Celanese (CE)
Materials · specialty chemicals · NYSE
Celanese is a global specialty materials company providing high-performance engineered polymers and essential acetyl-based chemical intermediates to a wide range of global industries.
What Celanese does
Celanese is a global technology and specialty materials company that produces high-performance engineered polymers used in a wide variety of consumer and industrial applications. It is a leading global producer of acetyl products, which serve as intermediate chemicals for diverse end-uses. The company operates through a complex supply chain to provide specialty materials essential to automotive, medical, electronics, and consumer product manufacturing.
Themes: engineered materials, specialty chemicals, industrial intermediates, acetyl chemistry
Fundamentals
- Price$46.80 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$5.1B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+4.7% 2025-08-21 close $44.68 → 2026-08-21 close $46.80
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-12.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+20.9% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-28.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity2.88 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)-2.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-0.4% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.76 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-04 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +2.1%; pays a dividend.
How CE compares in its sector
- net profit marginbottom 25% 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginbottom 25% 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 141 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 25% 151 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 127 covered Materials peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 95 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 25% 124 covered Materials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Materials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
CE is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
Not scored for the long-term list: no shareholder return data.
Short-term score
48.0 #921 of 1,704 scored · #46 of 83 in Materials
Setup 66th: day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move; catalysts 56th: open-market insider buys in 90 days 16, the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading; weakest is volume and participation 13th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, CE's dividend was covered by reported results (free-cash-flow payout 2%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payoutnot assessable earnings were not positive that year
- Free-cash-flow payout2% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Celanese looks technically
Celanese (CE) is trading 6.8% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 17 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 18, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 54, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 13 trading days ago. It is 33.8% below its highest point of the past year. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 6.8% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -6.8% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $46.72 | $46.72 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $50.21 | $50.21 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 10 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 10 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 17 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 17 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 18, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 17.7 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 54, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 54.5 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the top of its 14-day range ($41.12 to $47.84) — its "stochastic" reading is 85 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 84.5 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 17 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $70.70 | $70.70 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 33.8% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -33.8% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 33.2% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +33.2% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 33.8% below its highest point of the past year | 33.8% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 13 trading days ago | 13 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 13 trading days ago | 13 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $176.50 (set on 2022-01-05) | $176.50 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($35.53 to $69.24), and it has given back well over two thirds of its rise from last year’s low — 67% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $47.33 to $48.41. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 66.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 73.5% below its all-time high | -73.5% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.6% above a support level at $46.51 — a price it turned at three times since 2025-08-01, most recently on 2026-08-11. Since 2024-08-21 it has 6 such levels below the current price and 10 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.6% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $5.71 (set on 2008-11-21) | $5.71 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 719.6% above its all-time low | +719.6% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 1st percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.89 between its high and its low — about 4.1% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.89 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $42.59 and $46.78 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $42.59 – $44.69 – $46.78 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 4.1% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 4.0% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.8 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (6.8% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 1.8 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.59× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 at essentially the same price it closed at the session before — no meaningful overnight gap | +0.0% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.9% gap up opened on 2026-07-30 has been "filled" 14 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 2 sessions to close | 14 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed lower in its latest session, after a session that did not close lower — a single down day rather than a run | 1 session down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 1.5 percentage points (the stock gained 0.8% while the market gained 2.3%) | -1.5% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 14.6 percentage points (the stock lost 11.5% while the market gained 3.1%) | -14.6% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 24.6 percentage points (the stock lost 13.5% while the market gained 11.1%) | -24.6% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 15.7 percentage points (the stock gained 4.7% while the market gained 20.5%) | -15.7% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, lagging the market over 6 months, near the top of its 14-day range (overbought), trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 4.1% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thick, spanning 18.7% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | -4.1% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 13% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $53.51 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -12.5% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 5% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-04 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $44.51 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 14 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +5.2% |
Price levels it has turned at before
CE last closed at $46.80 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 6 prices below its last close and 10 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $46.51 | Support | 0.6% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-08-01 to 2026-08-11 |
| $45.55 | Support | 2.7% below the last close | turned there four times · 2025-03-04 to 2025-12-12 |
| $49.18 | Resistance | 5.1% above the last close | turned there six times · 2025-08-22 to 2026-07-23 |
| $43.96 | Support | 6.1% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-09-04 to 2026-07-20 |
| $52.20 | Resistance | 11.6% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-03-13 to 2026-05-27 |
| $55.48 | Resistance | 18.6% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-05-27 to 2026-03-23 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Recent death cross (50-day crossed below 200-day) · Pulled back from the 12-month high · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.88 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 16 analysts
- Mean price target$63.63 range $45.00 – $86.00; median $63.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-18. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for CE
- Consensus EPS estimate$1.57 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-18
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["High levels of debt and interest expense burdening the balance sheet.","Exposure to volatile raw material costs and global economic cycles.","Significant reliance on continued growth and integration of complex chemical assets."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of CE's 10-Q filed 2026-05-06 against the prior one filed 2025-11-07.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Reworded:
- Reference to annual report year changed from 'December 31, 2024 filed on February 21, 2025' (older, filed 2025-11-07) to 'December 31, 2025 filed on February 24, 2026' (newer, filed 2026-05-06)
- Reference to Form 10-K changed from '2024 Form 10-K' (older, filed 2025-11-07) to '2025 Form 10-K' (newer, filed 2026-05-06)
- Notes:
- Both filings contain identical forward-looking statements language and risk factor references; changes are limited to year/date updates reflecting the natural progression of quarterly filings
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-05-06) presents single quarter ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025 comparisons
- Newer filing includes 'Gain (loss) on disposition of businesses and assets, net' of $48 million (Q1 2026) vs $3 million (Q1 2025)
- Newer filing shows 'Assets held for sale' of $0 million (March 31, 2026) vs $492 million (December 31, 2025)
- Newer filing shows 'Liabilities held for sale' of $0 million (March 31, 2026) vs $75 million (December 31, 2025)
- Newer filing shows 'Proceeds from sale of businesses and assets, net' of $493 million in cash flow statement (Q1 2026)
- Removed:
- Older filing (2025-11-07) presented both three months ended September 30 and nine months ended September 30 comparisons; newer filing removes nine-month data
- Older filing included 'Other (charges) gains, net' of $(1,491) million (Q3 2025) and $(1,542) million (nine months 2025); newer filing shows $(20) million (Q1 2026)
- Older filing included 'Dividend income - equity investments' line item with $40 million (Q3 2025) and $82 million (nine months 2025); newer filing shows $1 million (Q1 2026)
- Older filing showed 'Refinancing expense' of $(32) million for nine months 2025; newer filing shows $0
- Reworded:
- Balance sheet date changed from 'September 30, 2025' and 'December 31, 2024' to 'March 31, 2026' and 'December 31, 2025'
- Statement of operations comparison periods changed from 'Three Months Ended September 30, 2025/2024' and 'Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025/2024' to 'Three Months Ended March 31, 2026/2025'
- Comprehensive income statement changed from 'Three Months Ended September 30' and 'Nine Months Ended September 30' to 'Three Months Ended March 31'
- Statement of equity changed from 'Three Months Ended September 30' and 'Nine Months Ended September 30' to 'Three Months Ended March 31'
- Notes:
- The two filings represent different quarters (Q3 2025 vs Q1 2026) and therefore contain inherently different financial data rather than restatements of the same period
- Older filing included nine-month year-to-date data; newer filing contains only quarterly data, limiting direct comparability of period lengths
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for CE — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
6 institutional 13F filers reported holding CE as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 6
- Reported shares held 18,828,849
- Reported value $1,238,373,349
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
CE had 8,555,811 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
CE had 7.80% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.59 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 8,555,811
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 7.80%
- Prior settlement (shares) 7,814,524
- Reported change 9.49%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.59
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- BASF SE (BAS)
- Dow Inc. (DOW)
- Eastman Chemical Company (EMN)
- LyondellBasell Industries (LYB)
- DuPont de Nemours (DD)
- Solvay (SOLV)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Celanese (CE) do?
Celanese is a global technology and specialty materials company that produces high-performance engineered polymers used in a wide variety of consumer and industrial applications. It is a leading global producer of acetyl products, which serve as intermediate chemicals for diverse end-uses. The company operates through a complex supply chain to provide specialty materials essential to automotive, medical, electronics, and consumer product manufacturing.
What sector is Celanese (CE) in?
Celanese (CE) is classified in the Materials sector. Its industry is specialty chemicals. It trades on NYSE.
Does CE pay a dividend?
Yes — Celanese (CE) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 2.11% (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Celanese's (CE) competitors?
Notable peers of Celanese (CE) include BASF SE, Dow Inc., Eastman Chemical Company, LyondellBasell Industries and DuPont de Nemours. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is Celanese (CE) overbought or oversold right now?
Celanese (CE) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 54, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on CE come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.