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accession: "0001193125-25-246859"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HXL"
cik: "0000717605"
company_name: "HEXCEL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:53:16.036342+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Hexcel reports Q3 adjusted EPS $0.37, cuts FY2025 EPS guidance to $1.70-1.80, initiates $350M ASR

## Summary
- Q3 sales $456.2M (-0.1% YoY); GAAP EPS $0.26, adjusted EPS $0.37 (vs $0.47).
- FY2025 guidance: sales ~$1.88B (narrowed); adjusted EPS $1.70-1.80 (down from $1.85-2.05) due to tariffs.
- Launches $350M accelerated share repurchase; board authorized additional $600M buybacks.
- Quarterly dividend $0.17/share, payable Nov 10 to holders Nov 3.
- Commercial aerospace destocking, especially A350 and 787; defense sales +13.3% YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-246859
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HXL
- cik: 0000717605
- company_name: HEXCEL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-10-22T23:59:59+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/717605/000119312525246859/0001193125-25-246859-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000119312525246859/hxl-20251022.htm

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