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Celanese Corp
CE · Materials
Last earnings Aug 4, 2026
Key results
GAAP EPSquarter
$1.90
GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.90 and adjusted earnings per share of $1.44.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
EPSquarter
$1.44
GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.90 and adjusted earnings per share of $1.44.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
GAAP diluted earnings per share and adjusted earnings per share in the second quarter was due to tax benefit of $77 million offset by Certain Items totaling $42 million 1 .
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
Free cash flowquarter
$300 million
1 Since the start of 2025, we have been clear that cash generation is our number one priority, and I want to thank our teams for their focus and dedication in helping us achieve over $300 million of free cash flow in the quarter, said Scott Richardson, president and chief executive officer.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
Revenuequarter
$1.1 billion
3 Second Quarter Business Segment Overview Acetyl Chain The Acetyl Chain delivered second quarter net sales of $1.1 billion, attributable to sequential declines of 1 percent in volume and 2 percent in price that were offset by an increase in currency.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
Capexquarter
$93 million
Cash Flow and Tax Celanese reported second quarter operating cash flow of $410 million and free cash flow of $311 million, which included cash capital expenditures of $93 million.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
Gross marginquarter
$535 million
Gross profit 535 476 641
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
Selling, general, and administrativequarter
$(213) million
Selling, general and administrative expenses (213) (230) (255)
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
Net incomequarter
$199 million
Net earnings (loss) 199 (21) 155
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
AI analysis
Q2 2025 · reported Aug 11, 2025
Based on: Earnings release + Q2 2025 deck + parent 8-K + 10-Q — transcript not held
The quarter in charts
Headline figures
| Metric | Q2 2025 | Prior qtr | Year ago |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAAP EPS | $1.90 | — | — |
| EPS | $1.44 | — | — |
| Free cash flow | $300 million | — | — |
| Revenue | $1.1 billion | — | — |
| Capex | $93 million | — | — |
| Gross margin | $535 million | — | — |
| Selling, general, and administrative | $(213) million | — | — |
| Net income | $199 million | — | — |
Guidance · company-stated
Direction: raised
No guidance located in the held release
“Expense in the second quarter and forecast for the year are both higher than our previous expectations due primarily to an increase in compensation accruals.”
Margin
Cash flow & capex
Capital allocation
These actions include the following Utilized prepayment flexibility in the capital structure to fully repay the $200 million balance on the delayed draw term loan that was originally due in the first quarter of 2026.
Event summary
GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.90 and adjusted earnings per share of $1.44
Based on: Earnings release + Q2 2025 deck + parent 8-K + 10-Q — transcript not held
Guidance & outlook
No guidance located in the held release
Capital allocation
These actions include the following Utilized prepayment flexibility in the capital structure to fully repay the $200 million balance on the delayed draw term loan that was originally due in the first quarter of 2026.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
Completed a new credit agreement and a new $1.75 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility, which further reinforces the Company's strong liquidity position through 2030.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
We anticipated the possibility of a challenging demand environment throughout the year and have emphasized the importance of cash generation, which has enabled us to pay off our delayed draw term loan, continued Richardson.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
Cash Flow and Tax Celanese reported second quarter operating cash flow of $410 million and free cash flow of $311 million, which included cash capital expenditures of $93 million.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
5 Forward-Looking Statements This release may contain forward-looking statements, which include information concerning the Company's plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future revenues, cash flow, financial performance, synergies, capital expenditures, deleveraging efforts, planned cost reductions, dividend policy, financing needs and other information that is not historical information.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
Free cash flow is a liquidity measure used by the Company and is defined by the Company as net cash provided by (used in) operations, less capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment, and adjusted for contributions from or distributions to our noncontrolling interest joint ventures.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
Strategy & priorities
Most end-markets continued to be challenged in the second quarter, and Celanese remained focused on driving self-help measures to advance the strategic priorities of increasing cash to deleverage the balance sheet, intensifying cost improvements, and driving top-line growth through differentiated business models.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
1 Since the start of 2025, we have been clear that cash generation is our number one priority, and I want to thank our teams for their focus and dedication in helping us achieve over $300 million of free cash flow in the quarter, said Scott Richardson, president and chief executive officer.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
Mix was also supported by continued focus on High Impact Programs (HIPs), higher margin projects that emphasize specialty product offerings.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
We are relentlessly focused on identifying additional actions and we continue to take steps to stabilize the business, right size our cost structure, and position our company for long-term value creation.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
5 Forward-Looking Statements This release may contain forward-looking statements, which include information concerning the Company's plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future revenues, cash flow, financial performance, synergies, capital expenditures, deleveraging efforts, planned cost reductions, dividend policy, financing needs and other information that is not historical information.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
Risks & headwinds
The business faced headwinds in acetate tow and the vinyls business.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
The strong business results were driven by deliberate actions taken earlier in the year to accelerate earnings improvement and offset headwinds related to a weaker demand environment and trade flow challenges.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements contained in this release.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Aug 11, 2025
Legal Proceedings 56 Item 1A.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — 10-Q Quarterly report10-QAug 5, 2026
District Court New Jersey) (the "2018 OCC Lawsuit"), alleging that each of the defendants owned or operated a facility that contributed contamination to the LPRSA.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — 10-Q Quarterly report10-QAug 5, 2026
With respect to the Company, the 2018 OCC lawsuit is limited to the former Celanese facility that Essex County, New Jersey has agreed to indemnify the Company for and does not change the Company's estimated liability for LPRSA cleanup costs.
SEC original ↗Celanese Corp — 10-Q Quarterly report10-QAug 5, 2026
Earnings deck slides
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Celanese Corp — Presentation / slide deck (8-K exhibit) — Slide view unavailable — this deck was filed as a web document, whose text has no page boundaries.
Celanese Corp — Presentation / slide deck (8-K exhibit) — Slide view unavailable — this deck was filed as a web document, whose text has no page boundaries.
Celanese Corp — Presentation / slide deck (8-K exhibit) — Slide view unavailable — this deck was filed as a web document, whose text has no page boundaries.
Celanese Corp — Presentation / slide deck (8-K exhibit) — Slide view unavailable — this deck was filed as a web document, whose text has no page boundaries.
Celanese Corp — Presentation / slide deck (8-K exhibit) — Slide view unavailable — this deck was filed as a web document, whose text has no page boundaries.
Competitors
Competitors & peers
Same GICS sector — classification peers, not declared competitors
Filings
33 documents- Q3 2026
- 8-K/ACE
Oct 20, 2026
- Q2 2026
- 8-KCE
Sep 16, 2026
- 10-QCE
Aug 5, 2026
- 8-KCE
Aug 4, 2026
- 8-KCE
Aug 4, 2026
- 8-KCE
Aug 4, 2026
- Q1 2026
- 8-KCE
Jun 10, 2026
- 10-QCE
May 6, 2026
- 8-KCE
May 5, 2026
- 8-KCE
May 5, 2026
- 8-KCE
Apr 20, 2026
- EX-99CE
Apr 20, 2026
- 8-KCE
Apr 17, 2026
- Q4 2025
- 8-KCE
Mar 4, 2026
- 10-KCE
Feb 24, 2026
- 8-KCE
Feb 17, 2026
- 8-KCE
Feb 17, 2026
- 8-KCE
Jan 6, 2026
- EX-99CE
Jan 6, 2026
- Q3 2025
- 8-KCE
Dec 17, 2025
- 8-KCE
Dec 16, 2025
- EX-99CE
Dec 16, 2025
- 8-KCE
Dec 4, 2025
- 8-KCE
Dec 2, 2025
- 10-QCE
Nov 7, 2025
- 8-KCE
Nov 6, 2025
- 8-KCE
Nov 6, 2025
- 8-KCE
Oct 28, 2025
- 8-KCE
Oct 28, 2025
- Q2 2025
- 8-KCE
Aug 11, 2025
- 8-KCE
Aug 11, 2025
- 8-KCE
Aug 11, 2025
- 10-QCE
Aug 11, 2025
Earnings releases
12 documentsPresentations
8 documents
Transcripts
0 documentsNo transcripts for Celanese Corp are held in this edition of the library.
Mentioned by
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