Celanese (NYSE:CE) Releases Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Celanese (NYSE:CE) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.250-1.500 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Celanese also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.250-0.500 EPS.

Celanese Price Performance

Shares of Celanese stock opened at $69.86 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $7.64 billion, a PE ratio of 7.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 1.17. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $69.16 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $98.72. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.47. Celanese has a 12-month low of $64.05 and a 12-month high of $172.16.

Celanese (NYSE:CE) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The basic materials company reported $1.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.20. Celanese had a return on equity of 13.17% and a net margin of 10.40%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Celanese will post 8.11 EPS for the current year.

Celanese Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be issued a dividend of $0.03 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 25th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.17%. Celanese’s dividend payout ratio is presently 28.17%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Mizuho reduced their price objective on shares of Celanese from $120.00 to $86.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Bank of America upgraded shares of Celanese from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $95.00 to $88.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. BMO Capital Markets lowered shares of Celanese from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $138.00 to $76.00 in a report on Monday, November 11th. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their target price on Celanese from $122.00 to $88.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Finally, Citigroup decreased their target price on Celanese from $100.00 to $73.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $102.06.

About Celanese

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.