Celanese Corporation produces and sells engineered polymers worldwide. It operates through Engineered Materials and Acetyl Chain segments. The company offers ethylene acrylic elastomers, ethylene vinyl acetate pharmaceutical grade copolymers, liquid crystal polymers, long-fiber reinforced thermoplastics, nylon and polypropylene compounds and formulations, polyoxymethylene, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, and thermoplastic elastomers, polyesters, and vulcanizates for use in appliance, automotive, construction, consumer apparel, consumer electronics, electrical, energy storage, filtration equipment, industrial, medical, and telecommunication applications. It also provides acetic acid and anhydride, acetate flakes and tows, butyl acetates, emulsion polymers, ethyl acetates, ethylene vinyl acetate resins and compounds, formaldehydes, redispersible powders, and vinyl acetate monomers for use in adhesives, automotive parts, coatings, consumer goods, external thermal insulation composite systems, films, filtration, flexible packaging, food and beverage, food packaging, inks, lamination, lubricants, paints, paper finishing, pharmaceuticals, plasticizers, plasters and renders, solvents, textiles, and tiling applications. The company offers its products under the Amcel, AOPlus, Ateva, Avicor, Celanese, Celanex, Celanyl, Celcon, Celstran, Celvolit, Clarifoil, Crastin, Dur-O-Set, Dytron, ECOMID, EcoVAE, Elotex, Factor, Flexbond, Forprene, FRIANYL, Fortron, Geolast, GHR, GUR, Hostaform, Hytrel, Laprene, Melinex, MetaLX, Mowilith, MT, Mylar, NILAMID, Nylfor, OmniLon, Pibifor, Pibiter, Polifor, Resyn, Rynite, Santoprene, SlideX, Sofprene, Sofpur, Talcoprene, Tarnoform, Tecnoprene, TufCOR, Tynex, Vamac, VAntage, Vectra, Vinac, Vinamul, VitalDose, Zenite, and Zytel brands. It sells its products directly to customers and through distributors; and original equipment manufacturers and suppliers. Celanese Corporation was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
Debt Dilemma | Celanese grapples with high leverage post-acquisition, implementing aggressive deleveraging strategies to improve financial flexibility and market perception |
Market Headwinds | Explore how Celanese navigates challenges in automotive and industrial sectors, with production curtailments and inventory management measures |
Strategic Shift | New CEO Scott Richardson leads cost rationalization efforts and potential asset sales to streamline operations and strengthen financial position |
Analyst Outlook | Price targets range from $46 to $122, reflecting diverse views on Celanese's recovery potential and market positioning in specialty materials |
Metrics to compare | CE | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Basic Materials sector companies | Relationship RelationshipCEPeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | −4.8x | −5.2x | 2.0x | |
PEG Ratio | −0.21 | −0.08 | 0.00 | |
Price/Book | 1.4x | 1.2x | 1.6x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 0.6x | 0.4x | 1.4x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 5.5% | 13.5% | 15.7% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | 2.3% | −3.6% | Unlock |