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Hexcel price to free cash flow HXL

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
23.6×
10-year median
31.0×
Against its 10-year history
18th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
8.2× to 87.2×
Peer median
26.7×

Hexcel's price to free cash flow is 23.6× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 31.0×, lower than on 82% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.2× in May 2020 to 87.2× in Sep 2023.

The median for 10 chemicals stocks of a similar size is 26.7×.

Price to free cash flow 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 far23.6×23.6×44.7×
202531.3×19.2×31.4×
202425.7×24.0×58.9×
202360.6×49.0×87.2×
202268.1×27.4×72.0×
202128.3×13.0×34.0×
202014.4×8.2×29.3×
201927.8×24.1×31.5×
201825.4×25.1×57.5×
201752.6×34.1×68.6×
201634.8×29.5×139×
201584.5×75.1×335×
2014320×46.2×331×
201349.4×46.1×245×
2012210×47.3×212×
201146.2×24.7×49.0×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
HXLHexcel23.6×
BCPCBalchemn/m
EMNEastman Chemical13.8×
CSWCSW Industrials33.4×
ESIElement Solutions58.8×
CBTCabot13.6×
AVNTAvient19.7×
ALBAlbemarle8.2×
WDFCWD 4035.9×
FULFuller H B26.7×
IOSPInnospec34.7×
Peer median26.7×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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