---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-427875"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HXL"
cik: "0000717605"
company_name: "HEXCEL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-10-21T20:25:14+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-21T20:27:28.526389+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.62
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.62
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hexcel Q3 2026 sales $496.4M (+8.8%), adjusted EPS $0.50 vs $0.37; guidance unchanged, buyback raised to $750M

## Summary
- Net sales $496.4M vs $456.2M (+8.8%, +9.2% constant currency); GAAP diluted EPS $0.50 vs $0.26; adjusted diluted EPS $0.50 vs $0.37 (+35.1%).
- Commercial Aerospace sales $330.3M, up 20.5% YoY on growth across A350, 787, A320 and 737 MAX; segment is 67% of Q3 sales.
- Defense, Space & Other $166.1M, down 8.7% on the Austria divestiture, Leicester UK closure, and softness in F-35, an international fighter program, launchers and rocket motors.
- Board raised share repurchase authorization to $750M from $380.6M remaining; no shares were repurchased in Q3 2026.
- Declared $0.18/share dividend, record Nov 2, 2026, payable Nov 9; FY26 guidance unchanged: sales $2.025-$2.125B, adj EPS $2.30-$2.40, FCF >$195M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-427875
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HXL
- cik: 0000717605
- company_name: HEXCEL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-10-21T20:25:14+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.62
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.62
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000119312526427875/0001193125-26-427875-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000119312526427875/hxl-20261021.htm

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