Celanese Corp

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Major Chemicals
www.celanese.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $5.38B
PE -4
Debt $14.03B
Cash $962.00M
EV $18.44B
FCF $531.00M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	-$1.52B
EBIT	-$697.00M
ROE	-27%
ROA	-3%
FCF	$531.00M
Equity	$5.61B
Growth Stability	-79%
PE	-3.53
PEG	-0.3
PB	0.96
P/FCF	10.13
P/S	0.52
Price/Cash	0.18
Debt/Equity	2.5
Debt/FCF	26.42
Net Margins	-15%
Gross Margins	23%
Op. Margins	-7%
Earnings CAGR	15%
Sales Growth YoY	-8%
Sales Growth QoQ	-10%
Sales CAGR	9%
FCF CAGR	7%
Equity CAGR	10%
Earnings Stability	0.49
Earnings Growth YoY	-374%
Earnings Growth QoQ	-2K%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	12%

Sales CAGR 5Y	17%
FCF CAGR 5Y	-1%
Equity CAGR 5Y	23%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	5%
Sales CAGR 3Y	5%
FCF CAGR 3Y	-19%
Equity CAGR 3Y	14%
Market Cap	$5.38B
Revenue	$10.28B
Dividend Yield	6%
Payout Ratio	-20%
Assets	$22.86B
Total Debt	$14.03B
Cash	$962.00M
Shares Outstanding	109.27M
EV	18.44B
Earnings Score	68%
Moat Score	5%
Safety Score	35%
Final Score	36%
Working Capital	1.29B
Current Ratio	1.34
Gross Profit	$2.36B
Shares Growth 3y	0%
Equity Growth QoQ	-27%
Equity Growth YoY	-26%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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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 also produces specialty polymers used in the automotive, electronics, medical, and consumer end markets as well as cellulose derivatives used in cigarette filters.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Celanese Corp (CE) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2022
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

How does Celanese Corp compare to its competitors?

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Celanese Corp compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 15%

Stability 49%

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Celanese Corp Discounted Cash Flow

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Years

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= $8.6B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$531M	$568M	$608M	$651M	$697M	$746M	$798M	$855M	$915M	$979M	$1B	$10B
DCF		$517M	$503M	$489M	$476M	$463M	$451M	$439M	$427M	$415M	$404M	$4B
Value	$8.6B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	5%	17%	14%	17%	14%	35%	22%	20%	18%	-15%	-15%
ROA	-	12%	11%	16%	10%	21%	19%	5%	6%	-3%	-3%
ROE	-	30%	26%	36%	29%	51%	42%	31%	26%	-27%	-27%

Bad Net Margins (-14.81%)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	4.72	6.95	3.21	3.64	4.26	3.5	11.96	11.11	26.42	26.42
Debt over Equity	1.08	1.01	1.13	1.16	1.36	1.07	0.99	2.5	1.96	2.5	2.5
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	87%	100%	100%	100%	100%	-79%	-79%

Bad Debt/FCF ratio (26.42)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Bad Debt/Equity ratio (2.5)

The company is overleveraged and has a bad balance between equity and debt.

Bad Graham’s Stability (-79%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	-5%	14%	17%	-12%	-10%	51%	13%	13%	-6%	17%
Earnings YoY growth	-	216%	-6%	43%	-29%	133%	-5%	0%	3%	-178%	12%
Equity YoY growth	-	7%	9%	2%	-14%	34%	16%	35%	24%	-26%	23%
FCF YoY growth	-	13%	-17%	128%	-11%	-10%	32%	-1%	4%	-60%	-1%