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Celanese Corp
CE
$5.1B
Mkt Cap
$46.43
-1.94%
Celanese Corp (CE) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 5.6%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
Celanese Corp (CE) has a market capitalization of $7.9B. It is classified as a mid-cap stock.
Yes, Celanese Corp (CE) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 0.16%.
Celanese Corp (CE) operates in the Plastic Material, Synth Resin/Rubber, Cellulos (No Glass) industry, within the Materials sector.
Celanese Corp (CE) reported annual revenue of $9.5 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
Celanese Corp (CE) has a net profit margin of -12.2%. The company is currently unprofitable.
Celanese Corp (CE) generated $803 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
Table of Contents Item 1. Business Basis of Presentation In this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the term "Celanese" refers to Celanese Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and not its subsidiaries. The terms "Company," "we," "our" and "us" refer to Celanese and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. The term "Celanese U.S." refers to the Company's subsidiary, Celanese US Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and not its subsidiaries. This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes industry data obtained from industry publications and surveys, as well as our own internal company surveys. Third-party industry publications, surveys and forecasts generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. We are a global chemical and specialty materials company.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 9.5B | 9.5B | 10.3B | 10.9B | 9.7B | 8.5B |
| Net Income | -1.1B | -1.2B | -1.5B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.9B |
| EPS | $-10.25 | $-10.64 | $-14.11 | $17.76 | $17.34 | $16.86 |
| Free Cash Flow | 878M | 803M | 531M | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B |
| ROIC | -3.9% | -7.4% | -8.7% | 8.9% | 10.5% | 24.8% |
| Gross Margin | 20.5% | 20.5% | 22.8% | 23.6% | 24.6% | 31.4% |
| Debt/Equity | 3.09 | 3.10 | 2.44 | 1.91 | 2.63 | 0.96 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.08 | $0.12 | $2.81 | $2.79 | $2.72 | $2.71 |
| Operating Income | -740M | -786M | -720M | 1.7B | 1.4B | 1.9B |
| Operating Margin | -7.8% | -8.2% | -7.0% | 15.2% | 14.2% | 22.8% |
| ROE | -27.1% | -25.4% | -25.3% | 30.6% | 38.6% | 49.0% |
| Shares Outstanding | 171M | 109M | 109M | 109M | 109M | 112M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 6.8B | 5.7B | 5.4B | 6.1B | 7.2B | 6.3B | 5.7B | 8.5B | 9.7B | 10.9B | 10.3B | 9.5B | 9.5B |
| Gross Margin | 23.8% | 23.2% | 26.1% | 24.6% | 27.6% | 25.5% | 22.9% | 31.4% | 24.6% | 23.6% | 22.8% | 20.5% | 20.5% |
| R&D | 86M | 119M | 78M | 73M | 72M | 67M | 74M | 86M | 112M | 146M | 130M | 125M | 122M |
| SG&A | 758M | 506M | 378M | 496M | 546M | 483M | 482M | 633M | 824M | 1.1B | 1.0B | 899M | 895M |
| EBIT | 758M | 326M | 934M | 857M | 1.3B | 834M | 664M | 1.9B | 1.4B | 1.7B | -720M | -786M | -740M |
| Op. Margin | 11.1% | 5.7% | 17.3% | 14.0% | 18.6% | 13.2% | 11.7% | 22.8% | 14.2% | 15.2% | -7.0% | -8.2% | -7.8% |
| Net Income | 624M | 304M | 900M | 843M | 1.2B | 852M | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.9B | -1.5B | -1.2B | -1.1B |
| Net Margin | 9.2% | 5.4% | 16.7% | 13.7% | 16.9% | 13.5% | 35.1% | 22.1% | 19.6% | 17.8% | -15.0% | -12.2% | -11.6% |
| Non-Recurring | -7.0M | 117M | 5.0M | -5.0M | -5.0M | 81M | 24M | 3.0M | 5.0M | 505M | 1.5B | 1.1B | 1.1B |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 10.8% | 4.3% | 18.4% | 12.6% | 18.4% | 12.0% | 10.3% | 24.8% | 10.5% | 8.9% | -8.7% | -7.4% | -3.9% |
| ROE | 22.6% | 11.7% | 36.2% | 30.8% | 41.1% | 31.0% | 65.8% | 49.0% | 38.6% | 30.6% | -25.3% | -25.4% | -27.1% |
| ROA | 7.0% | 3.5% | 10.6% | 9.4% | 12.8% | 9.1% | 19.5% | 16.5% | 9.9% | 7.4% | -6.2% | -5.2% | -5.1% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 962M | 862M | 893M | 803M | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 966M | 1.1B | 1.2B |
| Free Cash Flow | 708M | 630M | 647M | 536M | 1.2B | 1.1B | 979M | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.3B | 531M | 803M | 878M |
| Owner Earnings | 624M | 465M | 572M | 451M | 1.1B | 1.1B | 965M | 1.3B | 1.3B | 1.2B | 133M | 362M | 377M |
| CapEx | 254M | 232M | 246M | 267M | 337M | 370M | 364M | 467M | 543M | 568M | 435M | 343M | 307M |
| Maint. CapEx | 292M | 357M | 290M | 305M | 343M | 352M | 350M | 371M | 462M | 706M | 801M | 760M | 781M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18M | 14M | 96M | 81M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 292M | 357M | 290M | 305M | 343M | 352M | 350M | 371M | 462M | 706M | 801M | 760M | 781M |
| CapEx/OCF | 26.4% | 26.9% | 27.5% | 33.3% | 21.6% | 25.4% | 27.1% | 26.6% | 29.9% | 29.9% | 45.0% | 29.9% | 25.9% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 144M | 174M | 201M | 241M | 280M | 300M | 293M | 304M | 297M | 305M | 307M | 13M | 13M |
| Dividend Yield | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Share Buybacks | 250M | 420M | 500M | 500M | 805M | 996M | 650M | 1.0B | 17M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buyback Yield | 3.3% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 3.9% | 7.6% | 7.3% | 4.7% | 5.8% | 0.2% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 46M | 40M | 31M | 47M | 71M | 48M | 28M | 95M | 60M | 40M | 32M | 24M | 27M |
| Debt Repayment | 626M | 24M | 1.1B | 77M | 536M | 360M | 30M | 786M | 526M | 3.7B | 1.0B | 4.7B | 4.7B |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 1.9B | 2.0B | 2.4B | 3.1B | 2.9B | 3.7B | 2.5B | 3.5B | 13.3B | 11.7B | 11.6B | 11.3B | 10.8B |
| Cash & Equiv. | 780M | 967M | 638M | 576M | 439M | 463M | 955M | 536M | 1.5B | 1.8B | 962M | 1.3B | 1.8B |
| Long-Term Debt | 2.6B | 2.5B | 2.9B | 3.3B | 3.0B | 3.4B | 3.2B | 3.2B | 13.4B | 12.3B | 11.1B | 11.4B | 10.8B |
| Debt/Equity | 0.95 | 1.28 | 1.19 | 1.29 | 1.14 | 1.67 | 1.13 | 0.96 | 2.63 | 1.91 | 2.44 | 3.10 | 3.09 |
| Interest Coverage | 5.2 | 2.7 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 10.7 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 21.4 | 3.4 | 2.3 | -1.1 | -1.1 | -1.1 |
| Equity | 2.8B | 2.4B | 2.6B | 2.9B | 3.0B | 2.5B | 3.5B | 4.2B | 5.6B | 7.1B | 5.1B | 4.0B | 4.1B |
| Total Assets | 8.8B | 8.6B | 8.4B | 9.5B | 9.3B | 9.5B | 10.9B | 12.0B | 26.3B | 26.6B | 22.8B | 21.7B | 21.7B |
| Total Liabilities | 5.7B | 5.8B | 5.3B | 6.2B | 5.9B | 6.6B | 7.0B | 7.4B | 20.2B | 19.1B | 17.3B | 17.2B | 639M |
| Intangibles | 132M | 125M | 194M | 301M | 310M | 312M | 319M | 735M | 4.1B | 4.0B | 3.6B | 3.2B | 3.1B |
| Retained Earnings | 3.5B | 3.6B | 4.3B | 4.9B | 5.8B | 6.4B | 8.1B | 9.7B | 11.3B | 12.9B | 11.1B | 9.9B | 9.9B |
| Working Capital | 1.4B | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 1.0B | 1.8B | 1.3B | 2.5B | 2.1B | 1.2B | 2.0B | 1.7B |
| Current Assets | 2.7B | 2.8B | 2.5B | 2.8B | 2.9B | 2.8B | 3.8B | 3.8B | 6.6B | 6.2B | 5.1B | 5.7B | 6.0B |
| Current Liabilities | 1.3B | 1.6B | 1.1B | 1.6B | 1.8B | 1.8B | 2.0B | 2.5B | 4.1B | 4.1B | 3.9B | 3.7B | 4.3B |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 4.00 | 2.00 | 6.18 | 6.09 | 8.91 | 6.84 | 16.75 | 16.86 | 17.34 | 17.76 | -14.11 | -10.64 | -10.25 |
| Owner EPS | 4.00 | 3.06 | 3.93 | 3.26 | 8.44 | 8.46 | 8.14 | 11.52 | 11.87 | 10.54 | 1.22 | 3.31 | 2.20 |
| Book Value | 18.06 | 15.64 | 17.77 | 20.86 | 22.03 | 20.13 | 29.75 | 37.37 | 51.61 | 64.58 | 46.93 | 36.98 | 23.76 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 6.17 | 5.67 | 6.13 | 5.80 | 11.50 | 11.67 | 11.33 | 15.67 | 16.65 | 17.36 | 8.84 | 10.47 | -1.87 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.92 | 1.14 | 1.38 | 1.74 | 2.07 | 2.41 | 2.47 | 2.71 | 2.72 | 2.79 | 2.81 | 0.12 | 0.08 |
| Shares Out. | 156.0M | 152.0M | 145.6M | 138.4M | 135.5M | 124.6M | 118.5M | 112.1M | 109.2M | 109.4M | 109.3M | 109.5M | 171.0M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 12.2 | 27.6 | 10.8 | 15.2 | 8.8 | 16.1 | 7.0 | 9.2 | 5.5 | 8.6 | N/A | N/A | -4.5 |
| P/FCF | 10.8 | 13.3 | 15.0 | 23.9 | 8.7 | 12.7 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 8.2 | 12.6 | 14.1 | 5.8 | 9.0 |
| EV/EBIT | 12.8 | 33.4 | 13.6 | 18.9 | 10.7 | 21.1 | 25.0 | 10.8 | 18.1 | 17.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Book | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Price/Sales | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| FCF Yield | 9.3% | 7.5% | 6.7% | 4.2% | 11.5% | 7.9% | 7.1% | 7.5% | 12.2% | 7.9% | 7.1% | 17.1% | 11.1% |
| Market Cap | 7.6B | 8.4B | 9.7B | 12.8B | 10.6B | 13.7B | 13.9B | 17.3B | 10.5B | 16.8B | 7.5B | 4.7B | 7.9B |
| Avg. Price | 46.96 | 51.98 | 56.63 | 80.74 | 92.77 | 96.69 | 92.01 | 141.51 | 119.53 | 115.08 | 131.66 | 50.68 | 46.43 |
| Year-End Price | 48.94 | 55.22 | 66.57 | 92.71 | 78.18 | 110.10 | 117.00 | 154.36 | 95.89 | 153.79 | 68.55 | 42.83 | 46.43 |
Celanese Corp passes 2 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 6.3x vs a median of 13.0x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 5.6% with a gross margin of 24.6%. Total shareholder yield (dividends) is 0.2%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -1.1%.
Celanese Corp (CE) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.10. This indicates higher leverage, which may increase financial risk.
Celanese Corp (CE) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-10.64 in its most recent fiscal year.
Celanese Corp (CE) has a return on equity (ROE) of -25.4%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
Celanese Corp (CE) has a 5-year average gross margin of 24.6%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for Celanese Corp (CE), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
Celanese Corp (CE) has a book value per share of $36.98, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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