Celanese (CE) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.65
- Estimate
- $1.56
- Surprise
- +5.6%
- Score today
- 5.4/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Celanese (CE) beat the $1.56 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.65 — a clear 5.6% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Celanese Corporation Reports Q3 2026 Financial Results — fiscal.ai, 2026-11-02
- Celanese Sees FY2026 Adj EPS $6.00-$6.25 vs $6.03 Est — benzinga, 2026-11-02
- Celanese Q3 Adj. EPS $1.65 Beats $1.57 Estimate, Sales $2.556B Miss $2.624B Estimate — benzinga, 2026-11-02
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CE Sell at 5.4/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +5.6% surprise compares with a -3.9% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Supplier: Fairway joint venture with Mitsui
- Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $47.94
- Price target
- $55.05
- Stop
- $44.58
- Upside to target
- +14.8%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.6:1
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.7× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-03 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CE at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Market cap
- $5.26B
- P/E (fwd)
- 8.0
- 52-week range
- $35.13–$70.70
- Off 52-week high
- 32.2%
- RSI (14)
- 69
- Volume vs avg
- 1.71×
- Score today
- 5.4/10