Celanese (CE) to Release Earnings on Monday

Celanese (NYSE:CE) is anticipated to release its Q1 2025 earnings data after the market closes on Monday, May 5th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.40 per share and revenue of $2.26 billion for the quarter. Celanese has set its Q2 2025 guidance at 1.250-1.500 EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance at 0.250-0.500 EPS.

Celanese (NYSE:CE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The basic materials company reported $1.45 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $2.37 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.36 billion. Celanese had a negative net margin of 14.81% and a positive return on equity of 12.86%. On average, analysts expect Celanese to post $9 EPS for the current fiscal year and $10 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Celanese Trading Up 1.0 %

Shares of CE stock opened at $45.83 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.98, a current ratio of 1.34 and a quick ratio of 0.76. Celanese has a 1-year low of $36.29 and a 1-year high of $169.50. The business has a 50-day moving average of $48.63 and a 200 day moving average of $68.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.01 billion, a PE ratio of -3.29, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.08.

Celanese Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 12th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.03 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 28th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.26%. Celanese’s dividend payout ratio is currently -0.86%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. BMO Capital Markets dropped their target price on shares of Celanese from $73.00 to $46.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on Celanese from $110.00 to $67.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Barclays decreased their price objective on Celanese from $75.00 to $59.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, February 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price target on shares of Celanese from $70.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 27th. Finally, Citigroup decreased their target price on shares of Celanese from $58.00 to $52.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 4th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Celanese currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $61.33.

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.