Celanese (NYSE:CE) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results

Celanese (NYSE:CE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The basic materials company reported $1.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 Trading Up 2.6 %

Shares of Celanese stock traded up $1.80 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $69.86. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 3,146,865 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,181,863. Celanese has a 1-year low of $64.05 and a 1-year high of $172.16. The business has a fifty day moving average of $69.16 and a 200 day moving average of $98.72. The company has a market capitalization of $7.64 billion, a PE ratio of 7.03, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.17. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.47.

Celanese Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be given a $0.03 dividend. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 25th. Celanese’s payout ratio is currently 1.21%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CE has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on shares of Celanese from $102.00 to $82.00 in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised shares of Celanese from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $135.00 to $110.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Vertical Research downgraded shares of Celanese from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $130.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Bank of America raised shares of Celanese from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $95.00 to $88.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Mizuho reduced their price objective on shares of Celanese from $120.00 to $86.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target 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.