Celanese is one of the world's largest producers of acetic acid and its downstream derivative chemicals, which are used in various end markets, including coatings and adhesives. The company is also one of the largest producers of specialty polymers, which are used in the automotive, electronics, medical, building, and consumer end markets. The company also makes cellulose derivatives used in cigarette filters.
Employees11,434IPOJan 25, 2018SIC2821HQ222 West Las Colinas Boulevard, Suite 900N, Irving, TX, USA, 75039-5421
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Financials
Profitability
Metric
Current
Margins
Gross Margin
20.5%
Operating Margin
8.1%
EBITDA Margin
2.9%
Net Margin
−12.2%
OCF Margin
—
FCF Margin
8.4%
Returns on Capital
ROE
−24.6%
ROA
−5.1%
ROIC
3.6%
ROCE
−2.7%
ROC (Greenblatt)
−7.3%
3Y ROIIC
16.6%
Consistency
Years Profitable / 10Y
8
Valuation
Metric
Current
Earnings Multiples
P/E (TTM)
—
Forward P/E
11.01
P/E ex-NRI
13.47
Shiller P/E (CAPE)
5.63
Cash Flow Multiples
P/FCF
7.39
P/OCF
5.18
P/Owner Earnings
—
FCF Yield
14.33%
Enterprise Value Multiples
EV / EBIT
−34.43
EV / Forward EBIT
13.88
EV / EBITDA
65.07
EV / Forward EBITDA
8.72
EV / Revenue
1.85
EV / Forward Revenue
1.85
Asset / Sales
P/S
0.62
P/B
1.46
P/Tangible Book
—
Growth-Adjusted
PEG
—
Capital Returns
Metric
Current
Dividends
Dividend Yield (TTM)
0.23%
Forward Dividend Yield
0.23%
3Y Dividend Growth
−64.8%
Payout Ratio
0.03
5Y Yield on Cost
0.03%
Buybacks & Dilution
3Y Buyback Ratio
−0.30%
5Y Share Change
−6.8%
Combined
Shareholder Yield
4.40%
Balance Sheet
Metric
Current
Leverage
Debt / Equity
3.19
Gross Debt / EBITDA
47.55
Cash / Debt
0.10
Equity / Assets
0.19
Coverage
Interest Coverage
1.10
Short-Term Liquidity
Current Ratio
1.55
Quick Ratio
0.94
Cash Ratio
0.34
Composite Scores
Piotroski F-Score
5
Altman Z-Score
1.31
Split History
Date
Split
No split history found.
Ex-date
Amount
Pay date
2026-02-24
$0.03
2026-03-10
2025-10-28
$0.03
2025-11-12
2025-07-29
$0.03
2025-08-11
2025-04-28
$0.03
2025-05-12
2025-02-25
$0.03
2025-03-11
2024-10-30
$0.7
2024-11-13
2024-07-30
$0.7
2024-08-12
2024-04-26
$0.7
2024-05-13
2024-02-16
$0.7
2024-03-05
2023-10-27
$0.7
2023-11-13
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Transcript
Type
2026-05-06
Q1 2026 Celanese Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2026-02-18
Q4 2025 Celanese Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-11-07
Q3 2025 Celanese Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-08-12
Q2 2025 Celanese Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-05-06
Q1 2025 Celanese Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2025-02-19
Q4 2024 Celanese Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2024-11-05
Q3 2024 Celanese Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2024-08-02
Q2 2024 Celanese Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2024-02-21
Q4 2023 Celanese Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
2023-11-07
Q3 2023 Celanese Corp Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call
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5-Step DuPont Analysis
ROE %
-25.28%
×
×
Net Margin %
-12.15%
×
×
Operating Margin %
8.06%
Operating Income
$769M
÷
Revenue
$9.54B
×
Tax Burden
0.9547
Net Income
−$1.16B
÷
Pretax Income
−$1.22B
×
Interest Burden
-1.5800
Pretax Income
−$1.22B
÷
Operating Income
$769M
×
Asset Turnover
0.43
÷
Revenue
$9.54B
÷
Average Total Assets
$22.27B
Begin Total Assets
$22.84B
End Total Assets
$21.70B
×
Equity Multiplier
4.85
÷
Avg Total Assets
$22.27B
÷
Avg Stockholders Equity
$4.59B
Begin Equity
$5.13B
End Equity
$4.05B