Celanese (NYSE:CE) Releases Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Celanese (NYSE:CE) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share 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.

Celanese Stock Performance

Shares of CE stock traded up $1.80 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $69.86. 3,146,865 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,181,863. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.47, a current ratio of 1.37 and a quick ratio of 0.76. Celanese has a 12-month low of $64.05 and a 12-month high of $172.16. The company has a market cap of $7.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.03, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.17. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $69.16 and a 200 day moving average price of $98.72.

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

Celanese Cuts Dividend

The firm 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 $0.03 dividend. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.17%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 25th. Celanese’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.21%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have commented on CE shares. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on shares of Celanese from $98.00 to $77.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price objective on Celanese from $102.00 to $82.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Citigroup decreased their price target on shares of Celanese from $100.00 to $73.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered shares of Celanese from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $165.00 to $115.00 in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, Barclays cut their price target on Celanese from $88.00 to $75.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. Four equities research 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, Celanese currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $102.06.

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.