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Hexcel PE ratio HXL

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
40.0×
10-year median
35.9×
Against its 10-year history
57th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
8.6× to 316×
Peer median
27.3×

Hexcel's PE ratio is 40.0× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $79.62 against $1.99 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 35.9×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.6× in May 2020 to 316× in Apr 2022.

The median for 10 chemicals stocks of a similar size is 27.3×.

PE ratio over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far40.0×40.0×101×
202589.6×30.3×90.1×
202448.5×35.4×62.1×
202339.0×31.5×54.9×
202246.3×43.7×316×
2021151×29.7×160×
202033.0×8.6×38.1×
201921.3×17.6×24.9×
201817.1×16.9×24.4×
201722.3×18.1×23.0×
201620.0×16.2×20.8×
201519.2×18.2×24.5×
201420.7×19.1×26.0×
201325.5×16.4×25.5×
201216.1×14.4×22.4×
201120.5×18.8×27.3×

Against its peers

Companies in Chemicals nearest Hexcel's size, closest first, today.

CompanyPE ratio
HXLHexcel40.0×
BCPCBalchem34.8×
EMNEastman Chemical16.9×
CSWCSW Industrials40.6×
ESIElement Solutions44.9×
CBTCabot20.8×
AVNTAvient22.2×
ALBAlbemarle347×
WDFCWD 4032.3×
FULFuller H B13.8×
IOSPInnospec20.1×
Peer median27.3×

Where Hexcel ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.