secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HEXCEL CORP /DE/ (HXL)
CIK:        0000717605
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-21T20:25:14+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-427875
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.62
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000119312526427875/0001193125-26-427875-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000119312526427875/hxl-20261021.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-427875

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