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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000930413-24-000644"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HXL"
cik: "0000717605"
company_name: "HEXCEL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T23:33:35.649512+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hexcel targets 10-12% sales CAGR through 2026; approves additional $300M buyback

## Summary
- Total sales CAGR 10-12% (2024-2026); Commercial Aerospace 12-16%, Space & Defense 5-10%, Industrial 3-6%.
- Adjusted diluted EPS CAGR >25%; cumulative adjusted EBITDA >$1.5B; free cash flow >$800M.
- Board approved $300M share repurchase program; $65M purchased YTD through Feb 16.
- Capital expenditures expected below $100M per year for 2024-2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000930413-24-000644
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HXL
- cik: 0000717605
- company_name: HEXCEL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000093041324000644/0000930413-24-000644-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000093041324000644/c108253_8k-ixbrl.htm

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