Celanese Corp [CE] stock prices are up 0.95% to $58.52 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The CE shares have gain 7.16% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -14.02%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Celanese Corp [NYSE: CE] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 17, 2025, when Alembic Global Advisors upgraded its rating to a Overweight but kept the price target unchanged to $70 for it. Previously, Vertical Research upgraded its rating to Hold on March 06, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $66. On February 20, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Sector Perform and revised its price target to $56 on the stock. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy and decreased its price target to $88 on January 14, 2025. UBS downgraded its rating to a Neutral and reduced its price target to $97 on November 11, 2024. BMO Capital Markets downgraded its rating to Underperform for this stock on November 11, 2024, and downed its price target to $76. In a note dated November 08, 2024, Piper Sandler downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $150 to $98.
The stock price of Celanese Corp [CE] has been fluctuating between $45.94 and $172.16 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $91.25 within the next 12 months. Celanese Corp [NYSE: CE] shares were valued at $58.52 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 55.93% based on the average CE price forecast.
Analyzing the CE fundamentals
The Celanese Corp [NYSE:CE] reported sales of 10.28B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -7.75%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.22% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.06%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.1%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.15%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.07, Equity is -0.23 and Total Capital is -0.03. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.35.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 57.36 points at the first support level, and at 56.21 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 59.18, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 59.84.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Celanese Corp [NYSE:CE]’s Current Ratio is 1.34. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.74 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.25. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.62, the price to book ratio is 1.24.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved MOORTHY GANESH, Director, that happened on Mar 12 ’25 when 1000.0 shares were purchased. Director, Sutton Scott McDougald completed a deal on Mar 07 ’25 to buy 7450.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP – Acetyls Murray Mark Christopher bought 2353.0 shares on Mar 07 ’25.
