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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-046437"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HXL"
cik: "0000717605"
company_name: "HEXCEL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T14:48:16.991966+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hexcel Q1 adjusted EPS $0.44 vs $0.50 YoY; sales up 3.2% to $472M

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.43 (down 14% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $0.44 (down 12%).
- Sales $472.3M (+3.2% YoY); Commercial Aerospace +5.2%, Space & Defense +10.2%, Industrial -27.9%.
- Free cash flow -$35.7M (prior year -$41.5M); capex $28.7M.
- Returned $113M to shareholders via $100.7M share repurchases and dividends.
- FY 2024 guidance reaffirmed: sales $1.925-$2.025B, adjusted EPS $2.10-$2.30.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-046437
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HXL
- cik: 0000717605
- company_name: HEXCEL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/717605/000095017024046437/0000950170-24-046437-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000095017024046437/hxl-20240422.htm

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