Celanese Corporation (CE) Stock Analysis
Basic Materials · Chemicals
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $67.55: Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.
Celanese is a global chemical and specialty materials company with two segments: Engineered Materials (high-performance polymers for automotive, electronics, medical) and Acetyl Chain (acetic acid, VAM, formaldehyde). It operates 51 global facilities with 11,434 employees;... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $67.55: Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and earnings proximity 5d<=7d. Suitability: moderate.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- MEDIUMGeographicEurope35%10-K Item 1A: 'sales originating in Europe have accounted for approximately one-third of our net sales annually, and accounted for approximately 35% of our Net sales in 2025'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-20Item 5.02LOWAnne P. Noonan elected as director effective April 20, 2026, serving until 2027 Annual Meeting. Board size increased from 9 to 10. No committee appointments yet. No disagreement cited.SEC filing →
- 2026-03-04Item 5.02LOWTimothy Go resigned from the Board of Directors effective February 27, 2026. Resignation not the result of any disagreement with operations, policies, or practices. No successor named.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $67.55: Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $62.81. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $67.37 (-0.3% upside). Prior stop was $62.81. Stop-loss: $62.81.
Target reached (-6.9% upside); Quality below floor (2.7 < 4.0).
Celanese Corporation trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 10.1). TrendMatrix value score: 7.5/10. Verdict: Sell.
26 analysts cover CE with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $70.
What does Celanese Corporation do?Celanese is a global chemical and specialty materials company with two segments: Engineered Materials (high-performance...
Celanese is a global chemical and specialty materials company with two segments: Engineered Materials (high-performance polymers for automotive, electronics, medical) and Acetyl Chain (acetic acid, VAM, formaldehyde). It operates 51 global facilities with 11,434 employees; Europe accounted for ~35% of 2025 net sales.