---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-007795"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HXL"
cik: "0000717605"
company_name: "HEXCEL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T21:27:12.558149+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hexcel Q4 sales $474M (+3.6% YoY), adj EPS $0.52; FY24 FCF $203M; dividend +13% to $0.17; FY25 guide $1.95-2.05B

## Summary
- Q4 2024 net sales $473.8M (+3.6% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $0.07 vs ($0.21) loss in Q4 2023.
- Adjusted diluted EPS for Q4 $0.52 (up 20.9% YoY); full-year adjusted EPS $2.03 (up 12.2%).
- FY 2024 free cash flow $202.9M, up from $148.9M in 2023; capex $87.0M.
- Quarterly dividend raised 13% to $0.17/share; payable Feb 14, 2025 to holders of record Feb 7, 2025.
- FY 2025 guidance: sales $1.95B-$2.05B, adjusted EPS $2.05-$2.25, FCF >$220M, capex <$100M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-007795
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HXL
- cik: 0000717605
- company_name: HEXCEL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-01-22T23:59:59+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/717605/000095017025007795/0000950170-25-007795-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000095017025007795/hxl-20250122.htm

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