Hexcel Corporation: Airbus commentary supports A350 upside

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Hexcel Corporation: Airbus commentary supports A350 upside

Global Research

22 July 2026ab

Hexcel Corporation Equities

United StatesAirbus commentary supports A350 upside

Aerospace

12-month rating Buy

A350 ramp signals continue to improve

Airbus struck an incrementally more constructive tone on the A350 ramp at the 12m price target US$113.00

Farnborough International Airshow, which we view as positive for HXL given the A350

remains the largest driver. While A350 deliveries continue to track at ~5–6/mo, Airbus

Price (21 Jul 2026) US$108.67

indicated production is running materially higher at a rate of ~8–9/mo. This aligns with

our recent HXL work, which points to improving A350 first-flight activity. HXL typically RIC: HXL.N BBG: HXL US

ships material roughly six months ahead of Airbus deliveries, positioning the company to

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benefit earlier in the ramp. During the Airshow, Airbus flagged that A350 production

52-wk range US$108.67-59.55

rate is now mainly limited by availably of cabins, instead of superstructures from Kinston

- the Spirit Aero facility that had been the primary program bottleneck which Airbus now Market cap. US$8.33b

owns. We have taken a conservative approach; our estimates remain below Airbus’ Shares o/s 76.7m (COM)

longer-term production ambitions, as we model the A350 ramping from ~7/mo in Free float 99%

2026E to 9.5/mo in 2028E (vs Airbus’ stated target of 12/mo by year-end 2028). While Avg. daily volume ('000) 298

Airbus did not announce an A350 stretch variant, any larger derivative would likely Avg. daily value (m) US$28.2

represent incremental upside for HXL given the higher composite content associated Common s/h equity (12/26E) US$1.39b

with a larger aircraft. P/BV (12/26E) 5.9x

Net debt to EBITDA (12/26E) 1.9x