Celanese Corp (NYSE: CE) is -4.05% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $64.05 and a high of $172.16 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CE stock was last observed hovering at around $66.81 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.4%.
Currently trading at $66.41, the stock is -6.31% and -4.69% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.6 million and changing -0.60% at the moment leaves the stock -42.52% off its SMA200. CE registered -55.41% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -46.95%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $69.8096 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $115.9762.
The stock witnessed a -1.44% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -21.69%, and is -5.05% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.84% over the week and 2.90% over the month.
Celanese Corp (CE) has around 12410 employees, a market worth around $7.26B and $10.48B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 6.67 and Fwd P/E is 7.72. Profit margin for the company is 10.40%. Distance from 52-week low is 3.68% and -61.43% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.76%).
with sales reaching $2.36B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -9.11% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -6.11% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -8.31% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 109.27M, and float is at 108.84M with Short Float at 5.67%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS with over 15.29 million shares valued at $2.06 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 13.991 of the CE Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 13.01 million shares valued at $1.76 billion to account for 11.9057 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS which holds 11.13 million shares representing 10.1853 and valued at over $1.5 billion, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 6.7914 of the shares totaling 7.42 million with a market value of $1.0 billion.
Celanese Corp (CE) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Richardson Scott A, the company’s EVP & COO. SEC filings show that Richardson Scott A sold 4,675 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 19 ’24 at a price of $129.51 per share for a total of $0.61 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 69754.0 shares.
Celanese Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 20 ’24 that Richardson Scott A (EVP & COO) sold a total of 4,675 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 20 ’24 and was made at $129.41 per share for $0.6 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 65079.0 shares of the CE stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 20 ’24, Richardson Scott A (Officer) Proposed Sale 4,675 shares at an average price of $129.41 for $0.6 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Celanese Corp (CE).
