Hexcel (HXL) Q1 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For

April 20, 2025 at 08:00 AM EDT

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Aerospace and defense company Hexcel (NYSE: HXL) will be reporting results tomorrow after market hours. Here’s what to expect.

Hexcel met analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $473.8 million, up 3.6% year on year. It was a softer quarter for the company, with full-year EPS guidance missing analysts’ expectations.

Is Hexcel a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free.

This quarter, analysts are expecting Hexcel’s revenue to be flat year on year at $472.4 million, slowing from the 3.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.42 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Hexcel has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.

Looking at Hexcel’s peers in the aerospace and defense segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. AAR delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 19.5%, missing analysts’ expectations by 2.8%, and Byrna reported revenues up 57.3%, in line with consensus estimates. AAR traded down 16.3% following the results while Byrna was up 8.2%.

Read our full analysis of AAR’s results here and Byrna’s results here.

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