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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ALB Albemarle	$84.87 -0.1%	$73.75	$49.43 ▼ $113.91	$9.99B	1.63	4.22 million shs	1.73 million shs
ASH Ashland	$56.15 -0.8%	$52.75	$45.21 ▼ $90.61	$2.59B	0.49	534,834 shs	327,058 shs
BCPC Balchem	$162.09 +0.1%	$158.67	$145.70 ▼ $185.96	$5.26B	0.88	159,720 shs	195,297 shs
CE Celanese	$47.65 +1.7%	$53.01	$36.29 ▼ $142.54	$5.13B	1.1	2.78 million shs	1.80 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ALB Albemarle	-3.10%	+7.68%	+18.61%	+52.37%	-3.46%
ASH Ashland	+0.12%	+5.07%	+12.82%	+14.44%	-36.24%
BCPC Balchem	-0.75%	+0.04%	+6.05%	-2.47%	-5.66%
CE Celanese	-0.59%	+5.66%	-17.54%	-11.16%	-63.54%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ALB Albemarle	3.0863 of 5 stars	2.0	2.0	2.5	0.6	3.6	1.7	0.6
ASH Ashland	3.8149 of 5 stars	2.3	3.0	3.3	0.6	1.8	1.7	1.9
BCPC Balchem	4.4593 of 5 stars	2.3	3.0	3.3	2.3	3.3	1.7	2.5
CE Celanese	3.6914 of 5 stars	3.1	2.0	0.8	0.0	2.8	1.7	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ALB Albemarle	1.94	Reduce	$86.47	1.89% Upside
ASH Ashland	2.50	Moderate Buy	$65.50	16.65% Upside
BCPC Balchem	2.50	Moderate Buy	$189.00	16.60% Upside
CE Celanese	2.22	Hold	$59.39	24.63% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ASH, ALB, CE, and BCPC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/29/2025	ALB Albemarle	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underperform ➝ Underperform	$58.00 ➝ $68.00
8/26/2025	ALB Albemarle	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Neutral	$62.00 ➝ $89.00
8/26/2025	ASH Ashland	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$70.00 ➝ $65.00
8/25/2025	CE Celanese	Alembic Global Advisors Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$60.00
8/18/2025	ALB Albemarle	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$60.00 ➝ $80.00
8/14/2025	CE Celanese	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
8/14/2025	CE Celanese	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$63.00 ➝ $45.00
8/14/2025	CE Celanese	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$47.00 ➝ $40.00
8/14/2025	CE Celanese	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$55.00 ➝ $47.00
8/13/2025	CE Celanese	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$52.00
8/13/2025	CE Celanese	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$77.00 ➝ $70.00

(Data available from 8/29/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ALB Albemarle	$5.38B	1.86	$3.83 per share	22.18	$70.22 per share	1.21
ASH Ashland	$2.11B	1.21	$10.25 per share	5.48	$41.33 per share	1.36
BCPC Balchem	$953.68M	5.52	$5.43 per share	29.84	$39.07 per share	4.15
CE Celanese	$10.28B	0.51	$16.15 per share	2.95	$52.09 per share	0.91

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ALB Albemarle	-$1.18B	-$9.32	N/A	44.43	N/A	-18.61%	-1.87%	-0.89%	11/5/2025 (Estimated)
ASH Ashland	$169M	-$18.73	N/A	10.61	4.05	-46.01%	6.82%	3.26%	11/5/2025 (Estimated)
BCPC Balchem	$128.48M	$4.36	37.18	31.47	3.46	14.48%	12.41%	9.21%	10/24/2025 (Estimated)
CE Celanese	-$1.52B	-$14.82	N/A	4.72	2.03	-16.30%	10.48%	2.70%	11/3/2025 (Estimated)

Latest ASH, ALB, CE, and BCPC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/11/2025	Q2 2025	CE Celanese	$1.38	$1.44	+$0.06	$1.81	$2.50 billion	$2.53 billion
7/31/2025	Q2 2025	BCPC Balchem	$1.25	$1.27	+$0.02	$1.17	$250.31 million	$255.47 million
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	ALB Albemarle	-$0.83	$0.11	+$0.94	-$0.16	$1.23 billion	$1.33 billion
7/29/2025	Q3 2025	ASH Ashland	$1.15	$1.04	-$0.11	-$16.21	$479.34 million	$463.00 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ALB Albemarle	$1.62	1.91%	N/A	N/A	30 Years
ASH Ashland	$1.66	2.96%	N/A	N/A	16 Years
BCPC Balchem	$0.87	0.54%	N/A	19.95%	16 Years
CE Celanese	$0.12	0.25%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest ASH, ALB, CE, and BCPC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/22/2025	ALB Albemarle	quarterly	$0.4050	1.94%	9/12/2025	9/12/2025	10/1/2025
8/8/2025	ASH Ashland	quarterly	$0.4150	2.96%	8/29/2025	9/1/2025	9/15/2025
7/16/2025	CE Celanese	quarterly	$0.03	0.21%	7/29/2025	7/29/2025	8/11/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ALB Albemarle	0.38	2.31	1.47
ASH Ashland	0.73	2.68	1.33
BCPC Balchem	0.17	2.64	1.57
CE Celanese	2.22	2.05	1.22

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ALB Albemarle	92.87%
ASH Ashland	93.95%
BCPC Balchem	87.91%
CE Celanese	98.87%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ALB Albemarle	0.33%
ASH Ashland	1.02%
BCPC Balchem	1.39%
CE Celanese	0.33%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ALB Albemarle	8,300	117.68 million	117.30 million	Optionable
ASH Ashland	3,200	45.71 million	45.24 million	Optionable
BCPC Balchem	1,361	32.46 million	32.00 million	Optionable
CE Celanese	12,163	109.50 million	109.14 million	Optionable

ASH, ALB, CE, and BCPC Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Construction wraps up for Celanese intersection. What’s next for one of Rock Hill’s busiest streets?

2 hours ago | postandcourier.comP

Fitch downgrades Celanese to ’BB+’ on sustained weak demand

August 29 at 5:37 PM | in.investing.com

Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC Purchases 13,462 Shares of Celanese Corporation $CE

August 29 at 5:48 AM | marketbeat.com

FORA Capital LLC Reduces Holdings in Celanese Corporation $CE

August 28 at 7:54 AM | marketbeat.com

Ethylene buyers could be ruined for their cartel

August 28 at 3:49 AM | msn.com

Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD Acquires 2,044,662 Shares of Celanese Corporation $CE

August 27 at 5:03 AM | marketbeat.com

RBC Capital Slashes Celanese (CE) Price Target, Citing Inventory Pressures

August 27 at 2:09 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Celanese Corporation $CE Stock Position Lifted by HighTower Advisors LLC

August 26 at 3:41 AM | marketbeat.com

Celanese Corporation $CE Shares Sold by Deutsche Bank AG

August 26 at 3:19 AM | marketbeat.com

Celanese price target lowered to $60 from $70 at Alembic Global

August 25, 2025 | msn.com

Celanese Corporation $CE Shares Purchased by Jump Financial LLC

August 25, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Wellington Management Group LLP Cuts Stake in Celanese Corporation $CE

August 25, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE) Receives $59.94 Consensus Target Price from Analysts

August 25, 2025 | americanbankingnews.com

6,088 Shares in Celanese Corporation $CE Acquired by EntryPoint Capital LLC

August 24, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Quantbot Technologies LP Takes Position in Celanese Corporation $CE

August 24, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Celanese (NYSE:CE) versus Orion (NYSE:OEC) Critical Survey

August 24, 2025 | americanbankingnews.com

Nuveen LLC Takes Position in Celanese Corporation $CE

August 24, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE) Receives Consensus Rating of "Hold" from Analysts

August 24, 2025 | marketbeat.com

RBC Capital Lowers PT on Celanese Corporation (CE), Cites Weak Volumes, Production Issues, and Soft Demand

August 23, 2025 | insidermonkey.com

RBC Capital Lowers PT on Celanese Corporation (CE), Cites Weak Volumes, Production Issues, and Soft Demand

August 23, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

Invesco Ltd. Has $26.32 Million Stock Position in Celanese Corporation $CE

August 22, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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ASH, ALB, CE, and BCPC Company Descriptions

Albemarle NYSE:ALB

$84.87 -0.05 (-0.06%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$85.06 +0.19 (+0.22%)

As of 07:50 PM Eastern

Albemarle Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets engineered specialty chemicals worldwide. It operates through three segments: Energy Storage, Specialties and Ketjen. The Energy Storage segment offers lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride; technical services for the handling and use of reactive lithium products; and lithium-containing by-products recycling services. The Specialties segment provides bromine-based specialty chemicals, including elemental bromine, alkyl and inorganic bromides, brominated powdered activated carbon, and other bromine fine chemicals; lithium specialties, such as butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride; develops and manufactures cesium products for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries; and zirconium, barium, and titanium products for pyrotechnical applications that include airbag initiators. The Ketjen segment offers clean fuels technologies (CFT), which is composed of hydroprocessing catalysts (HPC) together with isomerization and akylation catalysts; fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts and additives; and performance catalyst solutions (PCS), which is composed of organometallics and curatives. The company serves the energy storage, petroleum refining, consumer electronics, construction, automotive, lubricants, pharmaceuticals, and crop protection markets. Albemarle Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Ashland NYSE:ASH

$56.15 -0.45 (-0.80%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$56.14 0.00 (-0.01%)

As of 04:20 PM Eastern

Ashland Inc. provides additives and specialty ingredients in the North and Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates segments. The Life Sciences segment offers pharmaceutical solutions, including controlled release polymers, disintegrants, tablet coatings, thickeners, solubilizers, and tablet binders; nutrition solutions, such as thickeners, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and additives; and nutraceutical solutions comprising products for weight management, joint comfort, stomach and intestinal health, sports nutrition, and general wellness, as well as custom formulation, toll processing, and particle engineering solutions. Its Personal Care segment provides a range of nature-based, biodegradable, and performance ingredients; solutions for toothpastes, mouth washes and rinses, denture cleaning, and care for teeth; and household supplies nature-derived rheology ingredients, biodegradable surface wetting agents, performance encapsulates, and specialty polymers. The Specialty Additives segment offers rheology modifiers, foam control agents, surfactants and wetting agents, pH neutralizers, advanced ceramics used in catalytic converters, environmental filters, ingredients for the manufacturing of ceramic capacitors, plasma display panels and solar cells, ingredients for textile printing, thermoplastic metals, and alloys for welding. Its Intermediates segment produces 1,4 butanediol and related derivatives, including n-methylpyrrolidone. It offers its products to customers in a range of consumer and industrial markets, such as architectural coatings, construction, energy, food and beverage, nutraceuticals, personal care, and pharmaceutical. The company was formerly known as Ashland Global Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Ashland Inc. in August 2022. Ashland Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

Balchem NASDAQ:BCPC

$162.09 +0.10 (+0.06%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$162.25 +0.16 (+0.10%)

As of 04:20 PM Eastern

Balchem Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets specialty performance ingredients and products for the nutritional, food, pharmaceutical, animal health, medical device sterilization, plant nutrition, and industrial markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Human Nutrition and Health, Animal Nutrition and Health, and Specialty Products. The Human Nutrition & Health segment supplies ingredients in the food and beverage industry. Its products include spray dried and emulsified powders, extrusion and agglomeration, blended lipid systems, liquid flavor delivery systems, juice and dairy bases, chocolate systems, and cereal systems, as well as ice cream bases and variegates. This segment also offers specialty vitamin K2; microencapsulation solutions for various applications; and human grade choline nutrients and mineral amino acid chelated products for nutrition and health applications. The Animal Nutrition & Health segment provides microencapsulated products to enhance health and milk production, and delivering nutrient supplements in ruminant animals; chelation technology, which offers enhanced nutrient absorption for various species of production and companion animals; methylsulfonylmethane; and choline chloride, a nutrient for monogastric animal health. The Specialty Products segment distributes ethylene oxide and ammonia primarily for use in the health care industry; and single use canisters for sterilizing re-usable devices. This segment also markets and sells propylene oxide, a fumigant to aid in the control of insects and microbiological spoilage, as well as to reduce bacterial and mold contamination in shell and processed nut meats, processed spices, cacao beans, cocoa powder, raisins, figs, and prunes; and chelated minerals for high value crops. It sells its products through sales force, independent distributors, and sales agents. The company was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey.

Celanese NYSE:CE

$47.65 +0.78 (+1.67%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$47.40 -0.25 (-0.53%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

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. The Acetyl Chain segment produces and supplies acetyl products, including acetic acid, vinyl acetate monomers, acetic anhydride, and acetate esters that are used as starting materials for colorants, paints, adhesives, coatings, and pharmaceuticals; and organic solvents and intermediates for pharmaceutical, agricultural, and chemical products. It also offers vinyl acetate-based emulsions for use in paints and coatings, adhesives, construction, glass fiber, textiles, and paper applications; and ethylene vinyl acetate resins and compounds, as well as low-density polyethylene for use in flexible packaging films, lamination film products, hot melt adhesives, automotive parts, and carpeting applications. In addition, it provides redispersible powders (RDP) for use in construction applications, including flooring, plasters, insulation, tiling, and waterproofing. Celanese Corporation was founded in 1918 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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