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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-084434"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HXL"
cik: "0000717605"
company_name: "HEXCEL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T19:57:27.468024+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hexcel Q2 adjusted EPS $0.60, revenue up 10%; lowers FY2024 sales/EPS guidance

## Summary
- Q2 2024 net sales $500.4M (+10.1% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $0.60 vs $0.50.
- Commercial Aerospace sales rose 21.3%; Industrial fell 22.3%; Space & Defense up 1.0%.
- FY2024 guidance revised: sales $1.90-1.98B (prev. $1.925-2.025B); adj. EPS $2.02-2.18 (prev. $2.10-2.30).
- Board declared $0.15 quarterly dividend payable Aug 9, 2024; $100M shares repurchased in Q2.
- Free cash flow negative $14.4M in H1 2024; FY guidance around $200M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-084434
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HXL
- cik: 0000717605
- company_name: HEXCEL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-07-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/717605/000095017024084434/0000950170-24-084434-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000095017024084434/hxl-20240718.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-084434.txt

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