Growth Metrics

Hexcel (HXL) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026)

Hexcel posted quarterly Debt to Equity of $0.79 for Q1 2026, up 53.73% year-on-year from $0.51 in Q1 2025, and down 0.93% on a QoQ basis from $0.8 in Q4 2025.

Hexcel (HXL) has 18 years of Debt to Equity data on file, last reported at $0.79 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt to Equity rose 53.73% year-over-year to $0.79; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $0.79 (up 53.73% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $0.8, up 71.85% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity for Q1 2026 stood at $0.79, down from $0.8 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt to Equity topped out at $0.8 in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $0.41 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Debt to Equity is $0.51 (2024), against an average of $0.53.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Debt to Equity dropped 17.89%; it then jumped 71.85% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $0.47 in 2022, then slipped by 11.72% to $0.41 in 2023, then grew by 12.85% to $0.46 in 2024, then surged by 71.85% to $0.8 in 2025, then decreased by 0.93% to $0.79 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $0.79 (Q1 2026), $0.8 (Q4 2025), and $0.48 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 General Electric 316.77 Bn 306.03 Bn 9.11 Bn 1.12
2 Rtx 238.61 Bn 233.51 Bn 9.08 Bn 0.49
3 Boeing 172.59 Bn 151.68 Bn 2.55 Bn 7.89
4 Lockheed Martin 122.59 Bn 120.70 Bn 2.08 Bn 2.76
5 Howmet Aerospace 102.88 Bn 100.44 Bn 854.00 Mn 0.85
6 General Dynamics 92.64 Bn 88.99 Bn 9.09 Bn 0.31
7 Rocket Lab 82.19 Bn 80.92 Bn 76.49 Mn 0.00
8 Northrop Grumman 78.95 Bn 76.86 Bn 3.45 Bn 0.84
9 TransDigm 70.63 Bn 66.75 Bn 1.51 Bn -3.33
10 Hexcel 6.54 Bn 6.49 Bn 134.70 Mn 0.79

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.79
Dec 31, 2025 0.80
Sep 30, 2025 0.48
Jun 30, 2025 0.53
Mar 31, 2025 0.51
Dec 31, 2024 0.46
Sep 30, 2024 0.51
Jun 30, 2024 0.51
Mar 31, 2024 0.44
Dec 31, 2023 0.41
Sep 30, 2023 0.47
Jun 30, 2023 0.47
Mar 31, 2023 0.47
Dec 31, 2022 0.47
Sep 30, 2022 0.55
Jun 30, 2022 0.56
Mar 31, 2022 0.58
Dec 31, 2021 0.56
Sep 30, 2021 0.59
Jun 30, 2021 0.60
Mar 31, 2021 0.62
Dec 31, 2020 0.62
Sep 30, 2020 0.67
Jun 30, 2020 0.88
Mar 31, 2020 0.98
Dec 31, 2019 0.74
Sep 30, 2019 0.79
Jun 30, 2019 0.78
Mar 31, 2019 0.85
Dec 31, 2018 0.72
Sep 30, 2018 0.72
Jun 30, 2018 0.67
Mar 31, 2018 0.54
Dec 31, 2017 0.54
Sep 30, 2017 0.58
Jun 30, 2017 0.62
Mar 31, 2017 0.67
Dec 31, 2016 0.55
Sep 30, 2016 0.54
Jun 30, 2016 0.58
Mar 31, 2016 0.57
Dec 31, 2015 0.49
Sep 30, 2015 0.50
Jun 30, 2015 0.41
Mar 31, 2015 0.41
Dec 31, 2014 0.36
Sep 30, 2014 0.38
Jun 30, 2014 0.34
Mar 31, 2014 0.30
Dec 31, 2013 0.25
Sep 30, 2013 0.24
Jun 30, 2013 0.30
Mar 31, 2013 0.27
Dec 31, 2012 0.26
Sep 30, 2012 0.31
Jun 30, 2012 0.34
Mar 31, 2012 0.36
Dec 31, 2011 0.31
Sep 30, 2011 0.32
Jun 30, 2011 0.32
Mar 31, 2011 0.39
Dec 31, 2010 0.50
Sep 30, 2010 0.52
Jun 30, 2010 0.62
Dec 31, 2009 0.68