secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HEXCEL CORP /DE/ (HXL)
CIK:        0000717605
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-22-000500
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hexcel reports Q4 sales up 21.8% to $360M; reinstates dividend; guides FY22 sales $1.5B-$1.63B
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- Q4 GAAP EPS $0.22, adjusted $0.16, vs losses of ($0.23) and ($0.18) a year ago.
- FY21 sales $1,324.7M (-11.8% YoY); adjusted EPS $0.27 vs $0.25 in FY20.
- Board reinstates quarterly dividend $0.10/share, payable Feb 18, record Feb 11.
- FY22 guidance: sales $1.50-1.63B, adj. EPS $1.00-1.24, free cash flow >$145M.
- Commercial aerospace Q4 sales +57.6% YoY; Space & Defense -11.5%; Industrial +10.7%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000095017022000500/0000950170-22-000500-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000095017022000500/hxl-20220126.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-000500

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