Celanese (NYSE:CE) Issues Earnings Results

Celanese (NYSE:CE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The basic materials company reported $1.45 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.20, Zacks reports. Celanese had a net margin of 10.40% and a return on equity of 13.17%. Celanese updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 1.250-1.500 EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.250-0.500 EPS.

Celanese Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE CE opened at $69.86 on Wednesday. Celanese has a 1 year low of $64.05 and a 1 year high of $172.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.47, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 1.37. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $69.16 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $98.72. The firm has a market cap of $7.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.03, a PEG ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 1.17.

Celanese Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be issued a dividend of $0.03 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 25th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.17%. Celanese’s payout ratio is 28.17%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on CE. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised shares of Celanese from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $135.00 to $110.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Vertical Research lowered Celanese from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $130.00 target price for the company. in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on Celanese from $102.00 to $82.00 in a report on Thursday, December 5th. UBS Group downgraded Celanese from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $161.00 to $97.00 in a research note on Monday, November 11th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lowered Celanese from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $165.00 to $115.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 5th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $102.06.

Celanese Company Profile

Celanese Corporation, a chemical and specialty materials company, manufactures and sells high performance engineered polymers in the United States and internationally. It operates through Engineered Materials and Acetyl Chain. The Engineered Materials segment develops, produces, and supplies specialty polymers for automotive and medical applications, as well as for use in industrial products and consumer electronics.