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Celanese Corp

MaterialsChemicals
Ticker CEIRVING, TXFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $38.28Diluted shares 110.1M

Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE) is a global chemical and specialty materials company producing high-performance engineered polymers and acetyl products used across automotive, construction, medical, electronics, packaging, coatings, adhesives and other industries. Its customers include manufacturers, original… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Celanese Corp reported revenue of $9.85B, up 1.4% from a year earlier, and net income of $277.00M. Its operating margin was 7.9%, and operations generated $1.07B in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $9.54B, down 7.2% from fiscal 2024, and a net loss of $1.15B.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$9.54BFY2025
−7.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $9.85B
-8.24%FY2025
−1.5 percentage points
Last 12 mo 7.93%
$-1.15BFY2025
+24.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $277.00M
-28.77%FY2025
+0.6 percentage points
Last 12 mo 6.21%
Cash & financing
$1.15BFY2025
+18.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $1.07B
$803.00MFY2025
+51.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $794.00M
3.11FY2025
Was 2.43× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 2.74
109.5MFY2025
+0.2% year over year
Last 12 mo 110.1M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Celanese Corp does

In the company’s own words

Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE) is a global chemical and specialty materials company producing high-performance engineered polymers and acetyl products used across automotive, construction, medical, electronics, packaging, coatings, adhesives and other industries. Its customers include manufacturers, original equipment makers and their suppliers, chemical producers, consumer-goods companies and tobacco companies. Celanese operates through two principal segments: Engineered Materials, which supplies polymers such as nylon, polyacetal, thermoplastic elastomers and liquid crystal polymers, and the Acetyl Chain, which produces acetic acid, vinyl acetate monomer, acetate tow, emulsion polymers, specialty ethylene-vinyl acetate products and redispersible powders. Products are marketed under brands including Vectra, Zytel, Celcon, Santoprene, Ateva, Elotex and Mowilith. The company also holds interests in strategic affiliates, including ventures producing methanol, engineering resins and specialty films. At December 31, 2025, Celanese employed 11,434 people and operated 51 production facilities, alongside 20 strategic affiliate production facilities. Its website is http://investors.celanese.com.

Company details
Sector
Materials
Industry (SIC)
Chemicals
Headquarters
IRVING, TX
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1306830
SIC
2820

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-2.76B$976.80M$4.71B$8.45B$12.19B201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Celanese Corp — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

352
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$2.97B
held by funds, at market
54.7%
of shares held by funds
12
bond issues held by funds

Largest fund holders · Celanese Corp’s weight in each

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund
DODGX · Dodge & Cox Funds
0.39%of fund net assets
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
IJR · iShares Trust
0.27%of fund net assets
0.31%of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.01%of fund net assets
Undiscovered Managers Behavioral Value Fund
UBVLX · UNDISCOVERED MANAGERS FUNDS
1.39%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Celanese Corp’s bonds, as funds hold them

Funds report holding 12 issues of Celanese Corp’s debt, $3.91B at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 7.09%, maturing 2026 to 2034.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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