Q2 Earnings Forecast for Celanese Issued By Zacks Research

Celanese Co. (NYSE:CE) – Research analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Celanese in a report released on Tuesday, April 15th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the basic materials company will post earnings of $1.45 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.48. The consensus estimate for Celanese’s current full-year earnings is $8.79 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Celanese’s FY2025 earnings at $5.11 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.29 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.08 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $7.28 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.59 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $9.18 EPS.

Several other research firms have also issued reports on CE. Mizuho set a $45.00 price target on shares of Celanese in a research report on Tuesday. Evercore ISI decreased their price target on Celanese from $85.00 to $75.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 24th. StockNews.com cut Celanese from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on shares of Celanese from $100.00 to $80.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Piper Sandler reiterated an “underweight” rating and set a $48.00 target price (down previously from $50.00) on shares of Celanese in a research report on Monday, April 7th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $61.33.

Celanese Trading Down 1.1 %

Shares of CE stock opened at $37.51 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $53.14 and a 200-day moving average of $76.17. The stock has a market cap of $4.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.69, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.08. Celanese has a 52-week low of $36.29 and a 52-week high of $169.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.98, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 1.34.

Celanese (NYSE:CE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 18th. The basic materials company reported $1.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.25 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $2.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.36 billion. Celanese had a positive return on equity of 12.86% and a negative net margin of 14.81%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Celanese

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of CE. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC lifted its stake in shares of Celanese by 19.8% in the 3rd quarter. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC now owns 4,127 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $561,000 after purchasing an additional 682 shares during the period. Barclays PLC increased its holdings in Celanese by 14.0% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 281,709 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $38,300,000 after purchasing an additional 34,658 shares during the last quarter. Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co lifted its stake in Celanese by 29.0% in the third quarter. Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co now owns 17,397 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $2,365,000 after buying an additional 3,906 shares during the period. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new position in Celanese during the third quarter worth about $179,000. Finally, Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas acquired a new position in shares of Celanese during the 3rd quarter worth about $1,302,000. 98.87% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Celanese Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 12th. Investors of record on Monday, April 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.03 per share. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.32%. Celanese’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -0.86%.

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.