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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Hexcel (HXL)

Hexcel cuts 2025 guidance as first-quarter sales fall 3.3% to $457 million

Negative Impact 4 of 5 guidance Written later

Hexcel reported first-quarter 2025 sales of $457 million, down 3.3% from a year earlier, and GAAP diluted EPS of $0.35 versus $0.43. The company lowered its full-year 2025 guidance for sales, adjusted EPS, and free cash flow, citing supply chain delays in commercial aircraft production rate ramps, particularly on the Airbus A350. Lower guidance means shareholders should expect weaker 2025 results than previously forecast.

Key points

  • Q1 2025 net sales were $456.5 million, down from $472.3 million; Commercial Aerospace sales fell 6.4% to $280.1 million.
  • Q1 2025 adjusted diluted EPS was $0.37, versus $0.44 a year earlier; GAAP diluted EPS was $0.35, versus $0.43.
  • 2025 sales guidance was cut to $1.88 billion to $1.95 billion from $1.95 billion to $2.05 billion.
  • 2025 adjusted diluted EPS guidance was cut to $1.85 to $2.05 from $2.05 to $2.25; free cash flow guidance was lowered to approximately $190 million from greater than $220 million.

The filing

CompanyHexcel (HXL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 21, 2025, 4:25 PM ET
Accession number0000950170-25-056309

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 12:59 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on April 21, 2025.

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