Celanese (CE)

• Market cap: $4.97B
• 1 day: 0.07%
• 5 days: 6.25%
• 1 month: -21.60%
• 3 months: -38.33%
• 6 months: -64.96%
• Year to date: -34.95%
• 1 year: -71.02%
• 5 years: -46.42%
• 10 years: -32.93%
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals

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: 12,163

Fund manager confidence

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

2% more call options, than puts

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

1% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 192 | Existing positions reduced: 191

0.43% more ownership

Funds ownership: 101.25% [Q3] → 101.68% (+0.43%) [Q4]

9% less funds holding

Funds holding: 606 [Q3] → 554 (-52) [Q4]

26% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 114 | Existing positions closed: 155

49% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $15B [Q3] → $7.67B (-$7.37B) [Q4]

50% less funds holding in top 10

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

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $40 10% downside
• Avg. target: $60 34% upside
• High target: $76 71% upside

14 analyst ratings

• positive: 5 36%
• neutral: 7 50%
• negative: 2 14%

Keybanc Bradley Thomas 64% 1-year accuracy 16 / 25 met price target	60% upside $71	Overweight Maintained	14 Apr 2025
Wells Fargo Michael Sison 24% 1-year accuracy 13 / 54 met price target	10% downside $40	Equal-Weight Maintained	9 Apr 2025
UBS Joshua Spector 33% 1-year accuracy 17 / 51 met price target	3% upside $46	Neutral Maintained	7 Apr 2025
Piper Sandler Charles Neivert 33% 1-year accuracy 13 / 39 met price target	8% upside $48	Underweight Maintained	7 Apr 2025
Citigroup Patrick Cunningham 32% 1-year accuracy 11 / 34 met price target	17% upside $52	Neutral Maintained	4 Apr 2025