Zacks Research Has Pessimistic View of Celanese Q1 Earnings

Celanese Co. (NYSE:CE) – Analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Celanese in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, April 15th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the basic materials company will post earnings per share of $0.26 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.46. The consensus estimate for Celanese’s current full-year earnings is $8.79 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Celanese’s Q3 2026 earnings at $2.36 EPS.

Celanese (NYSE:CE) last released its earnings results 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. Celanese had a positive return on equity of 12.86% and a negative net margin of 14.81%. The company had revenue of $2.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.36 billion.

A number of other research analysts also recently commented on the stock. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of Celanese from $60.00 to $46.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 7th. Royal Bank of Canada cut Celanese from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $84.00 to $56.00 in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Evercore ISI dropped their target price on Celanese from $85.00 to $75.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 24th. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on Celanese from $100.00 to $80.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on Celanese from $73.00 to $46.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $61.33.

Celanese Trading Up 6.7 %

Shares of NYSE CE opened at $40.03 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.38 billion, a PE ratio of -2.87, a PEG ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.08. Celanese has a one year low of $36.29 and a one year high of $169.50. The company has a current ratio of 1.34, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.98. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $52.60 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $75.51.

Celanese Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 12th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.03 per share. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.30%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 28th. Celanese’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -0.86%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Celanese

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in CE. Dodge & Cox lifted its holdings in shares of Celanese by 100.3% during the fourth quarter. Dodge & Cox now owns 13,618,062 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $942,506,000 after buying an additional 6,818,993 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Celanese in the 4th quarter worth $222,815,000. Turtle Creek Asset Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Celanese by 266.7% during the fourth quarter. Turtle Creek Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,506,440 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $242,681,000 after buying an additional 2,550,334 shares during the last quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. grew its position in Celanese by 4,506.7% during the fourth quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,344,661 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $162,274,000 after buying an additional 2,293,764 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in Celanese by 105.0% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,969,284 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $274,714,000 after acquiring an additional 2,033,025 shares during the period. 98.87% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.