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Celanese Corp (NYSE: CE) closed the day trading at $57.1 down -4.44% from the previous closing price of $59.75. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.44 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.19 million shares were traded. CE stock price reached its highest trading level at $58.88 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $56.5953.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of CE, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 6.57 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 12.44. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.11 and its Current Ratio is at 1.94. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.53 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.44.
On May 20, 2025, BMO Capital Markets Upgraded its rating to Market Perform which previously was Underperform but kept the price unchanged to $55.
KeyBanc Capital Markets Upgraded its Sector Weight to Overweight on March 21, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $76.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 23 ’25 when Murray Mark Christopher bought 1,479 shares for $52.18 per share. The transaction valued at 77,174 led to the insider holds 15,468 shares of the business.
Kelly Thomas Francis bought 27,872 shares of CE for $1,423,284 on May 09 ’25. On Mar 12 ’25, another insider, MOORTHY GANESH, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 1,000 shares for $53.29 each. As a result, the insider paid 53,290 and bolstered with 3,000 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CE now has a Market Capitalization of 6247139328 and an Enterprise Value of 18871160832. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.62 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.20. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.876 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.784.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CE is 1.12, which has changed by -0.58944494 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16564083 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CE has reached a high of $144.59, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $36.29. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.65%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -15.96%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CE traded about 2.04M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CE traded about 1541360 shares per day. A total of 109.40M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 108.89M. Insiders hold about 0.48% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 108.51% stake in the company. Shares short for CE as of 1751241600 were 7119728 with a Short Ratio of 3.50, compared to 1748563200 on 7302352. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7119728 and a Short% of Float of 8.63.
Dividends & Splits
CE’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.46, up from 2.13 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.035648536The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.29.
