Recent Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Celanese (CE)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Celanese (NYSE: CE):

• 3/24/2025 – Celanese had its price target lowered by analysts at Evercore ISI from $85.00 to $75.00. They now have an “in-line” rating on the stock.
• 3/21/2025 – Celanese was upgraded by analysts at KeyCorp from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating. They now have a $76.00 price target on the stock.
• 3/17/2025 – Celanese was upgraded by analysts at Alembic Global Advisors from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating. They now have a $70.00 price target on the stock.
• 3/6/2025 – Celanese was upgraded by analysts at Vertical Research from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating. They now have a $66.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/25/2025 – Celanese had its price target lowered by analysts at Piper Sandler from $77.00 to $50.00. They now have an “underweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/24/2025 – Celanese had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $75.00 to $59.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 2/24/2025 – Celanese had its price target lowered by analysts at Bank of America Co. from $88.00 to $72.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Celanese had its price target lowered by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $73.00 to $46.00. They now have an “underperform” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Celanese was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating.
• 2/20/2025 – Celanese was downgraded by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating. They now have a $56.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $84.00.
• 2/20/2025 – Celanese had its price target lowered by analysts at Robert W. Baird from $110.00 to $67.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Celanese had its price target lowered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $92.00 to $54.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Celanese had its price target lowered by analysts at UBS Group AG from $72.00 to $60.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Celanese had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $75.00 to $55.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Celanese had its price target lowered by analysts at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft from $85.00 to $70.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/5/2025 – Celanese had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $88.00 to $75.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.

Celanese Stock Performance

Shares of Celanese stock traded up $0.41 on Tuesday, reaching $59.85. 581,597 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,718,706. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $62.68 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $85.82. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.30, a PEG ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.23. Celanese Co. has a twelve month low of $45.94 and a twelve month high of $172.16. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.98.

Celanese (NYSE:CE) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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. The business had revenue of $2.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.36 billion. Celanese had a negative net margin of 14.81% and a positive return on equity of 12.86%. Analysts anticipate that Celanese Co. will post 8.79 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Celanese Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 25th were issued a $0.03 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 25th. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.20%. Celanese’s payout ratio is -0.86%.

Institutional Trading of Celanese

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Altshuler Shaham Ltd acquired a new position in Celanese during the fourth quarter worth $25,000. UMB Bank n.a. raised its position in shares of Celanese by 103.7% during the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 381 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 194 shares during the last quarter. State of Wyoming lifted its stake in Celanese by 122.5% in the 4th quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 485 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $34,000 after buying an additional 267 shares in the last quarter. CKW Financial Group boosted its holdings in Celanese by 52.9% in the 4th quarter. CKW Financial Group now owns 535 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 185 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LRI Investments LLC increased its stake in Celanese by 739.1% during the 4th quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 537 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 473 shares in the last quarter. 98.87% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.