Celanese (NYSE:CE) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Celanese (NYSE:CE) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.250-0.500 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.630. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Celanese also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 1.250-1.500 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently commented on CE. Citigroup dropped their price target on Celanese from $100.00 to $73.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their target price on Celanese from $122.00 to $88.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Bank of America upgraded shares of Celanese from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $95.00 to $88.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Mizuho reduced their target price on Celanese from $120.00 to $86.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Finally, Vertical Research downgraded Celanese from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $130.00 price target for the company. in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $102.06.

Celanese Price Performance

CE stock opened at $69.86 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.47, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 1.37. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $69.16 and its 200 day moving average price is $98.72. The firm has a market cap of $7.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.03, a PEG ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 1.17. Celanese has a 1 year low of $64.05 and a 1 year high of $172.16.

Celanese (NYSE:CE) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Celanese will post 8.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Celanese Cuts Dividend

The company 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 25th. Celanese’s dividend payout ratio is presently 28.17%.

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.