Celanese Corp. (CE): Price and Financial Metrics
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CE POWR Grades
- Quality is the dimension where CE ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 83.41% of US stocks.
- CE's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving down over the last 179 days.
- CE ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 3rd percentile.
CE Stock Summary
- The ratio of debt to operating expenses for CELANESE CORP is higher than it is for about 94.8% of US stocks.
- With a year-over-year growth in debt of 211.68%, CELANESE CORP's debt growth rate surpasses 93.28% of about US stocks.
- Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for CE comes in at -62.57% -- higher than that of just 8.35% of stocks in our set.
- Stocks that are quantitatively similar to CE, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are NGVT, OC, TTMI, BON, and ZEV.
- CE's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit CELANESE CORP's official web site, go to www.celanese.com.
CE Valuation Summary
- CE's EV/EBIT ratio is 7; this is 32.69% lower than that of the median Basic Materials stock.
- Over the past 219 months, CE's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.8.
Below are key valuation metrics over time for CE.
Stock | Date | P/S | P/B | P/E | EV/EBIT |
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CE | 2023-01-27 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 7.9 | 7.0 |
CE | 2023-01-26 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 7.9 | 7.0 |
CE | 2023-01-25 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 8.0 | 7.0 |
CE | 2023-01-24 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 8.0 | 7.1 |
CE | 2023-01-23 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 8.1 | 7.1 |
CE | 2023-01-20 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 8.0 | 7.0 |
CE Growth Metrics
- Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -11.26%.
- Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 13.77%.
- The 5 year price growth rate now stands at -8.04%.

The table below shows CE's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).
Date | Revenue | Operating Cash Flow | Net Income to Common Stock |
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2022-09-30 | 9,600 | 1,862 | 1,651 |
2022-06-30 | 9,565 | 2,025 | 1,966 |
2022-03-31 | 9,277 | 1,957 | 2,070 |
2021-12-31 | 8,537 | 1,757 | 1,890 |
2021-09-30 | 7,853 | 1,447 | 2,819 |
2021-06-30 | 6,998 | 1,248 | 2,520 |
CE's Quality Factors
The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.- CE has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 93.59% of graded US stocks.
- CE's asset turnover comes in at 0.706 -- ranking 39th of 89 Chemicals stocks.
- WLK, EMN, and FF are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CE.
The table below shows CE's key quality metrics over time.
Period | Asset Turnover | Gross Margin | ROIC |
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2021-09-30 | 0.706 | 0.298 | 0.316 |
2021-06-30 | 0.656 | 0.279 | 0.291 |
2021-03-31 | 0.586 | 0.239 | 0.247 |
2020-12-31 | 0.569 | 0.229 | 0.237 |
2020-09-30 | 0.574 | 0.224 | 0.083 |
2020-06-30 | 0.598 | 0.233 | 0.091 |
CE Price Target
For more insight on analysts targets of CE, see our CE price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.
Average Price Target | $178.09 | Average Broker Recommendation | 1.57 (Moderate Buy) |
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CE Price/Volume Stats
Current price | $123.20 | 52-week high | $162.08 |
Prev. close | $121.95 | 52-week low | $86.71 |
Day low | $121.07 | Volume | 1,105,700 |
Day high | $123.54 | Avg. volume | 971,310 |
50-day MA | $109.42 | Dividend yield | 2.27% |
200-day MA | $116.25 | Market Cap | 13.36B |
Celanese Corp. (CE) Company Bio
Celanese Corporation, formerly known as Hoechst Celanese, is an American technology and specialty materials company headquartered in Irving, Texas, United States. Part of the Fortune 500, the company is the world’s leading producer of acetic acid, producing about 1.95 million tonnes per year, representing approximately 25% of global production. Celanese is also the world's largest producer of vinyl acetate monomer (VAM). (Source:Wikipedia)
Latest CE News From Around the Web
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CE Price Returns
1-mo | N/A |
3-mo | 30.38% |
6-mo | 11.96% |
1-year | -20.06% |
3-year | 27.21% |
5-year | 30.59% |
YTD | 20.50% |
2022 | -37.77% |
2021 | 31.75% |
2020 | 8.25% |
2019 | 39.85% |
2018 | -14.31% |
CE Dividends
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