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Hexcel raises 2026 EPS guidance to $2.30 to $2.40 and targets 18% adjusted operating margin by decade-end

7/30/2026

Raised earnings guidance and a longer-dated margin ambition are, in theory, compatible signals.

From Hexcel, they arrived together: the company lifted its 2026 adjusted earnings per share guidance to a range of $2.30 to $2.40 and set a target to reach an 18% adjusted operating margin by the end of the decade.

The near-term revision carries the harder numbers; the decade-end target carries the harder question about execution.

Reading the near-term move The upward revision to 2026 adjusted EPS guidance is the most concrete element here. A range of $2.30 to $2.40 gives the market a specific band to hold management against over a defined period.