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Celanese Corporation

CE

NYSE·Basic Materials·Chemicals - Specialty·Mkt cap $5.0B

$47.68

+5.49%

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52-Week Range

$35.13 - $70.70

P/E

-4.76

Fwd P/E

7.72

Beta

0.74

Div Yield

0.27%

Avg Vol

2.0M

Shares Out

111.9M

Mkt Cap

$5.0B

Price action

Price chart

Down 25.4% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Diverse product portfolio
  • Global manufacturing footprint
  • Advanced material science capabilities
  • Strong industry partnerships

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Low volatility (beta 0.7).

Growth

Turning profitable

Increasing demand for specialty polymers

Value

Undervalued - trading well below Commodity Chemicals peers

Momentum

Falling

-29.4% over 3m

Quality

Thin

Solid business

Dividend

Token

0.27% yield

Earnings track record

Recent earnings results

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: May 4, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 5, 2026

Reported EPS of $0.85 vs $0.88 consensus (-3.4% surprise). Revenue of $2.3B vs $2.3B expected (-0.3%).

EPS miss
Revenue miss

EPS surprise · last 4Q

0 of 1 beats

Q2 26

-3.4%

Next: May 4, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

-8%

-9%

-4%

-9%

-7%

-2%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$2.7B

$2.6B

$2.4B

$2.4B

$2.5B

$2.4B

$2.2B

$2.3B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

Operating

Profit

1.9%

Wall Street consensus

10 analysts · 50% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

5

50%

Hold

5

50%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$67.00

+40.5% vs $47.68

Low $64.00
Median $67.00
High $75.00

Latest: Citi · Jun 24, 2026

3 analysts covering

vs Industry

How CE stacks vs Chemicals - Specialty

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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