Hexcel
HXL · Aerospace & Defense
$79.62
2.0%Joby Aviation
JOBY · Aerospace & Defense
$4.76
1.3%The short version
- Hexcel is the larger business, with $1.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $53.4M for Joby Aviation, about 35 times as much.
- Joby Aviation grew revenue faster (39,183.1%, against −0.5%).
- Hexcel kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (9.1% operating margin, against −1,346.9% operating margin).
- Hexcel turned more of its sales into free cash flow (8.3% FCF margin, against −1,055.3% FCF margin).
| Latest fiscal year | HXL · FY25 | JOBY · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $6.1B | $4.6B |
| Revenue | $1.9B | $53.4M |
| Free cash flow | $157M | −$564M |
| Net income | $109M | −$930M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −0.5% | 39,183.1% |
| 5-year growth | 4.7% | — |
| Share count change | −3.6% | 18.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 23.0% | — |
| Operating margin | 9.1% | −1,346.9% |
| Net margin | 5.8% | −1,740.5% |
| FCF margin | 8.3% | −1,055.3% |
| Return on capital | 6.5% | — |
| Return on equity | 7.9% | −80.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $922M | — |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.1x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $508M | $0.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 35.9x | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | — |
FY16
HXL $2.0B
JOBY —
FY17
HXL $2.0B
JOBY —
FY18
HXL $2.2B
JOBY —
FY19
HXL $2.4B
JOBY —
FY20
HXL $1.5B
JOBY —
FY21
HXL $1.3B
JOBY $0.0M
FY22
HXL $1.6B
JOBY $0.0M
FY23
HXL $1.8B
JOBY $1.0M
FY24
HXL $1.9B
JOBY $0.1M
FY25
HXL $1.9B
JOBY $53.4M
HXL
JOBY
FY16
HXL 18.0%
JOBY —
FY17
HXL 17.8%
JOBY —
FY18
HXL 17.0%
JOBY —
FY19
HXL 18.1%
JOBY —
FY20
HXL 0.9%
JOBY —
FY21
HXL 3.9%
JOBY —
FY22
HXL 11.1%
JOBY —
FY23
HXL 12.0%
JOBY −45,745.5%
FY24
HXL 9.8%
JOBY −438,789.7%
FY25
HXL 9.1%
JOBY −1,346.9%
HXL
JOBY
FY16
HXL $73.5M
JOBY —
FY17
HXL $151M
JOBY —
FY18
HXL $237M
JOBY —
FY19
HXL $287M
JOBY —
FY20
HXL $214M
JOBY −$130M
FY21
HXL $124M
JOBY −$228M
FY22
HXL $96.8M
JOBY −$291M
FY23
HXL $149M
JOBY −$344M
FY24
HXL $203M
JOBY −$477M
FY25
HXL $157M
JOBY −$564M
HXL
JOBY
FY16
HXL 14.6%
JOBY —
FY17
HXL 14.7%
JOBY —
FY18
HXL 13.4%
JOBY —
FY19
HXL 14.5%
JOBY —
FY20
HXL 0.5%
JOBY —
FY21
HXL 1.7%
JOBY —
FY22
HXL 6.4%
JOBY —
FY23
HXL 8.8%
JOBY —
FY24
HXL 7.4%
JOBY —
FY25
HXL 6.5%
JOBY —
HXL
JOBY
Add another company
Compare up to four at once.
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.