“Business Environment During the three months ended June 30, 2026, demand in the Western Hemisphere was supported by sequential seasonal improvement but remained overall muted in key end markets, including automotive, paints and coatings and construction, refl…”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
Celanese Corporation
CE
Market read
Celanese Corporation's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 16 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 6 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 8.7% versus the comparable filing period.
- Net income decreased 36.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Completed sale of the Micromax business to Element Solutions Inc for $493 million (subject to adjustments).
- Company reports lower volumes across most products and lower global pricing due to supply > demand during the quarter.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if CE's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 16 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 6 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 8.7% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 0.9 percentage points.
- Net income decreased 36.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Net margin fell 3.2 percentage points.
- Completed sale of the Micromax business to Element Solutions Inc for $493 million (subject to adjustments).
- Company reports lower volumes across most products and lower global pricing due to supply > demand during the quarter.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Net margin changed +2.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Latest annual revenue changed -7.1% year over year.
- Operating margin changed -1.2 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Demand and volume has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Macroeconomic conditions has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Pricing and mix has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Capital investment and capacity has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
- Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
No credible peer-relative valuation comparison is available yet.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
45.73Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Business Environment During the three months ended June 30, 2026, demand in the Western Hemisphere was supported by sequential seasonal improvement but remained overall muted in key end markets, including automotive, paints and coatings and construction, refl…”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
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Valuation discipline
Peer-relative valuation withheld
Jodie found no industry-matched filing peers suitable for a valuation comparison. It will not substitute broader financial-sector names.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for CE. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
The latest filing presents a mixed picture
10-Q filed 2026-08-05 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-11.
Capital and cash conversion
Reported investment and cash context
- Capital spending YoY
- -34.4%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +2.5%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- +3.1%
- FCF margin change
- -2.0 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 8.7% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 0.9 percentage points.
What weakened
- Net income decreased 36.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Net margin fell 3.2 percentage points.
Filing receipts
“Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities Net cash provided by operating activities decreased $162 million to $285 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $447 million for the same period in 2025, primarily due to: • unfavorable trade working capital of $396 million, primarily due to the timing of collections of trade receivables and inventory increases as a result of higher pricing and raw material costs, partially offset by timing of settlement of trade payables during the six months ended June 30, 2026; and • a decrease in earnings performance after noncash adjustments; partially offset by: • favorable changes in o...”
“Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 Net sales increased for the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to: • higher pricing for most of our products, primarily due to pricing actions implemented during the three months ended June 30, 2026, as well as a more favorable product mix; and • a favorable currency impact, primarily resulting from a stronger euro and Chinese yuan relative to the U.S. dollar; largely offset by: • lower volume, primarily due to the completed sale of the Micromax ® business (see Note 3 - Acquisitions, Dispositions and Plant Closures in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated...”
“Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 Net sales increased for the six months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to: • a favorable currency impact, primarily resulting from a stronger euro and Chinese yuan relative to the U.S. dollar; and • higher pricing for most of our products, primarily due to pricing actions implemented during the three months ended June 30, 2026, as well as a more favorable product mix; largely offset by: • lower volume, primarily due to the completed sale of the Micromax ® business (see Note 3 - Acquisitions, Dispositions and Plant Closures in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financ...”
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Business ecosystem
The relationships behind CE
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
AALAmerican Airlines Group Inc.customerFeb 24, 2026 ▾
“Richardson held various finance, operational and leadership roles at American Airlines.”
DDDuPont de Nemours, Inc.supplierNov 7, 2025 ▾
“Our incurrence of debt to finance the purchase price for a majority of the Mobility & Materials business (the "M&M Business") acquired from DuPont de Nemours, Inc.”
Depended on by
GKOSGlaukos CorporationsupplierApr 30, 2026 ▾
“Effective March 17, 2023, the Company entered into a sales agreement (Sales Agreement) with Celanese Canada ULC (Celanese) under which Celanese will make available and supply to the Company certain raw materials used to create a nanoporous membrane utilized i…”
Filing peers
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What is moving around it
Live connections
CE is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Commodity-Linked Cyclicals. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for CE; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.