Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals
Celanese Corporation CE
$44.19 -0.02% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $4.85B
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 62.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The stock is 36% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 19%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 39%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 46%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 34%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 23%
- Gross marginBottom 37%
- Operating marginBottom 14%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 24%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
- Interest coverBottom 21%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 10%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 6%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 25%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 42%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 48%
- 6-month returnBottom 19%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 47%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 35%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 10%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 49%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 46%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 9%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 20%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 1%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -5.6% | -2.3% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 21.9% | 20.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -7.6% | -7.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 6.4% | 7.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -2.3% | -5.6% | ↑ | Bottom 19% |
| Gross margin | 20.2% | 21.9% | ↓ | Bottom 37% |
| Operating margin | -7.0% | -7.6% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| Net margin | -12.0% | -16.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.3% | 6.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -3.8% | — | Bottom 23% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.4% | — | Top 46% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -10.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -0.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 62.63×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -0.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.27%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.27%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -3.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $58.25
- Target vs current price
- +31.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 37
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 30%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +9.9% | +3.1% | +1.3% | +3.6% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | -4.6% | +0.4% | -13.4% | -19.6% | -34.8% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | -24.7% | -5.3% | -11.1% | -4.7% | +1.1% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +5.5% | -2.2% | +5.9% | +7.9% | +30.0% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | +4.3% | -1.3% | -11.6% | -3.2% | -22.9% |
| May 5, 2025 | +54.1% | -2.6% | +11.4% | +14.2% | +17.8% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | +16.0% | +2.7% | -22.2% | -14.8% | -21.5% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | -14.4% | -1.0% | -32.1% | -40.5% | -43.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $2.45 | $2.23 | +9.9% | $2.75B |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.85 | $0.89 | -4.6% | $2.34B |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.67 | $0.89 | -24.7% | $2.20B |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $1.34 | $1.27 | +5.5% | $2.42B |
| Aug 11, 2025 | $1.44 | $1.38 | +4.3% | $2.53B |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.57 | $0.37 | +54.1% | $2.39B |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $1.45 | $1.25 | +16.0% | $2.37B |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $2.44 | $2.85 | -14.4% | $2.65B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 7.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 90.3× | — | — | Bottom 25% |
| EV / Sales | 1.63× | — | — | Top 42% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 14.61% | — | — | Top 6% |
| Earnings yield | -24.19% | — | — | Bottom 10% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.1× – 10.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -13.8%
- RSI (14)
- 43.6
- Relative volume
- 0.93×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 39.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 52th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.67
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.17
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -36.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -79.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2022 | Nov 20, 2025 | -79.6% | 973 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -14.4% | 13 days | 19 days (Feb 24, 2021) |
| May 17, 2021 | Sep 20, 2021 | -14.1% | 87 days | 25 days (Oct 25, 2021) |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Dec 1, 2021 | -13.9% | 15 days | 24 days (Jan 5, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.85B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$10.69
- Revenue (TTM)
- $9.71B
- Dividend yield
- 0.27%
- 52-week range
- $35.13 – $70.70
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.54B | $9.67B | $10.94B | $10.28B | $9.54B |
| Gross profit | $2.68B | $2.38B | $2.60B | $2.36B | $1.79B |
| Operating income | $1.95B | $1.38B | $1.69B | -$697.0M | $767.0M |
| Net income | $1.89B | $1.89B | $1.96B | -$1.52B | -$1.17B |
| EPS (diluted) | $16.86 | $17.34 | $17.92 | -$13.93 | -$10.64 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.65B | $2.37B | $2.39B | $2.53B | $2.42B | $2.20B | $2.34B | $2.75B |
| Net income | $116.0M | -$1.91B | -$21.0M | $199.0M | -$1.36B | $19.0M | $44.0M | $125.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.06 | -$17.50 | -$0.19 | $1.81 | -$12.39 | $0.17 | $0.40 | $1.13 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.76B | $1.82B | $1.90B | $966.0M | $1.15B |
| Capital expenditure | -$467.0M | -$543.0M | -$568.0M | -$435.0M | -$343.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.29B | $1.28B | $1.33B | $531.0M | $803.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$304.0M | -$297.0M | -$305.0M | -$307.0M | -$13.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.00B | -$17.0M | $0 | $1.0M | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.36B
- Total assets
- $21.41B
- Total liabilities
- $16.82B
- Total debt
- $12.32B
- Net debt
- $10.96B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $4.17B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $0.03 | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | $0.03 | May 11, 2026 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $0.03 | Mar 10, 2026 |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $0.03 | Nov 12, 2025 |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $0.03 | Aug 11, 2025 |
| Apr 28, 2025 | $0.03 | May 12, 2025 |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $0.03 | Mar 11, 2025 |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.70 | Nov 13, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 7,024,523
- Days to cover
- 3.80
- Change vs previous report
- +8.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.