Celanese - CE Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Celanese in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" CE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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14 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Celanese's shares. Their CE share price forecasts range from $83.00 to $172.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $117.86 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.8% from the stock's current price.
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Celanese's stock was trading at $168.06 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, CE shares have decreased by 38.9% and is now trading at $102.69.
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Celanese saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,230,000 shares, an increase of 12.1% from the October 31st total of 1,990,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,150,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 26th 2023.
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Celanese Co. (NYSE:CE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, November, 4th. The basic materials company reported $3.94 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $3.98 by $0.04. The basic materials company earned $2.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.26 billion. Celanese had a net margin of 17.20% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 42.26%. Celanese's quarterly revenue was up 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $4.82 earnings per share.
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Celanese declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 19th. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.70 per share on Monday, November 14th. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.73%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 28th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.68.
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Celanese (NYSE:CE) pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.75%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 18.51%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CE will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.62% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Celanese updated its fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 10th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.50-$2.00 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.10. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

103 employees have rated Celanese Chief Executive Officer Mark C. Rohr on Glassdoor.com. Mark C. Rohr has an approval rating of 66% among the company's employees.

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Celanese trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CE."

Celanese's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.98%), BlackRock Inc. (7.06%), State Street Corp (4.36%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.93%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.93%) and LSV Asset Management (1.41%). Insiders that own company stock include John K Wulff, Kevin S Cavanah, Scott A Richardson, Thomas Francis Kelly and Vanessa Dupuis.
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Shares of CE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $102.69.

Celanese (NYSE:CE) has a market capitalization of $11.13 billion and generates $8.54 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.89 billion in net income (profit) each year or $15.13 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 8,529 workers across the globe.

Celanese's mailing address is 222 West Las Colinas Blvd. Suite 900 North, Irving TX, 75039. The official website for the company is www.celanese.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (972) 443-4000, via email at chuck.kyrish@celanese.com, or via fax at 908-901-4805.