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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-006100"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HXL"
cik: "0000717605"
company_name: "HEXCEL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T05:10:30.324472+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hexcel Q1: adjusted EPS $0.22, sales $391M up 26%; reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.21 vs ($0.17) loss; adjusted EPS $0.22 vs ($0.10) loss.
- Sales $390.6M up 25.9%; Commercial Aerospace +48.3%, Space & Defense +5.8%, Industrial +4.9%.
- FY 2022 guidance reaffirmed: sales $1.50B-$1.63B, adj EPS $1.00-$1.24, FCF >$145M.
- Quarterly dividend $0.10/sh declared, payable May 13 to holders of record May 6.
- Q1 free cash flow -$39.9M vs -$6.1M; working capital use $74.3M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-006100
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HXL
- cik: 0000717605
- company_name: HEXCEL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000095017022006100/0000950170-22-006100-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000095017022006100/hxl-20220425.htm

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