Hexcel (HXL) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2010 - 2026)
Hexcel (HXL) recorded Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 9.48% in Q2 2026, up 4.05 percentage points from 5.43% a year earlier and up 1.77 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Hexcel (HXL) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Hexcel reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 7.17%, down 0.37 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +6.68 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 7.54% in FY2024 (-0.86 pp), 8.40% in FY2023 (+1.39 pp), 7.01% in FY2022 (+5.04 pp) and 1.98% in FY2021 (+1.48 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q1 2020.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] rose in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.47 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the last five years was a gain of 7.39 percentage points in Q2 2022, against a drop of 4.20 percentage points in Q3 2021 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 7.71% (Q1 2026), 7.12% (Q4 2025) and 4.74% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde | 221.03 Bn | 204.14 Bn | 4.43 Bn | 13.17% |
| 2 | Corning | 141.47 Bn | 134.60 Bn | 1.63 Bn | 9.96% |
| 3 | Sherwin Williams | 77.59 Bn | 76.63 Bn | 3.34 Bn | 23.44% |
| 4 | Air Products & Chemicals | 61.84 Bn | 59.74 Bn | 1.04 Bn | -1.63% |
| 5 | LyondellBasell Industries | 37.84 Bn | 27.46 Bn | 2.04 Bn | 3.55% |
| 6 | Nutrien | 33.77 Bn | 30.64 Bn | 3.25 Bn | 24.09% |
| 7 | Qnity Electronics | 27.51 Bn | 24.93 Bn | 666.00 Mn | 10.47% |
| 8 | Ati | 26.21 Bn | 24.36 Bn | 309.80 Mn | 17.58% |
| 9 | Ppg Industries | 23.37 Bn | 16.17 Bn | 1.81 Bn | 13.38% |
| 10 | Hexcel | 6.53 Bn | 6.26 Bn | 138.10 Mn | 9.48% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 9.48% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.71% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 7.12% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.74% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 5.43% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 7.29% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.63% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.83% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.53% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.96% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.39% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 7.91% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.78% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.05% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.07% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.27% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.45% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.56% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.99% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.31% |
API Access
Hexcel Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=HXL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "ticker": "HXL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=HXL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();