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Celanese Corp (NYSE: CE) closed the day trading at $47.20 down -16.58% from the previous closing price of $56.58. In other words, the price has decreased by -$16.58 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.2 million shares were traded. CE stock price reached its highest trading level at $53.955 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $47.0956.
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 5.48 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 9.93. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.74 and its Current Ratio is at 1.34. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.50 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.20.
On March 17, 2025, Alembic Global Advisors Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $70.
Vertical Research Upgraded its Sell to Hold on March 06, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $66.
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 Mar 12 ’25 when MOORTHY GANESH bought 1,000 shares for $53.29 per share. The transaction valued at 53,290 led to the insider holds 3,000 shares of the business.
Sutton Scott McDougald bought 7,450 shares of CE for $407,119 on Mar 07 ’25. The Director now owns 15,000 shares after completing the transaction at $54.65 per share. On Mar 07 ’25, another insider, Murray Mark Christopher, who serves as the SVP – Acetyls of the company, bought 2,353 shares for $54.45 each. As a result, the insider paid 128,110 and bolstered with 13,989 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 5274788864 and an Enterprise Value of 17584486400. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.51 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.00. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.711 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.78.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CE is 1.06, which has changed by -0.7097528 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.036926866 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CE has reached a high of $171.68, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $45.94. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -21.57%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -52.10%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CE traded about 3.44M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CE traded about 5242230 shares per day. A total of 111.75M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 111.23M. Insiders hold about 0.47% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 100.26% stake in the company. Shares short for CE as of 1741910400 were 8590937 with a Short Ratio of 2.50, compared to 1739491200 on 6507952. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8590937 and a Short% of Float of 10.13.
Dividends & Splits
CE’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.13, up from 2.8 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.04948745The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.28.
