---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-027293"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HXL"
cik: "0000717605"
company_name: "HEXCEL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:13:22.728022+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hexcel Q4 sales $491M (+3.7% YoY), adj EPS flat at $0.52; FY 2026 guidance: sales $2.0-2.1B, adj EPS $2.10-2.30

## Summary
- Q4 2025 GAAP diluted EPS $0.60 vs $0.07 YoY; adjusted EPS $0.52 (flat vs prior year).
- FY 2025 sales $1,894M (-0.5% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $1.76 vs $2.03 in FY 2024.
- Dividend increased 6% to $0.18/share; payable Feb 17, 2026 to holders of record Feb 9.
- 2026 guidance: sales $2.0-2.1B, adj EPS $2.10-2.30, free cash flow >$195M.
- Q4 Commercial Aerospace sales up 7.6% driven by A320neo and Boeing programs; A350 sales down on destocking.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-027293
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HXL
- cik: 0000717605
- company_name: HEXCEL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000119312526027293/0001193125-26-027293-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000119312526027293/hxl-20260128.htm

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