Celanese (NYSE:CE) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have commented on the company. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on Celanese from $100.00 to $80.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded Celanese from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lowered their target price for the company from $135.00 to $110.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. UBS Group downgraded Celanese from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $161.00 to $97.00 in a research note on Monday, November 11th. BMO Capital Markets downgraded Celanese from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $138.00 to $76.00 in a research note on Monday, November 11th. Finally, Mizuho decreased their price target on Celanese from $120.00 to $86.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $102.06.

Celanese Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE CE traded up $1.80 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $69.86. 3,146,865 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,181,863. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $69.16 and its 200-day moving average price is $98.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.47, a current ratio of 1.37 and a quick ratio of 0.76. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.03, a PEG ratio of 1.37 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 results on Tuesday, February 18th. The basic materials company reported $1.45 EPS for the quarter, beating 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%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Celanese will post 8.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Celanese Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 25th will be given a dividend of $0.03 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 25th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.17%. Celanese’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.21%.

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.