Celanese (CE)

• Market cap: $5.92B
• 1 day: 2.27%
• 5 days: -2.29%
• 1 month: -26.97%
• 3 months: -29.24%
• 6 months: -58.84%
• Year to date: -20.89%
• 1 year: -63.94%
• 5 years: -44.66%
• 10 years: -6.41%
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Plastic Material, Synthetic Resin/Rubber, Cellulos, Except Glass

About: Celanese is one of the world's largest producers of acetic acid and its downstream derivative chemicals, which are used in various end markets, including coatings and adhesives. The company is also one of the largest producers of specialty polymers, which are used in the automotive, electronics, medical, building, and consumer end markets. The company also makes cellulose derivatives used in cigarette filters.

Employees: 12,410

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

2% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $82.6M | Put options by funds: $81.4M

0% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 191 | Existing positions reduced: 191

1.2% less ownership

Funds ownership: 102.87% [Q3] → 101.67% (-1.2%) [Q4]

9% less funds holding

Funds holding: 605 [Q3] → 552 (-53) [Q4]

26% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 113 | Existing positions closed: 152

50% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $15.3B [Q3] → $7.66B (-$7.61B) [Q4]

50% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q3] → 1 (-1) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

12 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $46 15% downside
• Avg. target: $62 14% upside
• High target: $80 48% upside

12 analyst ratings

• positive: 3 25%
• neutral: 7 58%
• negative: 2 17%

Piper Sandler Charles Neivert 44% 1-year accuracy 20 / 45 met price target	8% downside $50	Underweight Maintained	25 Feb 2025
Barclays Michael Leithead 52% 1-year accuracy 11 / 21 met price target	9% upside $59	Equal-Weight Maintained	24 Feb 2025
B of A Securities Steve Byrne 61% 1-year accuracy 14 / 23 met price target	33% upside $72	Buy Maintained	24 Feb 2025
RBC Capital Arun Viswanathan 30% 1-year accuracy 20 / 66 met price target	3% upside $56	Sector Perform Downgraded	20 Feb 2025
Deutsche Bank David Begleiter 33% 1-year accuracy 5 / 15 met price target	29% upside $70	Buy Maintained	20 Feb 2025