Growth Metrics

Hexcel (HXL) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Hexcel has reported Operating Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 11.49% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin rose 180.0% to 11.49% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 2.15% through Mar 2026, up 89.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.49% for FY2025, 21.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 11.49% for Q1 2026 at Hexcel, up from 16.67% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 16.23% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 31.63% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 10.39% (2023), against an average of 2.48%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: crashed -3042bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 1387bps in 2025.
  • Tracing HXL's Operating Margin over 5 years: stood at 24.03% in 2022, then crashed by -32bps to 31.63% in 2023, then increased by 3bps to 30.54% in 2024, then soared by 45bps to 16.67% in 2025, then skyrocketed by 169bps to 11.49% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods came in at 11.49%, 16.67%, and 7.89% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.