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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-098359"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HXL"
cik: "0000717605"
company_name: "HEXCEL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-07-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T02:50:05.907246+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hexcel Q2 GAAP EPS $0.17 vs $0.60; sales $490M down 2.1% YoY; guidance unchanged

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS of $0.17, down 71.7% YoY; adjusted diluted EPS $0.50 vs $0.60.
- Net sales $489.9M, down 2.1% (2.9% constant currency); Commercial Aerospace fell 8.6%.
- Defense, Space & Other sales up 9.5% to $196.8M, driven by CH-53K and space programs.
- Recorded $24.2M restructuring charge for Welkenraedt, Belgium facility closure.
- Full-year 2025 guidance reaffirmed: sales $1.88-$1.95B, adj. EPS $1.85-$2.05, FCF ~$190M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-098359
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HXL
- cik: 0000717605
- company_name: HEXCEL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-07-24T23:59:59+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/717605/000095017025098359/0000950170-25-098359-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000095017025098359/hxl-20250724.htm

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