Hexcel (HXL) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.50
- Estimate
- $0.50
- Surprise
- +0.9%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $496.4M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.7 → 5.7/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Hexcel (HXL) reported adjusted EPS of $0.50, in line with the $0.50 estimate. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.7/10) to Sell at 5.7/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates HXL Sell at 5.7/10.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +0.9% surprise compares with a +14.0% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
- Strong growth profile
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Product: Commercial Aerospace (61.0%)
- Concentration risk — Supplier: sole source raw materials
- Thin upside margin: 4.7%
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $89.84
- Price target
- $94.02
- Stop
- $84.90
- Upside to target
- +4.7%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.6:1
The stock trades at 45.4× trailing but 28.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.8× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-22 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
HXL at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Market cap
- $6.79B
- P/E (fwd)
- 28.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 45.4
- 52-week range
- $63.21–$111.74
- Off 52-week high
- 19.6%
- RSI (14)
- 62
- Volume vs avg
- 1.82×
- Score today
- 5.7/10