Hexcel (HXL) FCF Payout Ratio (2015 - 2026)
Hexcel posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 2.21 for Q1 2026, down 774.26% year-on-year from 0.33 in Q1 2025, and down 1937.97% on a QoQ basis from 0.12 in Q4 2025.
Hexcel (HXL) has 11 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 2.21 in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 774.26% year-over-year to 2.21; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.26 (down 4.66% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.34, up 41.11% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 2.21, down from 0.12 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 1.71 in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 3.28 in Q2 2023.
- The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.09 (2022), against an average of 0.15.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 883.64%; it then soared 194.16% in 2025.
- A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.09 in 2022, then retreated by 15.03% to 0.07 in 2023, then grew by 16.2% to 0.08 in 2024, then surged by 43.08% to 0.12 in 2025, then tumbled by 1937.97% to 2.21 in 2026.
- The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 2.21 (Q1 2026), 0.12 (Q4 2025), and 0.14 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 316.77 Bn | 306.03 Bn | 9.11 Bn | 0.26 |
| 2 | Rtx | 238.61 Bn | 233.51 Bn | 9.08 Bn | 0.70 |
| 3 | Boeing | 172.59 Bn | 151.68 Bn | 2.55 Bn | -0.06 |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 122.59 Bn | 120.70 Bn | 2.08 Bn | -2.80 |
| 5 | Howmet Aerospace | 102.88 Bn | 100.44 Bn | 854.00 Mn | 0.13 |
| 6 | General Dynamics | 92.64 Bn | 88.99 Bn | 9.09 Bn | 0.21 |
| 7 | Rocket Lab | 82.19 Bn | 80.92 Bn | 76.49 Mn | - |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 78.95 Bn | 76.86 Bn | 3.45 Bn | -0.18 |
| 9 | TransDigm | 70.63 Bn | 66.75 Bn | 1.51 Bn | - |
| 10 | Hexcel | 6.54 Bn | 6.49 Bn | 134.70 Mn | -2.21 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -2.21 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.12 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.14 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.71 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.25 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.08 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.17 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.58 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.35 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.07 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.22 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -3.28 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.25 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.09 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.47 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.42 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -0.21 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | -0.76 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -0.21 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 0.25 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 0.21 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | -0.84 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.12 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 0.17 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 0.23 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 0.65 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 0.19 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 0.14 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 0.20 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -0.26 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 0.39 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 0.16 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 0.18 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -0.15 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 0.12 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 0.35 |
| Jun 30, 2015 | -0.94 |
| Mar 31, 2015 | -0.12 |