NYSE:CE - Celanese Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Celanese announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.62 per share on Thursday, November 7th. This represents a $2.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 25th. View Celanese's Dividend History.

Celanese Co. (NYSE:CE) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 21st. The basic materials company reported $2.53 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.50 by $0.03. The basic materials company had revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.64 billion. Celanese had a return on equity of 38.21% and a net margin of 13.85%. Celanese's revenue was down 10.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.96 EPS. View Celanese's Earnings History.

Celanese is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Celanese.

Celanese will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

17 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Celanese's stock. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect Celanese's stock price to reach $124.19 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Celanese.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Celanese in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Celanese.

News stories about CE stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Celanese earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Celanese.

Celanese saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,550,000 shares, a decline of 11.4% from the December 31st total of 1,750,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 734,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Celanese's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Celanese investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Home Depot (HD), AbbVie (ABBV), Micron Technology (MU), Boeing (BA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Amgen (AMGN) and Bank of America (BAC).

Celanese's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hexavest Inc. (0.25%), PGGM Investments (0.21%), James Investment Research Inc. (0.12%), Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.11%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.10%). Company insiders that own Celanese stock include John K Wulff and Peter G Edwards. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Celanese.

CE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Hexavest Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, IFP Advisors Inc, United Services Automobile Association and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank. View Insider Buying and Selling for Celanese.

CE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Strs Ohio, James Investment Research Inc., Arizona State Retirement System, KAMES CAPITAL plc, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, DNB Asset Management AS and Tuttle Tactical Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for Celanese.

Shares of CE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $110.91.

Celanese has a market capitalization of $13.41 billion and generates $7.16 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.21 billion in net income (profit) each year or $11.00 on an earnings per share basis. Celanese employs 7,684 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Celanese.

The official website for Celanese is http://www.celanese.com/.

Celanese's mailing address is 222 West Las Colinas Blvd. Suite 900 North, Irving TX, 75039. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 972-443-4000 or via email at [email protected]