CE

Celanese Corp

47.94

Nov 02 • 3:59 PM ET -1.36 (-2.76%)

48.69

Aftermarket • 7:56 PM ET +0.75 (1.56%)

Basic Materials Chemicals USA Mid NYSE

Today, 5:45 PMCelanese issues above-consensus 2026 adjusted EPS guidance of $6.00–$6.25 and raises full-year free cash flow outlook to $750–$800M alongside Q3 earnings release

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Index	-
Market Cap	5.26B
Enterprise Value	16.72B
Income	-1.17B
Sales	9.71B
Book/sh	37.97
Cash/sh	12.43
Dividend Est.	0.13 (0.27%)
Dividend TTM	0.12 (0.25%)
Dividend Ex-Date	Oct 27, 2026
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	-64.75% -45.43%
Payout	-
Employees	11434
IPO	Jan 21, 2005

P/E	-
Forward P/E	7.74
PEG	0.36
P/S	0.54
P/B	1.26
P/C	3.86
P/FCF	7.43
EV/EBITDA	9.88
EV/Sales	1.72
Quick Ratio	0.87
Current Ratio	1.45
Debt/Eq	2.98
LT Debt/Eq	2.64
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	-10.68
EPS next Y	6.19
EPS next Q	1.16
EPS this Y	51.27%
EPS next Y	2.82%
EPS next 5Y	21.47%
EPS past 3/5Y	- -
Sales past 3/5Y	-0.45% 11.03%
EPS Y/Y TTM	27.94%
Sales Y/Y TTM	-2.28%
EPS Q/Q	-37.48%
Sales Q/Q	8.69%
Earnings	Nov 02 AMC
EPS/Sales Surpr.	5.54% -2.52%

Insider Own	0.39%
Insider Trans	1.19%
Inst Own	112.08%
Inst Trans	4.22%
ROA	-5.14%
ROE	-24.57%
ROIC	-7.70%
Gross Margin	19.56%
Oper. Margin	8.74%
Profit Margin	-12.04%
SMA20	2.40%
SMA50	4.10%
SMA200	-7.10%
Trades

Shs Outstand	109.75M
Shs Float	109.32M
Short Float	5.29%
Short Ratio	3.38
Short Interest	5.78M
52W High	70.70 -32.19%
52W Low	35.13 36.46%
Volatility	3.28% 3.62%
ATR (14)	1.69
RSI (14)	55.38
Beta	0.71
Rel Volume	1.44
Avg Volume	1.71M
Volume	2,463,557

Perf Week	-0.29%
Perf Month	8.49%
Perf Quarter	5.97%
Perf Half Y	-30.26%
Perf YTD	13.39%
Perf Year	24.71%
Perf 3Y	-58.52%
Perf 5Y	-71.14%
Perf 10Y	-33.25%
Recom	2.04
Target Price	61.42
Prev Close	49.30
Price	47.94
Change %	-2.76%

Consensus

Buy

Avg. Price Target

$61.42

Implied Upside

+28.1%

Analysts15incl. previous ratings

Rating Distribution9 Buy · 5 Hold · 1 Sell

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change	Implied Upside
Oct 13, 2026	Initiated	BBarclays	Equal Weight	$49	+2.2%
Sep 11, 2026	Initiated	KKeyBanc Capital Markets	Overweight	$57	+18.9%
May 12, 2026	Upgrade	JJP Morgan	Neutral → Overweight	$68	+41.8%
Mar 13, 2026	Upgrade	WWells Fargo	Equal Weight → Overweight	$70	+46.0%
Mar 09, 2026	Upgrade	VVertical Research	Hold → Buy	$60	+25.2%
Mar 09, 2026	Upgrade	TTudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.	Hold → Buy
Feb 05, 2026	Upgrade	JJefferies	Hold → Buy	$86	+79.4%
Jan 20, 2026	Resumed	MMorgan Stanley	Equal-Weight	$50	+4.3%
Dec 19, 2025	Downgrade	WWells Fargo	Overweight → Equal Weight	$45	-6.1%
Oct 02, 2025	Upgrade	CCitigroup	Neutral → Buy	$53	+10.6%
Jun 16, 2025	Upgrade	WWells Fargo	Equal Weight → Overweight	$66	+37.7%
May 20, 2025	Upgrade	BBMO Capital Markets	Underperform → Market Perform	$55	+14.7%
Mar 21, 2025	Upgrade	KKeyBanc Capital Markets	Sector Weight → Overweight	$76	+58.5%
Mar 17, 2025	Upgrade	AAlembic Global Advisors	Neutral → Overweight	$70	+46.0%
Mar 06, 2025	Upgrade	VVertical Research	Sell → Hold	$66	+37.7%
Feb 20, 2025	Downgrade	RRBC Capital Mkts	Outperform → Sector Perform	$84 → $56	+16.8%
Jan 14, 2025	Upgrade	BBofA Securities	Underperform → Buy	$95 → $88	+83.6%
Nov 11, 2024	Downgrade	UUBS	Buy → Neutral	$161 → $97	+102.3%
Nov 11, 2024	Downgrade	BBMO Capital Markets	Market Perform → Underperform	$138 → $76	+58.5%
Nov 08, 2024	Downgrade	PPiper Sandler	Neutral → Underweight	$150 → $98	+104.4%

Today 06:01PM	Celanese: Q3 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
05:38PM	Celanese beats profit estimates with strong cash generation (Investing.com)
03:15PM	Celanese Corporation Reports Third Quarter Earnings; Exceeds Third Quarter Guidance and Raises Full Year Outlook (Business Wire)
09:00AM	Celanese and Rchling Collaborate to Advance Stock Shapes Made With Captured CO2 (Business Wire)
08:00AM	Celanese and Rochling Collaborate to Advance Stock Shapes Made With Captured CO2 (Business Wire)
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Oct-27-26 04:30PM	Albemarle Corp. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day (MarketWatch)
Oct-26-26 11:59AM	Celanese Faces A Post-Windfall Test As Plant Closures And Raw Costs Squeeze Third Quarter (Earnings Whispers)
Oct-22-26 04:00PM	Celanese and Cooper Standard Honored for Industry-First TPV Window Sealing System with SPE Automotive Hall of Fame Award (Business Wire)
Oct-16-26 05:06PM	Celanese stock falls after raising LCP prices globally (Investing.com)
04:00PM	Celanese Announces LCP Price Increase (Business Wire)
Oct-14-26 04:15PM	Celanese Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.03 Per Share (Business Wire)
Oct-09-26 04:00PM	Celanese Announces Polyamide Price Increase (Business Wire)
08:30AM	Celanese to Host 2026 Investor Event (Business Wire)
Oct-02-26 04:15PM	Celanese to Hold Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call on November 3, 2026 (Business Wire)
Sep-24-26 04:00PM	Celanese Announces Engineered Materials Price Increase (Business Wire)
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Sep-21-26 08:30AM	Celanese Announces Global Price Increases Across the Acetyl Chain (Business Wire)
Sep-16-26 04:30PM	Luis Fernandez-Moreno Elected to Celanese Board of Directors (Business Wire)
Aug-31-26 04:30PM	Celanese to Sell Additional Shares of Nutrinova Joint Venture to Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Business Wire)
Aug-25-26 04:30PM	Albemarle Corp. stock underperforms Tuesday when compared to competitors (MarketWatch)
Aug-21-26 04:30PM	Albemarle Corp. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day (MarketWatch)
Aug-17-26 09:00AM	VIGOR and Celanese Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement (Business Wire)
Aug-06-26 04:30PM	Albemarle Corp. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day (MarketWatch)
Aug-05-26 05:07PM	Celanese Corp (CE) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Strategic Agility and Growth Amid Market ... (GuruFocus.com)
Aug-04-26 04:15PM	Celanese Corporation Reports Second Quarter Earnings (Business Wire)
Jul-30-26 06:00AM	Amsterdam District Court Rules in Favor of Celanese and its Co-Defendants in Shell and Repsol Cases, Dismissing All Claims (Business Wire)
Jul-20-26 05:52AM	International Paper expands board with two new appointments (Packaging Gateway)
Jul-15-26 04:15PM	Celanese Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.03 Per Share (Business Wire)
Jun-25-26 04:15PM	Celanese to Hold Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call on August 5, 2026 (Business Wire)
Jun-11-26 04:30PM	Albemarle Corp. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day (MarketWatch)
Jun-04-26 05:30PM	Celanese to Optimize Engineered Materials Compounding Footprint in Asia Region (Business Wire) -5.45%
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May-19-26 08:00PM	The Tech That Could Turn Plastic Waste Into a Trillion Dollar Opportunity (Oilprice.com)
04:30PM	Celanese Announces Engineered Materials Price Increase (Business Wire)
May-13-26 08:00AM	Avalon Advanced Materials Appoints Christopher Senyk as Vice President, Corporate Development to Advance Global Partnerships & Strategic Development (TMX Newsfile)
May-12-26 01:53PM	JPMorgan upgrades Celanese on valuation appeal (Investing.com)
09:56AM	Toast downgraded, Lowe's upgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls (The Fly)
May-11-26 08:30AM	Celanese Announces Price Increases Across the Acetyl Chain (Business Wire)
May-05-26 04:57PM	Celanese: Q1 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press) -9.98%
04:15PM	Celanese Corporation Reports First Quarter Earnings (Business Wire)
04:10PM	Celanese Outlines Strategic Nylon Uplift Initiatives for Global Engineered Materials Business (Business Wire)
May-04-26 09:00AM	Celanese and SharpCell Oy Collaborate to Bring Carbon Capture and Utilization to Airlaid Nonwovens (Business Wire)
Apr-20-26 04:15PM	Anne P. Noonan Elected to Celanese Board of Directors (Business Wire)
Apr-17-26 05:00PM	Celanese Announces Engineered Materials Price Increase (Business Wire) -9.23%
Apr-13-26 09:00AM	Celaneses Globally Integrated Network Positions Company to Support Customers (Business Wire) +8.06%
Apr-02-26 04:15PM	Celanese to Hold First Quarter Earnings Conference Call on May 6, 2026 (Business Wire)
Mar-16-26 08:00AM	Celanese Announces Global Price Increases Across the Acetyls Chain (Business Wire)
04:13AM	Is Dow Stock Outperforming the Nasdaq? (Barchart)
Mar-13-26 05:00PM	Celanese Announces Engineered Materials Price Increase (Business Wire)
10:50AM	Conflict in Iran Is Good for Chemical Stocks. 4 Upgrades to Buy. (Barrons.com)
09:39AM	Adobe downgraded, Nio upgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls (The Fly)
Mar-02-26 02:45PM	Analyst Report: Celanese Corporation (Morningstar Research)
Feb-28-26 08:02AM	Celanese Corporation (CE): A Bull Case Theory (Insider Monkey)
Feb-24-26 08:55AM	Celanese Opens Expanded MTC to Support Customer Value (Zacks)
Feb-23-26 03:57AM	New Strong Sell Stocks for February 23rd (Zacks)
Feb-20-26 12:38PM	Analysts Highlight Celanese Corporation (CE)'s Operating Leverage Amid Potential Demand Cycle (Insider Monkey)
Feb-19-26 09:30AM	Celanese Opens Expanded Michigan Technology Center to Accelerate Customer Innovation and Strengthen North American Engineered Materials Development (Business Wire)
Feb-18-26 04:00PM	Celanese Corp (CE) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strategic Moves Amidst Market Challenges (GuruFocus.com)
11:55AM	Celanese Q4 Earnings Call Highlights (MarketBeat)
09:54AM	Celanese Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, Revenues Decline Y/Y (Zacks)
05:55AM	Palo Alto shares slide after results, and other early market movers (MarketWatch)
04:59AM	Stock Market Today: Dow Jones, S&P 500 Futures Jump Ahead Of January FOMC Minutes-Palo Alto Networks, Tactile Systems, DoorDash In Focus (Benzinga)
Feb-17-26 05:30PM	Celanese (CE) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say (Zacks) -5.28%
05:10PM	Celanese (CE) Q4 Earnings and Revenues Lag Estimates (Zacks)
04:28PM	Celanese: Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
04:00PM	Celanese Corporation Reports Full Year 2025 and Fourth Quarter Earnings (Business Wire)
Feb-11-26 04:15PM	Celanese Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.03 Per Share (Business Wire)
Feb-10-26 10:00AM	Earnings Preview: Celanese (CE) Q4 Earnings Expected to Decline (Zacks) +5.98%
Feb-09-26 07:34PM	Celanese Announces Acetic Acid, Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) and Derivatives Price Increases in the Western Hemisphere (Business Wire)
08:02AM	Take the Zacks Approach to Beat the Markets: Hershey's, Fastenal, Kennametal in Focus (Zacks)
Feb-06-26 07:37PM	Analyst Report: Celanese Corporation (Morningstar Research) +5.42%
Feb-05-26 10:12AM	Microsoft downgraded, Snap upgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls (The Fly)
07:05AM	Linde (LIN) Surpasses Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates (Zacks)
Jan-25-26 01:38PM	Texas Deep Freeze Shutters Some Energy-Consuming Industry Sites (Bloomberg)
Jan-23-26 05:00PM	Celanese Announces Polyamide Price Increase (Business Wire)
09:01AM	Immersion Cooling Commercialization Projections Offer Strength to Celanese (CE) (Insider Monkey)
Jan-20-26 09:36AM	Intel upgraded, Domino's downgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls (The Fly) -5.77%
Jan-18-26 12:00PM	3 Seasonal Stocks to Buy Immediately (InvestorPlace)
Jan-09-26 04:02PM	Celanese to Hold Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call on February 18, 2026 (Business Wire)
Jan-06-26 04:44PM	Scott Sutton Resigns from Celanese Board of Directors as He Steps into a CEO Role (Business Wire)
Dec-19-25 11:34AM	Celanese Extends Debt Maturities Through $1.4 Billion Refinancing (Zacks)
Dec-17-25 04:41PM	Celanese Corporation Provides Capital Structure Update After Executing Transactions to Extend Debt Maturity Profile (Business Wire)
Dec-16-25 08:30AM	Celanese Announces Early Results and Upsize of Tender Offers for 6.665% Senior Notes due 2027 and 6.850% Senior Notes due 2028 (GlobeNewswire)
Dec-10-25 09:30AM	Celanese Achieves Circularity Milestone for POM ECO-C Grades (Zacks) +7.61%
Dec-09-25 08:00AM	Celanese Achieves ISCC Carbon Footprint Certification for POM ECO-C Grades, Expanding Circular Economy Leadership (Business Wire)
Dec-04-25 09:15AM	CE Upsizes $1.4 Billion Notes Offering to Strengthen Liquidity (Zacks)
Dec-03-25 04:11PM	Celanese Corporation Upsizes and Prices $1.4 Billion Senior Unsecured Notes Offering (Business Wire)
Dec-02-25 08:10AM	Celanese Announces Cash Tender Offers for up to $1,000,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of 6.665% Senior Notes due 2027 and 6.850% Senior Notes due 2028 (GlobeNewswire)
Nov-25-25 08:07AM	Evercore ISI Remains Cautious on Celanese Corporation (CE) Post-Q3 Earnings, Despite Broader Chemical Stock Rallies (Insider Monkey)
Nov-18-25 12:08PM	Celanese Corporation to Participate in Fireside Chat with J.P. Morgan (Business Wire)
Nov-14-25 04:50PM	Celanese Corporation to Participate in Fireside Chat with J.P. Morgan (Business Wire) -5.16%
Nov-08-25 02:06AM	Celanese Corp (CE) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strategic Moves and Market Challenges (GuruFocus.com)
Nov-07-25 04:02PM	Analyst Report: Celanese Corporation (Morningstar Research) +14.37%
09:05AM	Celanese Q3 Earnings Surpass Estimates Amid Lower Sales Volumes (Zacks)
08:30AM	Orion S.A. Names Jonathan Puckett Chief Financial Officer (Business Wire)
Nov-06-25 07:00PM	Celanese (CE) Reports Q3 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say (Zacks)
05:25PM	Celanese (CE) Beats Q3 Earnings Estimates (Zacks)
04:20PM	Celanese: Q3 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
04:05PM	Celanese Corporation Reports Third Quarter Earnings (Business Wire)
08:30AM	Celanese Recognized as Finalist and Award Winner at 2025 SPE Automotive Innovation Gala (Business Wire)
Nov-05-25 07:30PM	Arq, Inc. (ARQ) Reports Q3 Loss, Lags Revenue Estimates (Zacks)
Nov-04-25 05:25PM	International Flavors (IFF) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates (Zacks)

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Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Kyrish Chuck	SVP & CFO	Aug 14 '26	Buy	45.52	2,300	104,698	29,114	Aug 17 04:10 PM
Duffie Ashley B	SVP & GC	Aug 11 '26	Buy	45.60	600	27,360	31,925	Aug 13 04:01 PM
Murray Mark Christopher	SVP - Acetyls	Aug 11 '26	Buy	45.52	2,153	98,004	30,432	Aug 12 04:11 PM
Richardson Scott A	CEO & President	Dec 10 '25	Buy	41.59	3,800	158,042	70,449	Dec 12 04:19 PM
Kyrish Chuck	SVP & CFO	Dec 09 '25	Buy	41.03	5,000	205,150	10,914	Dec 11 04:28 PM

Celanese Corp. engages in the provision of technology and specialty materials businesses. It operates through the following segments: Engineered Materials, Acetyl Chain, and Other Activities. The Engineered Materials segment includes the engineered materials business, food ingredients business and certain strategic affiliates. The Acetyl Chain segment includes the integrated chain of intermediate chemistry, emulsion polymers and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) polymers businesses. The Other Activities segment consists of corporate center costs, including administrative activities such as finance, information technology and human resource functions, interest income and expenses associated with financing activities. The company was founded by Camille Dreyfus and Henri Dreyfus in 1918 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

PresidentMr. Scott A. Richardson

Senior VP & CFOMr. Chuck B. Kyrish

Senior VPMs. Ashley B. Duffie

Senior Vice President of Engineered MaterialsMr. Todd L. Elliott

VP of FinanceMr. Aaron M. McGilvray

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