Hexcel Corp

Industrials
Major Chemicals
www.hexcel.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $4.11B
PE 33
Debt $787.20M
Cash $89.20M
EV $4.81B
FCF $184.00M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$124.50M
EBIT	$177.40M
ROE	8%
ROA	6%
FCF	$184.00M
Equity	$1.53B
Growth Stability	8%
PE	33.01
PEG	2.43
PB	2.68
P/FCF	22.33
P/S	2.18
Price/Cash	0.02
Debt/Equity	0.51
Debt/FCF	4.28
Net Margins	6%
Gross Margins	24%
Op. Margins	9%
Earnings CAGR	-11%
Sales Growth YoY	-3%
Sales Growth QoQ	-4%
Sales CAGR	-3%
FCF CAGR	-0%
Equity CAGR	3%
Earnings Stability	0.25
Earnings Growth YoY	-21%
Earnings Growth QoQ	398%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	14%

Sales CAGR 5Y	6%
FCF CAGR 5Y	-6%
Equity CAGR 5Y	2%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	10%
Sales CAGR 3Y	10%
FCF CAGR 3Y	53%
Equity CAGR 3Y	1%
Market Cap	$4.11B
Revenue	$1.89B
Dividend Yield	1%
Payout Ratio	41%
Assets	$2.78B
Total Debt	$787.20M
Cash	$89.20M
Shares Outstanding	81.1M
EV	4.81B
Earnings Score	4%
Moat Score	82%
Safety Score	58%
Final Score	48%
Working Capital	505M
Current Ratio	2.59
Gross Profit	$454.00M
Shares Growth 3y	-2%
Equity Growth QoQ	0%
Equity Growth YoY	-6%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Hexcel designs and manufactures high-performance composites, including carbon fibers, for use in commercial aerospace, defense, and other industrial markets. Generally, around 70% of revenue is from the commercial aerospace end market, 17% of revenue is from the defense end market and 13% of revenue is from other industrial end markets. The company operates under two segments: composite materials and engineered products.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Hexcel Corp (HXL) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 31
2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

How does Hexcel Corp compare to its competitors?

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Hexcel Corp compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR -11%

Stability 25%

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Hexcel Corp Discounted Cash Flow

Fully customizable DCF calculator online for Hexcel Corp .

Years

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= $1.8B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$184M	$183M	$183M	$182M	$181M	$180M	$180M	$179M	$178M	$177M	$177M	$1.8B
DCF		$167M	$151M	$137M	$124M	$112M	$101M	$92M	$83M	$75M	$68M	$681M
Value	$1.8B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	13%	12%	14%	13%	13%	2%	1%	8%	6%	7%	6%
ROA	-	15%	13%	13%	14%	0%	2%	7%	7%	7%	6%
ROE	-	20%	19%	21%	21%	2%	1%	8%	6%	9%	8%

Bad Net Margins (6.33%)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	9.43	5.41	4.07	3.69	4.34	6.65	7.47	4.7	3.45	4.28
Debt over Equity	0.49	0.56	0.54	0.73	0.73	0.61	0.55	0.47	0.41	0.46	0.51
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	100%	11%	8%	100%	100%	100%	8%

Bad Debt/FCF ratio (4.28)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Good Debt/Equity ratio (0.51)

The company is not overleveraged and has a good balance between equity and debt.

Bad Graham’s Stability (8%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	8%	-2%	11%	8%	-36%	-12%	19%	13%	6%	6%
Earnings YoY growth	-	5%	14%	-3%	11%	-90%	-49%	684%	-16%	25%	14%
Equity YoY growth	-	6%	20%	-12%	9%	4%	-2%	5%	10%	-11%	2%
FCF YoY growth	-	-2K%	105%	58%	21%	-26%	-42%	-22%	54%	36%	-6%