profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Celanese
$51.26-0.37% today
+31.0% in 1 year
1-year low $35.531-year high $69.24
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Celanese sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $9.67 billion in 2022 to $9.54 billion in 2025, with -$1.17 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Celanese handed back 2% of the cash it generated last year.
$13M
Free cash flow 2025$803M
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$13M
Cash vs. debt$1.3B vs. $12.9B
Celanese vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celanese | No profit yet | ||
 Shin-Etsu Chemical | 19.7× · Fair price | ||
 BASF | 29.7× · Fair price | ||
 Saudi Basic Industries | No profit yet | ||
 Dow | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Celanese's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,655 | 8,537 | 9,673 | 10,926 | 10,268 | 9,544 | |
| 1,293 | 2,682 | 2,380 | 2,583 | 2,336 | 1,952 | |
| – | – | 1,382 | 1,196 | 1,014 | 764 | |
| 2,727 | 2,729 | 2,304 | 2,620 | 480 | 267 | |
| 1,985 | 1,890 | 1,894 | 1,943 | -1,542 | -1,165 | |
| 16.75 | 16.86 | 17.34 | 17.92 | -13.93 | -10.64 | |
| 22.9% | 31.4% | 24.6% | 23.6% | 22.8% | 20.5% | |
| – | – | 14.3% | 10.9% | 9.9% | 8.0% | |
| 35.1% | 22.1% | 19.6% | 17.8% | -15.0% | -12.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 10,909 | 11,975 | 26,272 | 26,597 | 22,838 | 21,695 |
| Cash | 955 | 536 | 1,508 | 1,805 | 962 | 1,263 |
| Total debt | 3,980 | 4,023 | 15,126 | 14,098 | 12,952 | 12,934 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 20,167 | 19,045 | 17,275 | 17,223 |
| 3,526 | 4,189 | 5,637 | 7,091 | 5,129 | 4,049 | |
| 118 | 112 | 109 | 109 | 109 | 110 | |
| 24.8% | 22.5% | 6.9% | 7.0% | -1.5% | -2.4% | |
| 56.3% | 45.1% | 33.6% | 27.4% | -30.1% | -28.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,343 | 1,757 | 1,819 | 1,899 | 966 | 1,146 | |
| 364 | 467 | 543 | 568 | 435 | 343 | |
| 979 | 1,290 | 1,276 | 1,331 | 531 | 803 | |
| Dividends paid | 293 | 304 | 297 | 305 | 307 | 13 |
| 650 | 1,000 | 17 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28 | 95 | 60 | 40 | 32 | 24 |
Valuation
- –
- 9.2×
- –
- 1.3×
- 0.6×
- 7.0×
- 64.8×
- 14.3%
- -20.7%
- 0.2%
Profitability
- 20.5%
- 8.0%
- -12.2%
- 3.5%
- -2.5%
- 2.6%
- -25.3%
- -5.0%
- -4.2%
- 1.3%
Growth
- +11.0%
- –
- +51.2%
- −45.4%
- +0.1%
Financial health
- 43.7×
- 3.19
- 57.8%
- -0.7×
- 1.55
- 0.85
- 0.44
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 10%of 989
Bottom 39%of 954
Top 29%of 933
Top 6%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $65.40
- Range
- $50.00 – $86.00
- 14 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | 0.85 | 0.88 | −3.4% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 0.67 | 0.89 | −24.7% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 1.34 | 1.27 | +5.5% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | 1.44 | 1.38 | +4.3% |
| May 5, 2025 | 0.57 | 0.37 | +54.1% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 1.45 | 1.25 | +16.0% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 2.44 | 2.85 | −14.4% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 2.38 | 2.72 | −12.5% |
0.2%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$2a year at today's yield, before tax
−45.4%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.15 in 2015 → $0.12 in 2025
How safe it looks
-1.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 1.6%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
25No pass
Benjamin Graham
31No pass
Philip Fisher
25No pass
Peter Lynch
19No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
14No pass
Terry Smith
13No pass
Questions about Celanese
Is Celanese a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Celanese AI analysis
What does Celanese do?
Celanese Corporation produces and sells engineered polymers worldwide. It operates through Engineered Materials and Acetyl Chain segments. It is in Chemicals, based in Irving, TX, United States, with 11,000 employees.
Does Celanese pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.2% a year. In 2025 it paid out $13.0 million in dividends.
Is Celanese stock halal?
No. Celanese does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 230% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Celanese stock done over the past year?
Up 31.0% over the past twelve months, to $51.26. It traded between $35.53 and $69.24 and is 26.0% below its high.
Who are Celanese's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Shin-Etsu Chemical, BASF, Saudi Basic Industries and Dow. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Celanese's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.