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) Return on invested capital

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Hexcel Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.04%, up 2.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.93%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.38% (fiscal 2020) to 12.2% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 0.25% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.81%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 4.93% (0.58)
FY2024 5.51% (0.62)
FY2023 6.13% 1.12
FY2022 5.01% 3.53
FY2021 1.48% 1.10
FY2020 0.38% (10.43)
FY2019 10.8% 0.53
FY2018 10.3% 0.52
FY2017 9.76% (2.10)
FY2016 11.9% (0.33)

Against its own ten years

Low 0.38% High 12.2%
Ten-year median 6.13%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SARO StandardAero, Inc. compare 7.63%
HXL Hexcel Corporation 7.04%
KRMN Karman Holdings Inc. compare 5.09%
LOAR Loar Holdings Inc. compare 3.95%
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. compare 0.54%
MRCY Mercury Systems Inc compare 0.01%
AVAV AeroVironment, Inc. compare −3.47%
PL Planet Labs PBC compare −44.2%
BETA BETA Technologies, Inc. compare −198.8%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 0.25%
Industrials sector median 1.81%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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