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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-21-002151"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HXL"
cik: "0000717605"
company_name: "HEXCEL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2021-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T20:22:54.166469+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hexcel Q3 sales up 16% YoY to $334M; adjusted EPS $0.13 vs -$0.29

## Summary
- Q3 sales $333.8M, +16.3% YoY; commercial aerospace up 29.8%, space & defense +1.5%, industrial +14.0%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.11 down from $0.12; adjusted diluted EPS $0.13 vs $(0.29) loss.
- Free cash flow YTD $49.2M; capital expenditures $15.0M YTD.
- Wind energy sales down 31.6% const. currency; company continues to withhold guidance.
- Dividend temporarily suspended; share repurchase program restricted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-21-002151
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HXL
- cik: 0000717605
- company_name: HEXCEL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2021-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000095017021002151/0000950170-21-002151-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000095017021002151/hxl-20211018.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-21-002151.txt

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