Celanese (CE) Stock Forecast & Price Target

$46.38 -0.97 (-2.05%)

Closing price 07/24/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

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$46.72 +0.34 (+0.74%)

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Celanese - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 18 Analyst Ratings

Sell
1

Hold
7

Buy
10

Based on 18 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Celanese in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 18 analysts, 1 has given a sell rating, 7 have given a hold rating, and 10 have given a buy rating for CE.

Consensus Price Target

$65.94
42.16% Upside

According to the 18 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Celanese, the average price target is $65.94. The highest price target for CE is $86.00, while the lowest price target for CE is $55.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 42.16% from the current price of $46.38.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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CE Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 7/26/25 to 7/26/26	1 Month Ago 6/26/25 to 6/26/26	3 Months Ago 4/27/25 to 4/27/26	1 Year Ago 7/26/24 to 7/26/25
Strong Buy	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	10 Buy rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)
Hold	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)
Sell	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$65.94	$67.06	$64.71	$66.50
Forecasted Upside	42.16% Upside	36.44% Upside	-0.79% Downside	13.37% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Hold	Hold

CE Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

CE Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Celanese Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Celanese	Basic Materials Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.50	2.60	2.52
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	42.16% Upside	161.92% Upside	14.30% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent CE News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
7/22/2026	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 2 of 5 stars		Reiterated Rating	Buy	$60.00	+29.29%
7/16/2026	Morgan Stanley 3 of 5 stars	Vincent Andrews 2 of 5 stars	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$72.00 ➝ $58.00	+22.74%
7/6/2026	BMO Capital Markets 3 of 5 stars	John McNulty 3 of 5 stars	Lower Target	Market Perform	$80.00 ➝ $57.00	+19.70%
7/1/2026	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Kieran De Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Neutral	$65.00 ➝ $55.00	+19.67%
6/30/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Steve Byrne Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$72.00 ➝ $63.00	+38.20%
6/24/2026	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Patrick Cunningham Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy	$80.00 ➝ $68.00	+41.61%
5/26/2026	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Sell (D-)
5/11/2026	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Arun Viswanathan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$66.00 ➝ $68.00	+15.59%
5/8/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Michael Sison Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$75.00 ➝ $80.00	+39.79%
5/7/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jeffrey Zekauskas Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Overweight	$53.00 ➝ $68.00	+15.59%
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4/21/2026	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
4/9/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Joshua Spector Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Neutral	$58.00 ➝ $64.00	+2.66%
3/27/2026	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ghansham Panjabi Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$65.00 ➝ $75.00	+21.95%
3/9/2026	Vertical Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Kevin McCarthy Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$60.00	+21.78%
3/9/2026	Tudor Pickering Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy
2/18/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Eric Boyes Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$63.00	+10.06%
2/5/2026	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Laurence Alexander Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$86.00	+63.03%
8/25/2025	Alembic Global Advisors Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$60.00	+26.11%
8/13/2025	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Aleksey Yefremov Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Overweight	$77.00 ➝ $70.00	+69.70%
8/12/2025	Cfra Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Moderate Sell
5/14/2025	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Michael Leithead Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$59.00 ➝ $62.00	+18.59%
4/7/2025	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Charles Neivert Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Underweight	$50.00 ➝ $48.00	+17.55%

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CE Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 18 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Celanese is $65.94, with a high forecast of $86.00 and a low forecast of $55.00.

18 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Celanese in the last year. There is currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" CE shares.

According to analysts, Celanese's stock has a predicted upside of 42.16% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

Celanese has been rated by research analysts at Bank of America, BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank Of Canada, Weiss Ratings, and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.

Analysts like Celanese less than other "basic materials" companies. The consensus rating score for Celanese is 2.50 while the average consensus rating score for "basic materials" companies is 2.60. Learn more on how CE compares to other companies.

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Celanese (CE) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Celanese - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

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Celanese (CE) Stock Forecast & Price Target

Celanese - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Consensus Price Target

CE Analyst Ratings Over Time

CE Analyst Recommendations By Month

CE Price Targets by Month

Celanese Stock vs. The Competition

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

CE Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

What is Celanese's forecast for 2026?

Should I buy or sell Celanese stock right now?

Does Celanese's stock price have much upside?

What analysts cover Celanese?

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