Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Nov 2, 2026
Basics
Sector
Basic Materials
Industry
Chemicals
Country
United States
Market cap
5.5B USD
Enterprise value
17.0B USD
Full-time employees
11,000
Overall health
Drawback:growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback:higher risk than most peers: more debt relative to equity (2.70× vs a peer median of 0.36×)higher risk: more debt vs equity (2.70× vs peers 0.36×)
About average: profitability
Ranks #895 of 1,217 basic materials companies (bottom 27%)
Much more borrowing than peers.Debt is 2.7× equity vs a peer median of 0.4×.Debt is 2.7× equity vs peers 0.4×.
Debt is 2.7× shareholders' equity, against a peer median of 0.4×, among the highest 10% of its peer group.Debt is 2.7× shareholders' equity, vs peers 0.4×, among the highest 10% of its peer group.
Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 88% of peers on free cash flow, but only 0% on earnings.
Relative to its free cash flow, Celanese looks cheaper than 88% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.
Not profitable yet. Reported a loss over the last 12 months.
Celanese reported a net loss over the last twelve months, so earnings-based measures can't show it as cheap.
Revenue is falling. Revenue fell 7.1% in the fiscal year to Dec 2025 vs the year before.
Celanese's revenue fell 7.1% in the fiscal year to Dec 2025 vs the year before.
StockQuotient Score
38/ 100Oct 5 40 → Nov 4 38 (-2)Fundamentals: Yahoo Finance, not primary filings
Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 67 → 65
Share price +3.6%-1
Company's reported figures updated+1
Peer companies moved-2
Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.
Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.
Earnings yield-21.0%
Yahoo Finance · trailing 12 monthsNegative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.00Sector median: 0.0364 · MAD: 0.0364
Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 47 → 48
Peer companies moved+1
Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.
Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Safety percentile 6 → 7
Company's reported figures updated+1
Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.
Yahoo FinanceOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -4.82Sector median: 0.3578 · MAD: 0.2929
Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.
Questions investors ask about Celanese
Is Celanese getting weaker?
Filing-by-filing changes are tracked only for companies that file with the US SEC. Its overall score is unchanged at 38/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Celanese valued vs its peers?
Priced lower than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 65/100 against 1,371 basic materials peers.Free cash flow yield 12.8% vs a peer median of 2.6% (stronger than 88% of peers).Free cash flow yield 12.8% vs peers 2.6% (stronger than 88% of peers).Earnings yield -21.0% vs a peer median of 3.6% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -21.0% vs peers 3.6% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Celanese growing?
More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 33/100 against 1,371 basic materials peers.Revenue growth -7.1% vs a peer median of 3.4% (weaker than 79% of peers).Revenue growth -7.1% vs peers 3.4% (weaker than 79% of peers).
How profitable is Celanese?
About as profitable as its peers. Profitability scores 48/100 against 1,371 basic materials peers.
How risky is Celanese?
Higher risk relative to 1,371 basic materials peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings.Debt / equity 2.70× vs a peer median of 0.36× (weaker than 100% of peers).Debt / equity 2.70× vs peers 0.36× (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.
Industry valuation context
Sector: Basic Materials · 121 companies
Valuations in Basic Materials are near the top of their range since 2016.
84% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
43% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +23% and earnings +13% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −9% vs the whole market, against a usual −27%.
2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026
Celanese looks cheaper than most of its peers on our valuation measures, while the Basic Materials sector as a whole is valued high by its own standards since 2016. Both can be true at once.
Shown for Basic Materials: too few Chemicals companies have a long enough history of their own.
This is a cyclical group: after a downturn, trailing earnings and sales fall faster than prices, which can make valuations look high near a cycle's low.
Describes valuations since 2016; it does not predict prices. US companies worth $1B+, from SEC filings and month-end prices, as of Aug 2026. Today's companies and industry labels are used throughout. Measured on earnings, EBITDA, sales and free cash flow yields. How this works
Financials
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