What is Zacks Research’s Estimate for Celanese Q1 Earnings?

Celanese Co. (NYSE:CE) – Zacks Research decreased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Celanese in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, March 10th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the basic materials company will earn $0.46 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $2.14. The consensus estimate for Celanese’s current full-year earnings is $8.79 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Celanese’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.48 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.86 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.54 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.34 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.42 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.13 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.29 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.54 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.39 EPS.

Celanese (NYSE:CE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 18th. The basic materials company reported $1.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.25 by $0.20. Celanese had a negative net margin of 14.81% and a positive return on equity of 12.86%. The business had revenue of $2.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.36 billion.

CE has been the subject of several other research reports. Bank of America reduced their price objective on shares of Celanese from $88.00 to $72.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 24th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on shares of Celanese from $102.00 to $82.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. UBS Group decreased their target price on shares of Celanese from $72.00 to $60.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Piper Sandler decreased their target price on shares of Celanese from $77.00 to $50.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 25th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of Celanese from $75.00 to $55.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $72.31.

Celanese Stock Performance

Shares of CE opened at $52.90 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $64.44 and a 200 day moving average price of $90.35. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.78 billion, a PE ratio of -3.80, a P/E/G ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.23. 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 has a 52-week low of $45.94 and a 52-week high of $172.16.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Celanese

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Dodge & Cox increased its holdings in Celanese by 100.3% in the 4th quarter. Dodge & Cox now owns 13,618,062 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $942,506,000 after buying an additional 6,818,993 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its holdings in shares of Celanese by 27.4% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 9,460,353 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $1,286,230,000 after purchasing an additional 2,036,362 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Celanese by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,500,813 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $611,931,000 after purchasing an additional 136,994 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Celanese by 105.0% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,969,284 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $274,714,000 after purchasing an additional 2,033,025 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Turtle Creek Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Celanese by 266.7% in the 4th quarter. Turtle Creek Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,506,440 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $242,681,000 after purchasing an additional 2,550,334 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.87% of the company’s stock.

Celanese Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 25th were given a dividend of $0.03 per share. This represents a $0.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 25th. Celanese’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -0.86%.

Celanese Company Profile

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.