Celanese (CE)

• Market cap: $4.99B
• 1 day: -2.71%
• 5 days: -4.68%
• 1 month: 10.63%
• 3 months: -19.82%
• 6 months: -13.62%
• Year to date: -33.35%
• 1 year: -61.96%
• 5 years: -58.32%
• 10 years: -24.79%
• 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 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

9.55% more ownership

Funds ownership: 97.67% [Q1] → 107.22% (+9.55%) [Q2]

5% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $6.19B [Q1] → $6.49B (+$299M) [Q2]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q1] → 2 (+0) [Q2]

3% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 87 | Existing positions closed: 90

6% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $71.9M | Put options by funds: $76.7M

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 450 [Q1] → 441 (-9) [Q2]

11% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 142 | Existing positions reduced: 160

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $40
• Avg. target: $53
• High target: $70

11 analyst ratings

• positive: 4 36%
• neutral: 7 64%
• negative: 0 0%

Jefferies Laurence Alexander	$43	Hold Maintained	8 Sep 2025
JP Morgan Jeffrey Zekauskas	$40	Neutral Maintained	14 Aug 2025
RBC Capital Arun Viswanathan	$45	Sector Perform Maintained	14 Aug 2025
BMO Capital John McNulty	$47	Market Perform Maintained	14 Aug 2025
B of A Securities Steve Byrne	$59	Buy Maintained	13 Aug 2025