Celanese
CE NYSE· Specialty Chemicals
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$48.63
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Celanese had $9.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 7.1% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +11.0% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −8.2%, down 1.2 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −8 is left after running the business.
- Celanese lost $1.2B in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $803M in fiscal 2025, 8.4% of revenue.
- Celanese returned $13.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 2% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.2%.
- Celanese owes $11.5B more than it holds in cash.
Market cap
$5.4B
P/E
—
Revenue
$9.5B
Net income
−$1.2B
Free cash flow
$803M
Operating margin
−8.2%
Celanese in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−7.1%
No. Sales fell 7.1% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−12.2%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
8.4%
Partly. 8.4% of sales ends up as free cash.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 9
Mixed. It passes 5 of 9 health tests.
What Celanese does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 24, 2026
- Legal name
- CELANESE CORPORATION
- CIK
- 0001306830
Celanese · CE
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $8.5B | $9.7B | $10.9B | $10.3B | $9.5B |
| Revenue growth | 51.0% | 13.3% | 13.0% | −6.0% | −7.1% |
| Gross margin | 31.4% | 24.6% | 23.6% | 22.8% | 20.5% |
| Operating margin | 22.8% | 14.3% | 15.2% | −7.0% | −8.2% |
| Net income | $1.9B | $1.9B | $1.9B | −$1.5B | −$1.2B |
| Net margin | 22.1% | 19.6% | 17.8% | −15.0% | −12.2% |
| Diluted EPS | $16.86 | $17.34 | $17.76 | −$14.11 | −$10.64 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $966M | $1.1B |
| Capital expenditure | $467M | $543M | $568M | $435M | $343M |
| Free cash flow | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $531M | $803M |
| FCF margin | 15.1% | 13.2% | 12.2% | 5.2% | 8.4% |
| Dividends paid | $304M | $297M | $305M | $307M | $13.0M |
| Share buybacks | $1.0B | $17.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | −5.4% | −2.5% | 0.1% | −0.1% | 0.2% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $546M | $1.5B | $1.8B | $962M | $1.3B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $4.0B | $14.6B | $13.7B | $12.7B | $12.8B |
| Shareholders' equity | $4.2B | $5.6B | $7.1B | $5.1B | $4.0B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.5x | 7.1x | 5.0x | 145.2x | — |
| Current ratio | 1.5x | 1.6x | 1.5x | 1.3x | 1.6x |
| Interest coverage | 21.4x | 3.4x | 2.3x | −1.1x | −1.1x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 23.2% | 10.1% | 8.6% | −3.1% | −3.7% |
| Return on equity | 49.0% | 38.6% | 30.6% | −25.3% | −25.4% |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | 5.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.6M
4 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
—
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Celanese · CE
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celanese CE | $5.4B | −7.1% | −8.2% | 8.4% | −3.7% | — | 5 |
| Eastman Chemical EMN | $7.6B | −6.7% | — | 4.8% | 6.5% | 17.2x | 5 |
| International Flavors & Frag... IFF | $24.0B | −5.2% | −3.5% | 2.4% | −1.4% | 81.8x | 6 |
| Westlake WLK | $8.5B | −8.0% | −14.1% | −4.7% | −10.0% | — | 3 |
| RPM International RPM | $12.5B | 6.7% | — | 8.6% | 13.9% | 18.2x | 6 |
KIRA
At $48.63 a share, the company is worth $5.4B.
Celanese grew sales faster than 1 of its 4 similar companies.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001306830). Data updated October 21, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.