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$61.02 -1.37 (-2.20%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CE vs. ASIX, AVNT, CC, DOW, EMN, HUN, LYB, OLN, TKR, and WLK

Should you be buying Celanese stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Celanese include AdvanSix (ASIX), Avient (AVNT), Chemours (CC), DOW (DOW), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Huntsman (HUN), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Olin (OLN), Timken (TKR), and Westlake (WLK).

Celanese vs. Its Competitors

Celanese (NYSE:CE) and AdvanSix (NYSE:ASIX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

AdvanSix has a net margin of 5.45% compared to Celanese's net margin of -16.54%. AdvanSix's return on equity of 11.38% beat Celanese's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Celanese-16.54% 11.28% 3.06%
AdvanSix 5.45%11.38%5.65%

Celanese currently has a consensus price target of $65.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.07%. AdvanSix has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 45.27%. Given AdvanSix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AdvanSix is more favorable than Celanese.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Celanese
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
AdvanSix
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Celanese had 4 more articles in the media than AdvanSix. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Celanese and 6 mentions for AdvanSix. Celanese's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat AdvanSix's score of 0.05 indicating that Celanese is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Celanese
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AdvanSix
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Celanese pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. AdvanSix pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Celanese pays out -0.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AdvanSix pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. AdvanSix has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. AdvanSix is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Celanese has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AdvanSix has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

98.9% of Celanese shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of AdvanSix shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Celanese shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of AdvanSix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

AdvanSix has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Celanese. Celanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AdvanSix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Celanese$10.28B0.65-$1.52B-$15.22-4.01
AdvanSix$1.52B0.41$44.15M$3.127.39

Summary

AdvanSix beats Celanese on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CE vs. The Competition

MetricCelaneseCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.83B$15.92B$3.30B$20.74B
Dividend Yield0.19%1.94%5.14%3.71%
P/E Ratio-4.0118.2292.7527.84
Price / Sales0.653.1731,167,046,552,241,600.0042.35
Price / Cash3.9213.5623.8722.63
Price / Book1.193.186.064.57
Net Income-$1.52B$421.06M$147.90M$989.30M
7 Day Performance0.23%-0.60%2.28%0.20%
1 Month Performance7.24%4.95%6.54%3.95%
1 Year Performance-57.10%8.89%26.86%10.27%

Celanese Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CE
Celanese
3.7188 of 5 stars
$61.02
-2.2%
$65.33
+7.1%
-56.2%$6.83B$10.28B-4.0112,163Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ASIX
AdvanSix
3.8022 of 5 stars
$24.42
-3.4%
$33.50
+37.2%
-0.3%$654.70M$1.52B7.831,450News Coverage
AVNT
Avient
4.5268 of 5 stars
$33.14
-3.7%
$46.80
+41.2%
-21.6%$3.03B$3.24B30.979,200News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
CC
Chemours
4.4616 of 5 stars
$12.42
-3.9%
$17.33
+39.6%
-43.1%$1.86B$5.78B62.106,000News Coverage
Analyst Revision
DOW
DOW
3.3199 of 5 stars
$27.53
-3.3%
$33.65
+22.2%
-43.6%$19.46B$42.96B68.8336,000Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.8248 of 5 stars
$78.18
-1.7%
$98.54
+26.0%
-18.3%$9.03B$9.38B9.9514,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HUN
Huntsman
4.0156 of 5 stars
$10.67
-4.0%
$15.00
+40.6%
-49.1%$1.85B$6.04B-11.736,300News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.4092 of 5 stars
$60.79
-2.0%
$68.31
+12.4%
-31.4%$19.54B$40.30B18.7620,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OLN
Olin
4.6221 of 5 stars
$21.07
-3.9%
$27.67
+31.3%
-54.0%$2.43B$6.54B41.317,676Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
TKR
Timken
4.5155 of 5 stars
$75.55
-1.5%
$79.00
+4.6%
-4.7%$5.29B$4.52B16.2819,000News Coverage
WLK
Westlake
4.2805 of 5 stars
$78.77
-2.9%
$90.85
+15.3%
-41.5%$10.10B$12.14B26.4315,540News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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