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Celanese Corp (CE)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Celanese Corp. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Celanese Corp

Celanese Corporation is a global chemical and specialty materials company that produces high-performance engineered polymers and acetyl products used as intermediate chemicals across various industries. Its Engineered Materials segment offers products such as elastomers, copolymers, liquid crystal polymers, nylon compounds, and thermoplastics for applications in automotive, medical, electronics, construction, and industrial markets. The company serves a diverse global customer base including major companies in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Snapshot

Revenue
$9.54B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-7.1%
Net income
$-1.17B
Diluted EPS
$-10.64
Gross margin
20.5%
Operating margin
-8.2%
Net margin
-12.2%
FCF margin
8.4%
ROE
-26.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$4.90B
Long-term debt / equity
2.55×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Celanese

  • Revenue fell 7.1% to $9.5B in FY2025, after a 6.0% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is now a 8.2% loss in FY2025, from 22.8% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $2.8B, up 8.7% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $803M in FY2025, 8.4% of revenue.
  • Net loss narrowed to $1.2B in FY2025, from $1.5B in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Celanese’s fundamentals sit among the 241 Materials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin20.5%
33rd percentile of 191
Operating margin-8.2%
20th percentile of 189
Net margin-12.2%
18th percentile of 221
FCF margin8.4%
71st percentile of 205
Revenue growth (YoY)-7.1%
20th percentile of 236
ROE-26.1%
18th percentile of 216
Long-term debt / equity2.55×
94th percentile of 165
Short interest2.93d
35th percentile of 238

Celanese’s long-term debt to equity of 2.55 ranks in the 94th percentile of the 165 Materials companies reporting it.

5 reported insider purchases (code P) totaling $230,063 in the last 90 days. For context, about 14% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
3
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
5
0 new, 5 added
Reduced / exited
5
4 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$908.5M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Dodge & CoxQ2 2026$703.0M15.3MReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$75.2M1.6MAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$56.2M1.2MAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$28.4M617.3KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$20.1M436.5KReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$14.7M319.2KAdded
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$5.4M117.4KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$3.7M81.5KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$1.8M39.9KReduced

No longer held by: Renaissance Technologies (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4. Multiple insiders have bought recently (a cluster buy).

Buys (90d)
5
3 insiders
Bought (90d)
$230K
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Cluster buy
≥2 insiders buying
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-14
filed 2026-08-17
Kyrish ChuckSVP & CFOBuy1.4K$45.53$64K
2026-08-14
filed 2026-08-17
Kyrish ChuckSVP & CFOBuy800$45.51$36K
2026-08-14
filed 2026-08-17
Kyrish ChuckSVP & CFOBuy100$45.51$5K
2026-08-11
filed 2026-08-12
Murray Mark ChristopherSVP - AcetylsBuy2.2K$45.52$98K
2026-08-11
filed 2026-08-13
Duffie Ashley BSVP & GCBuy600$45.60$27K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
6.8M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-20.2%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
2.93
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
2.3M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-146.8M-20.2%2.93
2026-07-318.6M+9.5%4.59
2026-07-157.8M-1.3%4.55
2026-06-307.9M+5.0%4.40
2026-06-157.5M+16.5%4.71
2026-05-296.5M+4.5%3.64
2026-05-156.2M-2.1%2.55
2026-04-306.3M-4.8%3.19

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$9.54B$10.27B$10.93B$9.67B$8.54B
Gross profit$1.95B$2.34B$2.58B$2.38B$2.68B
Operating income$-786.0M$-720.0M$1.67B$1.38B$1.95B
Net income$-1.17B$-1.54B$1.94B$1.89B$1.89B
Diluted EPS$-10.64$-14.11$17.76$17.34$16.86

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$1.26B$962.0M$1.80B$1.51B$536.0M
Current assets$5.69B$5.13B$6.22B$6.61B$3.81B
Total assets$21.70B$22.84B$26.60B$26.27B$11.97B
Current liabilities$3.68B$3.89B$4.07B$4.07B$2.50B
Long-term debt$11.39B$11.08B$12.30B$13.37B$3.18B
Total liabilities$17.22B$17.27B$19.07B$20.17B$7.44B
Total equity$4.47B$5.56B$7.53B$6.11B$4.54B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$1.15B$966.0M$1.90B$1.82B$1.76B
Capital expenditure$343.0M$435.0M$568.0M$543.0M$467.0M
Free cash flow$803.0M$531.0M$1.33B$1.28B$1.29B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$2.75B8.7%$125.0M$1.13
Q1 FY2026$2.34B-2.2%$44.0M$0.40
Q4 FY2025$2.20B-6.5%$19.0M$0.17
Q3 FY2025$2.42B-8.6%$-1.36B$-12.39
Q2 FY2025$2.53B-4.5%$197.0M$1.80
Q1 FY2025$2.39B-8.5%$-24.0M$-0.22
Q4 FY2024$2.36B-7.7%$-1.93B$-17.73
Q3 FY2024$2.65B-2.8%$113.0M$1.03

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorMaterials
SIC industryPlastic Material, Synth Resin/Rubber, Cellulos (No Glass)
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2017
SEC CIK1306830

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-24
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10-Q2026-08-05
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10-Q2026-05-06
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8-K2026-08-04
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8-K2026-08-04
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8-K2026-08-04
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8-K2026-06-10
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.