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Celanese Corporation
1W: +0.5% 1M: +2.1% 3M: +10.6% YTD: +14.1% 1Y: +13.7% 3Y: -57.6% 5Y: -68.4%
$48.63
+0.58 (+1.21%)
After Hours: $48.74 (+0.11, +0.23%)
Weekly Expected Move ±3.7%
$44 $46 $48 $50 $51
NYSE · Basic Materials · Chemicals · Tech Score Buy · Power 63 · $5.3B mcap · 100M float · 1.77% daily turnover · Short 54% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: higher than 82% of companies Debt: 70.0% of company value Bonds: $1.38B held by 527 funds, 108 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the second-riskiest tenth, about 1 in 87 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $6.90 (down 86%), Celanese Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $12.32B against a stock market value of $5.28B.
Distance to default 2.45 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $6.66B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 51.6%; Altman Z 1.29. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$1.1B +18.6% ▲
5Y CAGR: -3.1%
Capital Expenditures
$343M +21.1% ▲
5Y CAGR: -1.2%
Free Cash Flow
$803M +51.2% ▲
5Y CAGR: -3.9%
Dividends Paid
$13M +95.8% ▲
Buybacks
$0 +0.0% ▲
Net Change in Cash
$301M +135.7% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$1.9B$1.9B$2.0B-$1.5B-$1.1B
Depreciation & Amort.$378M$478M$711M$823M$777M
Stock-Based Comp.$95M$60M$40M$32M$0
Change in Working Capital-$488M$280M$516M-$204M$235M
Other Non-Cash Items-$131M-$66M-$365M$1.6B$1.6B
Operating Cash Flow$1.8B$1.8B$1.9B$966M$1.1B
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$467M-$543M-$568M-$435M-$343M
Acquisitions (Net)-$1.1B-$10.5B$532M$0$21M
Investment Purchases$467M$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$516M$0$0$17M$0
Other Investing-$520M-$57M-$98M-$52M-$27M
Investing Cash Flow-$1.1B-$11.1B-$134M-$470M-$349M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$404M$10.8B-$1.1B-$948M-$323M
Stock Repurchased-$1.0B-$17M$0$0$0
Dividends Paid-$304M-$297M-$305M-$307M-$13M
Other Financing-$142M-$175M-$63M-$59M-$177M
Financing Cash Flow-$1.0B$10.3B-$1.5B-$1.3B-$513M
Net Change in Cash-$419M$972M$297M-$843M$301M
Cash End of Period$536M$1.5B$1.8B$962M$1.3B
Free Cash Flow$1.3B$1.3B$1.3B$531M$803M

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