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DALLAS, July 15, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global chemical and specialty materials company, today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per share on its common stock, payable August 10, 2026. The dividend is payable to stockholders of record as of July 28, 2026. About Celanese Celanese is a global leader in chemistry, producing specialty material solutions used across most major industries and consumer applications. Our businesses use our chemistry, technology and commercial expertise to create value for our customers, employees and shareholders. We support sustainability by responsibly managing the materials we create and growing our portfolio of sustainable products to meet customer and societal demand. We strive to make a positive impact in our communities and to foster inclusivity across our teams. Celanese Corporation is a Fortune 500 company that employs more than 11,000 employees worldwide with 2025 net sales of $9.5 billion. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260715656033/en/ Contacts Celanese Contacts: Investor RelationsBill Cunningham+1 972 443 [email protected] Media Relations – GlobalJamaison Schuler+1 972 443 [email protected] Media Relations Europe (Germany)Petra Czugler+49 69 45009 [email protected] Media – AsiaMaria XiaPhone: +86 21 3861 [email protected]

DALLAS, June 25, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global chemical and specialty materials company, today announced that it will host a conference call to discuss its second quarter 2026 results on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET. The conference call will be available by webcast at https://investors.celanese.com or by phone: Dial-in Number: 1-877-737-7051International Dial-In Number: 1-201-689-8878 Alternatively, to enter the call immediately without waiting for operator assistance, attendees may pre-register for the call by clicking the link below. Registrant Link: http://services.incommconferencing.com/DiamondPassRegistration/register?confirmationNumber=13761257&linkSecurityString=1f1e1ee770 The company will distribute its second quarter earnings press release via newswire after the New York Stock Exchange closes on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. The earnings press release and prepared remarks will also be available at https://investors.celanese.com after market close on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. A replay of the conference call will be available on demand on August 5, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. ET until August 19, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET, at the following number: Replay Number: 1-877-660-6853Passcode: 13761257 The webcast replay will be available on demand at https://investors.celanese.com. About Celanese Celanese is a global leader in chemistry, producing specialty material solutions used across most major industries and consumer applications. Our businesses use our chemistry, technology and commercial expertise to create value for our customers, employees and shareholders. We support sustainability by responsibly managing the materials we create and growing our portfolio of sustainable products to meet customer and societal demand. We strive to make a positive impact in our communities and to foster inclusivity across our teams. Celanese Corporation is a Fortune 500 company with more than 11,000 employees worldwide and 2025 net sales of $9.5 billion. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260625190640/en/ Contacts Celanese Contacts: Investor Relations Bill Cunningham+1 972 443 [email protected] Media Relations – Global Jamaison Schuler+1 972 443 [email protected] Media Relations – Europe (Germany) Petra Czugler+49 69 45009 [email protected] Media...

It has been about a month since the last earnings report for Celanese (CE). Shares have lost about 10.7% in that time frame, underperforming the S&P 500. But investors have to be wondering, will the recent negative trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is Celanese due for a breakout? Well, first let's take a quick look at the most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the recent drivers for Celanese Corporation before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late. Celanese reported a first-quarter 2026 earnings from continuing operations of 41 cents per share. This compares favorably with a loss of 17 cents in the prior-year quarter. Adjusted earnings were 85 cents per share, up 57.4% from 54 cents reported a year ago. The bottom line missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 88 cents. Revenues of roughly $2.34 billion decreased roughly 2.2% year over year from $2.39 billion. It beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.26 billion. The decline in net sales was due to continued softness in certain end markets, particularly automotive in China, and continued weakness in acetate tow. Higher feedstock and energy costs across both businesses also partly offset the benefits from the favorable mix and cost productivity measures. Net sales in the Engineered Materials unit were $1.33 billion in the reported quarter, up around 2.9% year over year from $1.29 billion. It beat our estimate of $1.24 billion. The segment earned an operating profit of $221 million, up roughly 135.1% year over year, and an adjusted EBIT of $220 million, up about 77.4%. The Acetyl Chain segment posted net sales of $1.04 billion, down roughly 7.2% year over year from $1.12 billion. It topped our estimate of $993 million. The segment generated an operating profit of $95 million, down roughly 41% year over year, and an adjusted EBIT of $131 million, down around 21.6%. Celanese ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $1.76 billion, up roughly 39.2% sequentially. Long-term debt declined 5.1% sequentially to $10.8 billion.Cash provided by operating activities was $76 million, and free cash flow was $3 million in the reported quarter. Celanese expects a meaningful sequential improvement in the second quarter, supported by stronger volumes and realization of price increases in the Acetyl Chain, along with pricing gains in Engineered Ma...

There's been a notable change in appetite for Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE) shares in the week since its first-quarter report, with the stock down 14% to US$58.40. It looks like a pretty bad result, all things considered. Although revenues of US$2.3b were in line with analyst predictions, statutory earnings fell badly short, missing estimates by 55% to hit US$0.40 per share. Following the result, the analysts have updated their earnings model, and it would be good to know whether they think there's been a strong change in the company's prospects, or if it's business as usual. So we collected the latest post-earnings statutory consensus estimates to see what could be in store for next year. We've found 21 US stocks that are forecast to pay a dividend yield of over 6% next year. See the full list for free. Taking into account the latest results, the consensus forecast from Celanese's 14 analysts is for revenues of US$9.92b in 2026. This reflects a reasonable 4.6% improvement in revenue compared to the last 12 months. Celanese is also expected to turn profitable, with statutory earnings of US$5.45 per share. Before this earnings report, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$9.86b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$5.31 in 2026. The analysts seems to have become more bullish on the business, judging by their new earnings per share estimates. View our latest analysis for Celanese The consensus price target rose 6.1% to US$74.13, suggesting that higher earnings estimates flow through to the stock's valuation as well. It could also be instructive to look at the range of analyst estimates, to evaluate how different the outlier opinions are from the mean. Currently, the most bullish analyst values Celanese at US$95.00 per share, while the most bearish prices it at US$63.00. There are definitely some different views on the stock, but the range of estimates is not wide enough as to imply that the situation is unforecastable, in our view. Taking a look at the bigger picture now, one of the ways we can understand these forecasts is to see how they compare to both past performance and industry growth estimates. The period to the end of 2026 brings more of the same, according to the analysts, with revenue forecast to display 6.1% growth on an annualised basis. That is in line with its 5.4% annual growth over the past five years. Juxtapose this against our data,...

Image source: The Motley Fool. Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 10 a.m. ET President and Chief Executive Officer — Scott Richardson Chief Financial Officer — Chuck Kyrish Vice President, Investor Relations — William Cunningham Operator: Greetings, and welcome to the Celanese Q1 2026 Earnings Call and Webcast. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to Bill Cunningham. Thank you, Bill. You may begin. William Cunningham: Thank Daryl. Welcome to the Southern East Corporation First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Bill Cunningham, Vice President of Investor Relations. With me today on the call are Scott Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Chuck Kyrish, Chief Financial Officer. Celanese distributed its first quarter earnings release via Business Wire and posted prepared comments as well as a presentation on our Investor Relations website yesterday afternoon. As a reminder, we'll discuss non-GAAP financial measures today. You can find definitions of these measures as well as reconciliations to the comparable GAAP measures on our website. Today's presentation will also include forward-looking statements. Please review the cautionary language regarding forward-looking statements, which can be found at the end of both the press release and the prepared comments. Form 8-K reports containing all of these materials have also been submitted to the SEC. With that, Daryl, let's go ahead and open it up for questions. Operator: [Operator Instructions] Our first questions come from the line of Ghansham Panjabi with Baird. Ghansham Panjabi: I guess, first off, based on your first quarter operating results, it seems like your major end markets are basically weak apart from some order pattern distortions specific to prebuys, et cetera. As it relates to your guidance for the back half of the year, are you basically assuming that the operating environment reverts back to what you were seeing prewar? And I guess I'm referring specifically to the $3 per share in EPS you're guiding towards for the back half of the year. Scott Richardson: Yes. Thanks for the question, Ghansham. I think we've been pretty consistent with where our focus is. And it really remains on cash generation while we position our businesses for long-term success. And that's because we're in a world where demand con...

Image source: The Motley Fool. Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 9 a.m. ET President and Chief Executive Officer — Scott Richardson Chief Financial Officer — Chuck Kyrish Vice President, Investor Relations — Bill Cunningham Operator: Greetings. Welcome to the Celanese First Quarter 2025 Earnings Call and Webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only-mode. A question-and-answer session will follow the brief remarks. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to your host, Bill Cunningham. Thank you. You may begin. Bill Cunningham: Thanks, Darryl. Welcome to the Celanese Corporation first quarter 2025 earnings conference call. My name is Bill Cunningham, Vice President of Investor Relations. With me today on the call are Scott Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Chuck Kyrish, Chief Financial Officer. Celanese distributed its first quarter earnings release via Business Wire and posted prepared comments as well as a presentation on our Investor Relations website yesterday afternoon. As a reminder, we'll discuss nonfinancial measures today. You can find definitions of these measures as well as reconciliations to the comparable GAAP measures on our website. Today's presentation will also include forward-looking statements. Please review the cautionary language regarding forward-looking statements, which can be found at the end of both the press release and the prepared comments. Form 8-K reports containing all of these materials have also been submitted to the SEC. With that, Darryl, let's please go ahead and open it up for questions. Operator: Thank you. We will now be conducting a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Our first questions come from the line of David Begleiter with Deutsche Bank. David Begleiter: Scott, nice quarter. Looking beyond Q2, how should we think about the earnings cadence if not ramp in the back half of the year? Scott Richardson: Thank you, David. Look, we do have some tailwinds, particularly on the cost side as we go into the second half of the year. First half is pretty heavy on turnarounds. There's probably around $30 million a tailwind there. We called out tariff impact of about $30 million on a direct basis. So those two offset each other. The additional cost reduction actions that we outlined in the prepared remarks is about $40...

Image source: The Motley Fool. Friday, November 7, 2025 at 9 a.m. ET President and Chief Executive Officer — Scott Richardson Chief Financial Officer — Chuck Kyrish Vice President, Investor Relations — William Cunningham Need a quote from a Motley Fool analyst? Email [email protected] Operator: Greetings. Welcome to the Celanese Corporation Third Quarter 2025 Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Bill Cunningham. Thank you. You may begin. William Cunningham: Thanks, Darryl. Welcome to the Celanese Corporation Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Bill Cunningham, Vice President of Investor Relations. With me on the call today are Scott Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Chuck Kyrish, Chief Financial Officer. Celanese distributed its third quarter earnings release via Business Wire and posted prepared comments as well as a presentation on our Investor Relations website yesterday afternoon. As a reminder, we'll discuss non-GAAP financial measures today. You can find definitions of these measures as well as reconciliations to the comparable GAAP measures on our website. Today's presentation will also include forward-looking statements. Please review the cautionary language regarding forward-looking statements, which can be found at the end of both the press release and the prepared comments. Form 8-K reports containing all of these materials have also been submitted to the SEC. With that, Darryl, let's go ahead and open it up for questions. Operator: [Operator Instructions] Our first questions come from the line of David Begleiter with Deutsche Bank. David Begleiter: Nice quarter for Q3. Scott, looking at '26, can you give us an early look at what you can -- your control for '26 and what's not in your control for '26 relative to earnings? Scott Richardson: Yes. Thank you, David. Let me just start by saying how we have focused on 2025, continues into 2026. The priorities of increasing cash flow, intensifying our cost improvements and then driving top line growth. And that third piece, I think, is going to continue to be more important as we're seeing progress from our EM pipeline. Those are going to be our priorities going into '26, and we've laid a really nice foundation here in 2025. And so that foundation, even if we're in an envi...

IRVING, Texas (AP) — IRVING, Texas (AP) — Celanese Corporation (CE) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $44 million. On a per-share basis, the Irving, Texas-based company said it had profit of 40 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and to account for discontinued operations, came to 85 cents per share. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 88 cents per share. The chemical company posted revenue of $2.34 billion in the period, which beat Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.26 billion. For the current quarter ending in June, Celanese expects its per-share earnings to range from $2 to $2.40. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on CE at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CE

Celanese (CE) reported Q1 adjusted earnings late Tuesday of $0.85 per diluted share, up from $0.54 a

Celanese (CE) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.85 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.88 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.57 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -3.41%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this chemical company would post earnings of $0.89 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.67, delivering a surprise of -24.72%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates two times. Celanese, which belongs to the Zacks Chemical - Specialty industry, posted revenues of $2.34 billion for the quarter ended March 2026, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3.19%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $2.39 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates two times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Celanese shares have added about 62.6% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 5.2%. While Celanese has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Celanese was mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. I...

Celanese Corporation CE reported a first-quarter 2026 earnings from continuing operations of 41 cents per share. This compares favorably with a loss of 17 cents in the prior-year quarter. Adjusted earnings were 85 cents per share, up 57.4% from 54 cents reported a year ago. The bottom line missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 88 cents. Revenues of $2,337 million decreased roughly 2.2% year over year from $2,389 million. It beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2,264.7 million. The decline in net sales was due to continued softness in certain end markets, particularly automotive in China, and continued weakness in acetate tow. Higher feedstock and energy costs across both businesses also partly offset the benefits from the favorable mix and cost productivity measures. Celanese Corporation price-consensus-eps-surprise-chart | Celanese Corporation Quote Net sales in the Engineered Materials unit were $1,325 million in the reported quarter, up around 2.9% year over year from $1,287 million. It beat our estimate of $1,239 million. The segment earned an operating profit of $221 million, up roughly 135.1% year over year, and an adjusted EBIT of $220 million, up about 77.4%. The Acetyl Chain segment posted net sales of $1,036 million, down roughly 7.2% year over year from $1,116 million. It topped our estimate of $993 million. The segment generated an operating profit of $95 million, down roughly 41% year over year, and an adjusted EBIT of $131 million, down around 21.6%. Celanese ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $1,758 million, up roughly 39.2% sequentially. Long-term debt declined 5.1% sequentially to $10,813 million. Cash provided by operating activities was $76 million, and free cash flow was $3 million in the reported quarter. Celanese expects a meaningful sequential improvement in the second quarter, supported by stronger volumes and realization of price increases in the Acetyl Chain, along with pricing gains in Engineered Materials and seasonal demand across both segments. Adjusted earnings per share for the second quarter are projected in the range of $2.00 to $2.40, with the second half of 2026 expected to deliver around $3.00 per share. These actions are anticipated to strengthen earnings through 2026, accelerate deleveraging and bring the net debt-to-operating EBITDA ratio to approximately 4.8x, supporting improved resilience and long...

DALLAS, May 05, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global chemical and specialty materials company, today reported first quarter 2026 U.S. GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.41 and adjusted earnings per share of $0.85. Net sales of $2.3 billion increased 6 percent sequentially, reflecting a 5 percent increase in volume, a small currency benefit and stable pricing. Results reflected actions that delivered favorable product mix and cost productivity measures in Engineered Materials, along with deliberate steps to capture higher value opportunities within the Acetyl Chain. These benefits were partially offset by higher feedstock and energy costs across both businesses. Celanese utilized its fundamentally strong and differentiated business models to take swift action and capitalize on opportunities. For the first quarter, the Company reported consolidated operating profit of $214 million, adjusted EBIT of $275 million, and operating EBITDA of $455 million at margins of 9, 12, and 20 percent, respectively. Celanese continued to take actions to advance the strategic priorities of increasing cash flow to accelerate deleveraging, intensifying cost improvements, and driving top line growth. These actions included the successful restart of the Frankfurt, Germany VAM unit and the announcement of the intended closure of the nylon 6,6 polymerization unit in Singapore. "We are taking decisive and intentional actions to drive business improvement," said Scott Richardson, president and chief executive officer. "By staying ahead of dynamic global events, we were able to capitalize on opportunities while positioning the business for an improved earnings profile over the course of the year. At the same time, we are strengthening the long-term fundamentals of the business through operational improvements and increased resilience. This progress supports our decision to raise our full‑year free cash flow outlook to $700 to $800 million and reinforces our confidence in the path forward." First Quarter 2026 Financial Highlights: Recent Highlights: Announced the intended closure of the nylon 6,6 polymerization unit in Sakra, Singapore, alongside optimization of the nylon 6,6 polymer assets in North America. Through these actions, Celanese expects to reposition its nylon business to create a more competitive and resilient platform for the future, without com...