For the quarter ended March 2025, Hexcel (HXL) reported revenue of $456.5 million, down 3.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.37, compared to $0.44 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -3.80% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $474.54 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.43, the EPS surprise was -13.95%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Hexcel performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Commercial Aerospace- Total: $280.10 million compared to the $298.99 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -6.4% year over year.
- Net sales- Engineered products: $91.50 million compared to the $96.76 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.4% year over year.
- Net sales- Composite Materials: $385.40 million versus $381.42 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.6% change.
- Operating income- Composite Materials: $54.60 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $38.99 million.
- Operating income- Corporate & Other: -$15.50 million compared to the -$11.10 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating income- Engineered Products: $5.10 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $8.70 million.
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Shares of Hexcel have returned -6.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -5.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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