Insider buying last 90 days
$162Kin 2 open-market purchases
| Filed | Insider | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17 | Chuck Kyrish SVP & CFO | Purchase | $64K |
| Aug 12 | Mark Christopher Murray SVP - Acetyls | Purchase | $98K |
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Gekko Brief
AI summaryCelanese moved this week on global price increases across its acetyl chain, covering acetic acid, vinyl acetate monomer, ethyl acetate and acetic anhydride, announced as effective immediately or as contracts allow. The move followed the company's Q2 2026 results, where EPS of $2.45 beat the estimate of $2.21, and management framed the increases as aimed at margin recovery in the Acetyl Chain business. Celanese also announced a separate price increase in its Engineered Materials segment, and the stock drew comparison pieces against peer Northern Technologies International during the same period.
CE closes at $45.92, down 2.5% on the day, sitting between its 50-day average of $45.40 and its 200-day average of $51.23, with the one-month return at 2.3% and the six-month return at -27.6%. The GekkoIndex reads 56.6, placing the stock in the Neutral zone after a five-day change of -4.3. Against a Gekko Fair Value of $85.83, the current price sits 46.5% below that level.
The next earnings date falls on 5 November, 37 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window, with the prior report showing five beats in the last eight quarters and an average absolute reaction of 12.1%. Over the last 90 days, two open-market insider purchases totaling $161,746 have been recorded, alongside one trailblazer holder. Seasonality over five years shows an average 20-day return of 0.8% from this point, with gains in three of those years. Analyst coverage spans 13 firms, with 8 at buy and 5 at hold, and a consensus target of $63.24.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Celanese price vs fair value
Close $45.92200-day averageGekko Fair Value $85.83
Celanese quick facts
- Market cap
- $5.03B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Forward P/E
- 6.6
- EPS, TTM
- −$10.59
- Revenue, TTM
- $9.71B
- Profit margin
- -12%
- Dividend yield
- 0.27%
- Beta
- 0.76
- Volume
- 2.10M avg 1.99M
- 1-year return
- +15.0%
- Typical daily move
- ±4.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±7%
- 50-day average
- $45.40
- 200-day average
- $51.23
- Next earnings
- Nov 5
- Shares outstanding
- 109.7M
Celanese swing-trade checklist
Celanese scores 4 supportive, 2 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive2 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $45.92 sits between the 50-day ($45.40) and 200-day ($51.23) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
56.6, Neutral
Reading 56.6 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
46.5% below
Price is 46.5% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneysupportive
Leans bullish
Last 90 days: 2 open-market insider purchases.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 37 days
Next report Nov 5, 2026, 37 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+0.8% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +0.8% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
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Celanese stock chart and price history
Celanese closed at $45.92 on Sep 28, 2026, +15.0% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $35.13 to $70.70.
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- +2.3%
- 3 months
- 0.0%
- 6 months
- −27.6%
- 1 year
- +15.0%
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About Celanese
Celanese develops and supplies a broad range of specialty polymers to manufacturers around the globe. Its materials span elastomers, copolymers, liquid crystal polymers, reinforced plastics, and nylon or polypropylene formulations, which end up inside appliances, vehicles, buildings, clothing, gadgets, energy storage systems, filtration gear, medical tools and communications hardware. Many of these offerings carry long-established brand names that customers in these industries would recognize.
Internally, the business runs through two segments: Engineered Materials and Acetyl Chain. The Acetyl Chain unit turns out acetic acid, anhydride, acetate tow and flake, vinyl acetate monomers, emulsion polymers and formaldehyde-based chemicals, which get used in adhesives, paints, coatings, packaging, textiles, pharmaceuticals and building products like insulation and renders. Celanese moves its goods to market through a mix of direct sales, distributor networks, and relationships with equipment makers and suppliers.
The company dates back to 1912 and keeps its headquarters in Irving, Texas. Investors can find its stock listed on the NYSE under the ticker CE.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: specialty
- Website
- celanese.com
Celanese GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Celanese’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 56.6, in the Neutral zone, down 4.3 points over five sessions.
56.6Neutral
Down 4.3 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 61 | +0.4% | +1.5% | ||
| Accumulation | 279 | −1.2% | −3.0% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 317 | −0.2% | −2.8% | ||
| Distribution | 14 | −0.9% | +3.2% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average CE share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Celanese stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Celanese trades 46.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $85.83, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Celanese shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$85.83
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 24, 2026
46.5% Undervalued
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Celanese insider and Congress trading
Insiders filed 2 open-market purchases in Celanese worth $162K, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in CE were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Celanese has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Mar 31, 2022
- $17.00M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.34%
- Trailing four quarters
- $750.0M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Jun 30
1of the funds Gekko tracks holds CE.
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Celanese earnings: next date and track record
Celanese reports on Nov 5, 2026 (37 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 5, 2026
37 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.55
- Revenue estimate
- $2.62B
5 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±12.1%average move across the report
2 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 4, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Celanese Q2 2026 showed strong performance with Acetyl Chain benefiting from supply chain disruptions, delivering above-guidance results. Management accelerated plant closures including Lanaken facility and EM closures. Engineered Materials strategy focuses on high-value segments: electronics (~10% revenue, 10-15% contribution margin) and medical (<10% revenue, ~20% contribution margin). Ibn Sina non-operation reduced equity earnings ~$10M, impacting Q3.
- Guidance
- Full-year guidance remains ~$6 EPS. Q3 expected softer than Q2 due to accelerated plant closures driving inventory absorption headwinds and ~$10M lower equity earnings from Ibn Sina. Second-half moderation in Acetyl Chain performing roughly as previously anticipated.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $2.45 est $2.21 | $2.75B est $2.75B | −1.7% |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.85 est $0.90 | $2.34B est $2.34B | −9.6% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.67 est $0.91 | $2.20B est $2.25B | −6.8% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $1.34 est $1.27 | $2.42B est $2.25B | +11.8% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | $1.44 est $1.38 | $2.53B est $2.55B | −14.2% |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.57 est $0.37 | $2.39B est $2.46B | +6.7% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $1.45 est $1.25 | $2.37B est $2.36B | −19.3% |
| Nov 4, 2024 | $2.44 est $2.85 | $2.65B est $2.70B | −27.1% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Celanese stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Celanese is $63.24, +37.7% from the last close, from 13 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$63.24consensus 12-month target, +37.7% from the last close
Now $45.92Avg $63.24
Low $48High $76
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 13 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | Morgan Stanley | $58 | +26.3% |
| Sep 23 | Wells Fargo | $65 | +41.6% |
| Sep 11 | KeyBanc | $57 | +24.1% |
| Sep 10 | KeyBanc | $57 | +24.1% |
| Aug 26 | Alembic Global | $65 | +41.6% |
−2.8%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+0.8%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±4.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Celanese seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Celanese averaged +0.8% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.9% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −0.2% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +0.3% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +0.8% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −3.4% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, CE’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 7%.
Celanese market cap and key statistics
Celanese’s market cap is $5.03B and revenue of $9.71B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $5.03B
- Forward P/E
- 6.6
- EPS, TTM
- −$10.59
- Gekko Fair Value
- $85.83
Trading
- Volume
- 2.10M
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 1.99M
- 52-week high
- $70.70
- 52-week low
- $35.13
- Shares outstanding
- 109.7M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $9.71B
- Profit margin
- -12%
- Return on equity
- -22.3%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- −37.1%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.76
- Typical daily move
- ±4.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±7%
- Dividend yield
- 0.27%
Celanese stock news this week
Coverage of Celanese this week reads positive: 3 positive, 1 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Celanese Announces Engineered Materials Price IncreaseBusiness Wire, Sep 24
- Celanese Corp stock heads into the open after a 6.89 percent gainAD HOC NEWS, Sep 24
- Celanese (NYSE:CE) Shares Up 8.3% – Time to Buy?Defense World, Sep 24
- Critical Analysis: Celanese (NYSE:CE) & Northern Technologies International (NASDAQ:NTIC)Defense World, Sep 24
- Celanese Corp stock gains 8.3 percent on price increasesAD HOC NEWS, Sep 23
- Celanese Corp. stock gains 8.3 percent on price increasesAD HOC NEWS, Sep 22
Celanese peers
Celanese’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| LINLinde | Accumulation | 2.8% below |
| ECLEcolab | Neutral | 8.2% above |
| APDAir Products and Chemicals | Accumulation | 11.9% below |
| DOWDow | Accumulation | 34.3% below |
| LYBLyondellBasell Industries | Accumulation | 12.3% below |
| ALBAlbemarle | Accumulation | 24.7% below |
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Celanese stock FAQ
What is Celanese’s market cap?
Celanese’s market cap is $5.03B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $45.92, with 109.7M shares outstanding.
What is the Celanese stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Celanese is $63.24, +37.7% from the last close. Of the 13 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 8 rate it a buy, 5 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Celanese stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Celanese is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $45.92 is 46.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $85.83. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Celanese report earnings next?
Celanese is expected to report on Nov 5, 2026 (37 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.55 per share on revenue of $2.62B. Celanese beat the earnings estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports, moving 12.1% on average across the report.
What is Celanese’s 52-week high and low?
Celanese’s 52-week high is $70.70 and its 52-week low is $35.13; it closed at $45.92 on Sep 28, 2026, +15.0% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $176.50 on Jan 5, 2022.
Is Celanese stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (fair value, smart money, earnings risk and seasonality), 2 as mixed (trend and gekkoindex). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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