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Celanese

CENYSESpecialty ChemicalsWILMINGTON, US-DE, USMid capWebsite ↗
  • Russell 1000

What Celanese is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $9.71 billion, down 2.2% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.71 billion, up 13% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.28 billion, down 28% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $4.35 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (August 5, 2026): sentiment -0.10 on a −1 to +1 scale (negative), confidence 0.60 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Guidance in the last 90 days: 0 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 2 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
  • Latest annual report (filed February 24, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net buyers in Q3 2026: $0.2 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 461 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−14 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 1 (7 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

Risk events (12 months): 3 — latest OSHA inspection, May 19, 2026 →

Company Posture covers S&P 500 companies.

No bond term sheets or tagged debt on file for Celanese yet.

Charts

Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.

Cash flow

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Celanese: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.7BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Celanese: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Celanese: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$9.7BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

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Celanese: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.0BData to Dec 2024
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Celanese: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Celanese: debt maturity schedule, latest annual report

Scheduled repayments of long-term debt principal by year from the fiscal year end, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Dec 2025
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Celanese: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Celanese: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

−1.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

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Celanese: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

1.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
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Celanese: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

−0.10Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Celanese: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.60Data to Aug 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
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Celanese: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

1.0Data to Feb 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

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Celanese: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

1.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
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Celanese: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

$0.23MData 22 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
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Celanese: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

461.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 21, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CELANESE CORPORATION)third_quarter 2026 · $0.3 million
  2. Oct 20, 20268-K
  3. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  4. Oct 13, 2026Patent
  5. Oct 6, 2026Patent
  6. Sep 29, 2026Patent
  7. Sep 29, 2026Patent
  8. Sep 16, 20268-K
  9. Sep 1, 2026Patent
  10. Aug 4, 20268-K
  11. Jul 21, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CELANESE CORPORATION)second_quarter 2026 · $0.5 million
  12. Jul 17, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  13. May 19, 2026Risk event
  14. Apr 21, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CELANESE CORPORATION)first_quarter 2026 · $0.4 million
  15. Apr 20, 20268-K
  16. Apr 19, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  17. Apr 17, 20268-K
  18. Apr 9, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
  19. Apr 2, 2026Risk event
  20. Mar 27, 2026Risk event
  21. Mar 4, 20268-K
  22. Feb 24, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
  23. Jan 21, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CELANESE CORPORATION)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.3 million
  24. Jan 6, 20268-K
  25. Dec 17, 20258-K
  26. Dec 4, 20258-K
  27. Oct 28, 20258-K
  28. Aug 11, 20258-K
  29. Aug 11, 20258-K
  30. May 16, 20258-K
  31. Mar 20, 2025Risk event
  32. Mar 20, 2025Risk event
  33. Mar 14, 20258-K
  34. Mar 7, 20258-K
  35. Feb 21, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 0 removed
  36. Feb 18, 20258-K
  37. Feb 14, 20258-K
  38. Jan 16, 20258-K
  39. Dec 19, 20248-K
  40. Dec 12, 20248-K

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
International Flavors & Fragrances IFF$10.8B$0.5BJun 30, 2026
RPM International RPM$8.0B$0.7BAug 31, 2026
Albemarle Corporation ALB$5.9B$1.3BJun 30, 2026
PPG Industries PPG$16.1B$1.2BMar 31, 2026
Ecolab ECL$16.8B$1.9BJun 30, 2026
Sherwin-Williams SHW$24.4B$3.2BJun 30, 2026
LyondellBasell LYB$31.2B$1.6BJun 30, 2026
NewMarket NEU$2.7B$0.5BJun 30, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
1306830
Wikidata
Q547450

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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