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

Celanese Co. (NYSE:CE) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Celanese in a report released on Monday, March 10th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the basic materials company will earn $0.46 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate 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 announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 18th. The basic materials company reported $1.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.25 by $0.20. Celanese had a positive return on equity of 12.86% and a negative net margin of 14.81%. The company had revenue of $2.37 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.36 billion.

CE has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Bank of America dropped their target price on shares of Celanese from $88.00 to $72.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, February 24th. Citigroup upgraded shares of Celanese to a “neutral” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $73.00 to $76.00 in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. Barclays reduced their target price on Celanese from $75.00 to $59.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, February 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price target on Celanese from $85.00 to $70.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, Robert W. Baird reduced their price objective on Celanese from $110.00 to $67.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $72.31.

Celanese Price Performance

Shares of CE opened at $57.10 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $6.24 billion, a PE ratio of -4.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.23. Celanese has a 52-week low of $45.94 and a 52-week high of $172.16. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $63.81 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $89.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.98, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 1.34.

Celanese Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 11th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 25th were issued a $0.03 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 25th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.21%. Celanese’s dividend payout ratio is currently -0.86%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Celanese by 11.8% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 128,201 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $17,430,000 after buying an additional 13,503 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Celanese by 0.4% during the third quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 243,137 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $33,057,000 after acquiring an additional 1,074 shares during the last quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in Celanese by 0.7% during the third quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC now owns 21,730 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $2,954,000 after acquiring an additional 145 shares during the period. Huntington National Bank boosted its position in Celanese by 32.7% in the third quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 5,050 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $687,000 after purchasing an additional 1,244 shares during the last quarter. Finally, KBC Group NV boosted its position in Celanese by 155.5% in the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 213,657 shares of the basic materials company’s stock worth $29,049,000 after purchasing an additional 130,037 shares during the last quarter. 98.87% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.