Investors must take note of Celanese Corp’s (CE) performance last week, which was -2.78%.

On Friday, Celanese Corp (NYSE: CE) opened lower -0.39% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $68.85. Price fluctuations for CE have ranged from $67.64 to $172.16 over the past 52 weeks.

Annual sales at Basic Materials sector company grew by 11.04% over the past five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -8.52% at the time writing. With a float of $108.84 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $109.27 million.

Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 12410 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 22.52%, operating margin of 9.97%, and the pretax margin is 6.25%.

Celanese Corp (CE) Insider and Institutional Ownership

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Chemicals industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Celanese Corp is 0.43%, while institutional ownership is 99.04%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 19 ’24, was worth 605,459. In this transaction EVP & COO of this company sold 4,675 shares at a rate of $129.51, taking the stock ownership to the 69,754 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 20 ’24, when Company’s EVP & COO sold 4,675 for $129.41, making the entire transaction worth $604,992. This insider now owns 65,079 shares in total.

Celanese Corp (CE) Latest Financial update

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -8.52% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 22.38% during the next five years compared to 14.99% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Celanese Corp (NYSE: CE) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Celanese Corp (CE). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.76. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.71. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.85.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 9.95, a number that is poised to hit 1.25 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 9.42 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Celanese Corp (CE)

Celanese Corp (NYSE: CE) saw its 5-day average volume 2.64 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 1.09 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 13.09%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.84.

During the past 100 days, Celanese Corp’s (CE) raw stochastic average was set at 2.00%, which indicates a significant decrease from 14.94% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 36.00% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 58.64% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $99.89, while its 200-day Moving Average is $133.27. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $69.17 in the near term. At $69.76, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $70.84. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $67.51, it is likely to go to the next support level at $66.43. The third support level lies at $65.84 if the price breaches the second support level.

Celanese Corp (NYSE: CE) Key Stats

There are currently 109,312K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 7.47 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 10,940 M according to its annual income of 1,960 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 2,648 M and its income totaled 116,000 K.