Celanese (NYSE:CE) Releases Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Celanese (NYSE:CE) updated its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.250-1.500 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Celanese also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.250-0.500 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently weighed in on the company. UBS Group lowered Celanese from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $161.00 to $97.00 in a report on Monday, November 11th. Bank of America upgraded Celanese from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and decreased their target price for the company from $95.00 to $88.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Wells Fargo & Company downgraded Celanese from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and decreased their target price for the company from $165.00 to $115.00 in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. Mizuho decreased their target price on Celanese from $120.00 to $86.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Finally, Robert W. Baird decreased their target price on Celanese from $150.00 to $110.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $100.35.

Celanese Trading Down 21.5 %

NYSE CE opened at $54.86 on Thursday. Celanese has a 1-year low of $52.97 and a 1-year high of $172.16. The company has a current ratio of 1.37, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.47. The company has a market capitalization of $6.00 billion, a PE ratio of 5.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 1.17. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $68.90 and its 200-day simple moving average is $97.98.

Celanese (NYSE:CE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The basic materials company reported $1.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.25 by $0.20. Celanese had a net margin of 10.40% and a return on equity of 13.17%. The business had revenue of $2.37 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.36 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Celanese will post 8.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Celanese Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be issued a $0.03 dividend. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.22%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 25th. Celanese’s dividend payout ratio is presently 28.17%.

About Celanese

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.