Hexcel (HXL) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Hexcel posted quarterly Operating Margin of 11.49% for Q1 2026, up 180.0% year-on-year from 4.1% in Q1 2025, and up 168.9% on a QoQ basis from 16.67% in Q4 2025.
Hexcel (HXL) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 11.49% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 180.0% year-over-year to 11.49%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 2.15% (up 89.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.49%, down 21.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 11.49%, up from 16.67% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 16.23% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 30.54% in Q4 2024.
- The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 10.4% (2023), against an average of 4.95%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Operating Margin surged 3444 bps; it then slumped 4094 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 24.03% in 2022, then surged by 143 bps to 10.4% in 2023, then tumbled by 394 bps to 30.54% in 2024, then soared by 45 bps to 16.67% in 2025, then jumped by 169 bps to 11.49% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 11.49% (Q1 2026), 16.67% (Q4 2025), and 7.89% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 316.77 Bn | 306.03 Bn | 9.11 Bn | -8.61% |
| 2 | Rtx | 238.61 Bn | 233.51 Bn | 9.08 Bn | 11.57% |
| 3 | Boeing | 172.59 Bn | 151.68 Bn | 2.55 Bn | 2.02% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 122.59 Bn | 120.70 Bn | 2.08 Bn | 11.45% |
| 5 | Howmet Aerospace | 102.88 Bn | 100.44 Bn | 854.00 Mn | 32.56% |
| 6 | General Dynamics | 92.64 Bn | 88.99 Bn | 9.09 Bn | 10.53% |
| 7 | Rocket Lab | 82.19 Bn | 80.92 Bn | 76.49 Mn | -27.94% |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 78.95 Bn | 76.86 Bn | 3.45 Bn | 10.01% |
| 9 | TransDigm | 70.63 Bn | 66.75 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 46.31% |
| 10 | Hexcel | 6.54 Bn | 6.49 Bn | 134.70 Mn | 11.49% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 11.49% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -16.67% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 7.89% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.12% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 9.68% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -30.54% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 11.50% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.35% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.20% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 10.40% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 10.39% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 13.49% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 13.72% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -24.03% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.19% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 16.23% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 7.71% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.38% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.83% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 5.06% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | -3.29% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -6.90% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | -13.11% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 1.69% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 12.14% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 17.26% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 19.20% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 18.90% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 16.86% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 17.08% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 17.85% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 17.63% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 15.26% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 18.21% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 18.13% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 18.26% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 16.42% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 17.99% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 17.80% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 19.15% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 16.86% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 17.47% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 17.38% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 19.05% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 17.51% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 16.34% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 17.48% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 15.98% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 16.16% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 15.70% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 16.74% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 17.01% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 15.13% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 14.02% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 15.32% |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 18.51% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 15.15% |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 13.90% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 13.08% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 13.97% |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 14.23% |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 9.97% |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 11.71% |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 13.27% |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 9.05% |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 5.44% |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 7.62% |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 10.71% |