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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 3 November 2026, Hexcel Corporation (HXL) trades at a price to free cash flow of 29.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (March 2016) to 143× (April 2016); the current reading is higher than 46% of that period. That is below the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 33.2× and above the Industrials sector median of 21.1×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 37.4× 46.95%
FY2024 25.4× (34.18%)
FY2023 38.6× (8.30%)
FY2022 42.1× 19.74%
FY2021 35.2× 85.06%
FY2020 19.0× (12.32%)
FY2019 21.7× 2.10%
FY2018 21.2× (42.75%)
FY2017 37.1× (43.57%)
FY2016 65.7× —

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 30.3× 2.31%
Jun 2026 29.6× (0.81%)
Mar 2026 29.9× (20.06%)
Dec 2025 37.4× 44.83%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 143×
Ten-year median 30.7×
Current reading's percentile 46

Price to free cash flow against peers

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HXL Hexcel Corporation 29.7×
SARO StandardAero, Inc. compare 40.2×
LOAR Loar Holdings Inc. compare 60.3×
MRCY Mercury Systems Inc compare 70.1×
PL Planet Labs PBC compare 245×
Aerospace & Defense industry median 33.2×
Industrials sector median 21.1×
Market median 14.2×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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