NYSE:CECelanese Stock Price, Forecast & News

Celanese's stock was trading at $80.67 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CE shares have increased by 13.5% and is now trading at $91.60. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Celanese in the last year. There are currently 13 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Celanese.

Celanese is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Celanese.

Celanese will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Celanese Co. (NYSE:CE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 27th. The basic materials company reported $2.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.19 by $0.10. The basic materials company earned $1.46 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.54 billion. Celanese had a return on equity of 37.21% and a net margin of 12.08%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.62 earnings per share. View Celanese's earnings history.

Celanese declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 27th will be given a dividend of $0.62 per share on Thursday, May 7th. This represents a $2.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 24th. View Celanese's dividend history.

20 brokerages have issued twelve-month price targets for Celanese's shares. Their forecasts range from $81.00 to $135.00. On average, they anticipate Celanese's share price to reach $99.39 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Celanese.

News headlines about CE stock have trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Celanese earned a media sentiment score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the basic materials company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Celanese.

Celanese saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,170,000 shares, a drop of 21.9% from the June 15th total of 2,780,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,030,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Celanese's Current Options Chain.

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

Celanese's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Hexavest Inc. (0.09%), Steigerwald Gordon & Koch Inc. (0.07%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%). View institutional ownership trends for Celanese.

CE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, American National Bank, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, DNB Asset Management AS, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, and Wesbanco Bank Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Celanese.

CE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Honkamp Krueger Financial Services Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Steigerwald Gordon & Koch Inc., and Curbstone Financial Management Corp. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $91.60.

Celanese has a market capitalization of $10.83 billion and generates $6.30 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $852 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.53 on an earnings per share basis. Celanese employs 7,714 workers across the globe.

The official website for Celanese is 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]