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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-056309"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HXL"
cik: "0000717605"
company_name: "HEXCEL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T10:44:57.355187+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hexcel Q1 sales down 3.3% to $457M; cuts 2025 guidance on A350 delays

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.35 vs $0.43 a year ago; adjusted EPS $0.37 vs $0.44.
- Commercial Aerospace sales fell 6.4% to $280M; Defense, Space & Other up 2.0% to $176M.
- 2025 guidance lowered: sales $1.88B-$1.95B (from $1.95B-$2.05B), adj EPS $1.85-$2.05 (from $2.05-$2.25), FCF ~$190M.
- Repurchased $50M of stock in Q1, refinanced $300M fixed-rate debt, maintains $0.17 quarterly dividend.
- Management cites continued supply-chain delays, especially on Airbus A350, as reason for slower growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-056309
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HXL
- cik: 0000717605
- company_name: HEXCEL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000095017025056309/0000950170-25-056309-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000095017025056309/hxl-20250421.htm

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