Growth Metrics

Hexcel (HXL) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Hexcel posted quarterly FCF Margin of 1.24% for Q1 2026, up 1072.0% year-on-year from 0.11% in Q1 2025, and down 105.66% on a QoQ basis from 21.84% in Q4 2025.

Hexcel (HXL) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 1.24% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 1072.0% year-over-year to 1.24%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 10.6% (up 85.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 8.3%, down 236.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 1.24%, down from 21.84% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 31.74% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 11.96% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 4.85% (2022), against an average of 7.7%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2025, when FCF Margin slumped 855 bps; it then jumped 1072 bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 22.99% in 2022, then jumped by 38 bps to 31.74% in 2023, then decreased by 4 bps to 30.39% in 2024, then slipped by 28 bps to 21.84% in 2025, then sank by 106 bps to 1.24% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 1.24% (Q1 2026), 21.84% (Q4 2025), and 21.15% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 General Electric 316.77 Bn 306.03 Bn 9.11 Bn 12.04%
2 Rtx 238.61 Bn 233.51 Bn 9.08 Bn 5.93%
3 Boeing 172.59 Bn 151.68 Bn 2.55 Bn -6.54%
4 Lockheed Martin 122.59 Bn 120.70 Bn 2.08 Bn -1.61%
5 Howmet Aerospace 102.88 Bn 100.44 Bn 854.00 Mn 15.52%
6 General Dynamics 92.64 Bn 88.99 Bn 9.09 Bn 14.48%
7 Rocket Lab 82.19 Bn 80.92 Bn 76.49 Mn -35.67%
8 Northrop Grumman 78.95 Bn 76.86 Bn 3.45 Bn -18.45%
9 TransDigm 70.63 Bn 66.75 Bn 1.51 Bn 2.52%
10 Hexcel 6.54 Bn 6.49 Bn 134.70 Mn -1.24%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -1.24%
Dec 31, 2025 21.84%
Sep 30, 2025 21.15%
Jun 30, 2025 1.63%
Mar 31, 2025 -11.96%
Dec 31, 2024 30.39%
Sep 30, 2024 16.06%
Jun 30, 2024 4.26%
Mar 31, 2024 -7.56%
Dec 31, 2023 31.74%
Sep 30, 2023 11.54%
Jun 30, 2023 -0.70%
Mar 31, 2023 -9.07%
Dec 31, 2022 22.99%
Sep 30, 2022 4.85%
Jun 30, 2022 5.17%
Mar 31, 2022 -10.22%
Dec 31, 2021 20.70%
Sep 30, 2021 5.84%
Jun 30, 2021 11.18%
Mar 31, 2021 -1.97%
Dec 31, 2020 35.33%
Sep 30, 2020 26.49%
Jun 30, 2020 13.68%
Mar 31, 2020 -3.44%
Dec 31, 2019 30.55%
Sep 30, 2019 9.90%
Jun 30, 2019 10.05%
Mar 31, 2019 -2.49%
Dec 31, 2018 19.45%
Sep 30, 2018 14.38%
Jun 30, 2018 9.11%
Mar 31, 2018 3.20%
Dec 31, 2017 11.75%
Sep 30, 2017 15.91%
Jun 30, 2017 10.38%
Mar 31, 2017 -8.08%
Dec 31, 2016 5.42%
Sep 30, 2016 12.29%
Jun 30, 2016 10.66%
Mar 31, 2016 -12.66%
Dec 31, 2015 17.36%
Sep 30, 2015 6.19%
Jun 30, 2015 -2.14%
Mar 31, 2015 -17.19%
Dec 31, 2014 12.82%
Sep 30, 2014 1.57%
Jun 30, 2014 2.57%
Mar 31, 2014 -1.43%
Dec 31, 2013 0.84%
Sep 30, 2013 11.62%
Jun 30, 2013 8.12%
Mar 31, 2013 -3.58%
Dec 31, 2012 7.00%
Sep 30, 2012 4.21%
Jun 30, 2012 -4.56%
Mar 31, 2012 -5.62%
Dec 31, 2011 0.28%
Sep 30, 2011 -4.41%
Jun 30, 2011 8.62%
Mar 31, 2011 -2.50%
Dec 31, 2010 12.89%
Sep 30, 2010 9.07%
Jun 30, 2010 7.21%
Mar 31, 2010 -3.69%
Dec 31, 2009 6.19%
Sep 30, 2009 7.62%