
FY2021 3.91% 2.97
FY2020 0.94% (17.11)
FY2019 18.1% 1.09
FY2018 17.0% (0.81)
FY2017 17.8% (0.20)
FY2016 18.0% 0.11

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 11.0% (2.68)
Jun 2026 13.7% 2.23
Mar 2026 11.5% (1.01)
Dec 2025 12.5% 4.61
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Against its own ten years

Low 0.94% High 18.1%
Ten-year median 12.0%
Current reading's percentile 56

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
LOAR Loar Holdings Inc. compare 21.9%
KRMN Karman Holdings Inc. compare 16.8%
HXL Hexcel Corporation 12.2%
SARO StandardAero, Inc. compare 9.46%
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. compare 1.21%
MRCY Mercury Systems Inc compare 0.03%
AVAV AeroVironment, Inc. compare −12.6%
PL Planet Labs PBC compare −27.2%
BETA BETA Technologies, Inc. compare −1,033.0%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 1.21%
Industrials sector median 5.12%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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