---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-037955"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HXL"
cik: "0000717605"
company_name: "HEXCEL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2021-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T02:46:01.445884+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hexcel Q2 sales $320M (-15% YoY), adj EPS $0.08 flat; commercial aero destocking largely behind

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.03 (vs -$0.01 in Q2 2020); adjusted diluted EPS $0.08 (flat YoY).
- Commercial Aerospace sales $153.7M, down 24.6% YoY; destocking largely complete except widebody.
- Space & Defense sales $106.9M, down 1.4%; Industrial sales $59.7M, down 10.1% (wind energy -43.9%).
- Free cash flow YTD $29.7M; cash $115M with $543M revolver availability at June 30, 2021.
- Quarterly dividend remains suspended; share repurchases restricted; 2021 guidance withheld.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-037955
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HXL
- cik: 0000717605
- company_name: HEXCEL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2021-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000156459021037955/0001564590-21-037955-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/717605/000156459021037955/hxl-8k_20210726.htm

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