Growth Metrics

Hexcel (HXL) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Hexcel has reported FCF Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 1.24% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 1072.0% to 1.24% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 10.6% through Mar 2026, up 85.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 8.3% for FY2025, 236.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 1.24% for Q1 2026 at Hexcel, down from 21.84% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 31.74% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 11.96% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 4.85% (2022), against an average of 7.7%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: crashed -855bps in 2025 and later surged 1072bps in 2026.
  • Tracing HXL's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 22.99% in 2022, then soared by 38bps to 31.74% in 2023, then dropped by -4bps to 30.39% in 2024, then fell by -28bps to 21.84% in 2025, then plummeted by -106bps to 1.24% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods came in at 1.24%, 21.84%, and 21.15% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.