Last Updated: October 7, 2025
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CEO Gentile’s missed forecasts may hinder A350 recovery and pricing power
Analysis of Hexcel CEO Thomas Gentile
While Thomas Gentile brings proven cost-cutting and defense growth skills, a history of missed commercial forecasts and softness with customers may undermine his ability to execute the A350 recovery and improve pricing power.
ManagementTrack’s analysis focuses on Thomas Gentile’s track record and skillset against the following key factors for HXL:
- Overcoming structural pricing constraints from powerful OEMs.
- Sustaining Space & Defense growth to offset commercial volatility.
- Executing the steep H2 margin ramp amid cost pressures.
- Executing the A350 recovery to capture wide-body ramp upside.
Report Available: Proprietary Interviews & Analysis on Thomas Gentile Answers Key Questions
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Question Answered #1
How has Gentile’s approach to forecasting evolved to avoid being blindsided by major commercial aerospace events as he was at Spirit?
Question Answered #2
How will Gentile reconcile his reputation as a pleasant leader with a past failure to exercise leverage in customer negotiations?
Question Answered #3
How does Gentile empower his teams to execute the aggressive cost-cutting required to meet near-term margin targets?
Why Do Investors Use ManagementTrack?
What is ManagementTrack’s analysis of Thomas Gentile at HXL?
ManagementTrack’s assessment utilizes proprietary career analysis and interviews with former colleagues to establish a track record and identify key strengths and weaknesses. This profile is then measured against HXL’s most critical challenges: overcoming structural pricing constraints, sustaining Space & Defense growth to offset commercial volatility, executing a steep second-half margin ramp amid cost pressures, and managing the A350 recovery to capture wide-body ramp upside.
What additional methods does ManagementTrack employ to predict future company performance based on its leadership?
ManagementTrack utilizes proprietary models to flag atypical executive evasion during earnings call Q&A. The platform also scrutinizes all insider transactions to isolate outliers that predict future over- or underperformance. These signals, combined with the ManagementTrack Rating—a predictive 1-10 score for every executive—provide investors with a clear positive or negative view on how management ability will affect future company results.
What is the scope of ManagementTrack’s coverage?
ManagementTrack provides real-time coverage of the C-suite for every publicly traded company.
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Author
Author: Colby Howard is the co-founder and President of Paragon Intel. Paragon Intel’s ManagementTrack is the premier executive analysis platform for hedge funds, asset managers, corporations, boards, and recruiters. Our proprietary data, built over a decade of analysis, allows us to analyze each public company executive to understand their fit and ability to execute at their company. We leverage our proprietary data – key quantitative research on an executive’s career plus interviews with their former colleagues – with public documents, including SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q), investor presentations, press releases, and earnings call transcripts. to build a holistic, evidence-based view of an executive’s capabilities and playbook.
Sources
- Verified Career History by ManagementTrack for Thomas Gentile
- Analysis of Capital Allocation, Performance, and Fundamentals across career by ManagementTrack
- Hexcel Corp. 10Q
- Hexcel Corp. 10K
- Hexcel Corp. Earnings Calls
- Hexcel Corp. Press Releases
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- For more information on ManagementTrack’s Data visit: https://paragonintel.com/management-track-data/
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- For more information on ManagementTrack’s Interview library visit: https://paragonintel.com/management-track-report-library/
- For more information on ManagementTrack’s Evasion Analysis visit: https://paragonintel.com/earnings-call-evasion/
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