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Celanese (CE): analyst forecast and price target
Analyst consensus
Moderate Buy3 Buy4 Hold0 Sell
Ratings of 7 analysts in the last 3 months · top analysts only12-month forecast
Based on 7 price targets given in the last 3 months, the average target is $59.00, the highest $76.00, the lowest $49.00. The average is +24.2% from the last price of $47.49.
Analyst ratings 19
| Analyst | Firm | Price target | Rating | Upside | Action | Date | Move vs SPY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail Eberts★★★★★★★★★★#7864 · hits 75% · avg +4.1% | Wells Fargo | $65.00 | Buy | +36.9% | Reiterated | 15.10.26on TipRanks Oct 16 05:15 | +1.1%next day +3.4% | ↗ |
| Arun Viswanathan★★★★★★★★★★#4725 · hits 54% · avg +1.5% | RBC Capital | $45.00 → $46.00+2.2% | Hold | −3.1% | Reiterated | 13.10.26on TipRanks 08:46 | +0.4%next day +3.5% | ↗ |
| Michael Leithead★★★★★★★★★★#3007 · hits 56% · avg +4.4% | Barclays | $49.00 | Hold | +3.2% | Initiated | 12.10.26on TipRanks 16:25 | +0.4%next day +3.5% | ↗ |
| John McNulty★★★★★★★★★★#2310 · hits 54% · avg +4.6% | BMO Capital | $54.00 → $56.00+3.7% | Hold | +17.9% | Reiterated | 05.10.26on TipRanks 08:13 | +2.4%next day −2.0% · 5 days −2.6% | ↗ |
| Patrick Cunningham★★★★★★★★★★#4783 · hits 54% · avg +2.3% | Citi | $60.00 → $58.00−3.3% | Buy | +22.1% | Reiterated | 30.09.26on TipRanks 06:10 | −0.8%next day −0.6% · 5 days −3.1% | ↗ |
| Vincent Andrews★★★★★★★★★★#3768 · hits 62% · avg +2.7% | Morgan Stanley | $58.00 | Hold | +22.1% | Reiterated | 28.09.26on TipRanks 09:00 | −1.7%next day −2.2% · 5 days −2.1% | ↗ |
| AI xAi ChemicalsxAI Grok-3 | TipRanks - xAI | $46.00 → $48.00+4.3% | Hold | +1.1% | Reiterated | 17.09.26on TipRanks Sep 16 23:05 | — | |
| AI DeepSeek ChemicalsDeepSeek R1-0528 | TipRanks - DeepSeek | $44.00 → $47.00+6.8% | Hold | −1.0% | Reiterated | 17.09.26on TipRanks Sep 16 23:05 | — | |
| AI OpenAI ChemicalsOpenAI 5.2 | TipRanks - OpenAI | $45.00 → $49.00+8.9% | Hold | +3.2% | Reiterated | 17.09.26on TipRanks Sep 16 23:05 | — | |
| AI Anthropic ChemicalsAnthropic Opus-4.1 | TipRanks - Anthropic | $42.00 → $45.00+7.1% | Sell | −5.2% | Reiterated | 17.09.26on TipRanks Sep 16 23:05 | — | |
| AI Google ChemicalsGemini 2.5Pro | TipRanks - Google | $44.00 → $48.00+9.1% | Hold | +1.1% | Reiterated | 17.09.26on TipRanks Sep 16 23:05 | — | |
| AI PerPlexity ChemicalsPerPlexity SonarPro | TipRanks - PerPlexity | $46.00 → $48.00+4.3% | Hold | +1.1% | Reiterated | 17.09.26on TipRanks Sep 16 23:05 | — | |
| Salvator Tiano★★★★★★★★★★#11292 · hits 48% · avg −5.5% | Bank of America Securities | $57.00 | Buy | +20.0% | Initiated | 11.09.26on TipRanks Sep 14 21:16 | 0.0%next day −2.4% · 5 days −1.4% | ↗ |
| Hassan Ahmed★★★★★★★★★★#3268 · hits 45% · avg +3.8% | Alembic Global | $75.00 → $65.00−13.3% | Buy | +36.9% | Reiterated | 26.08.26on TipRanks 07:30 | +0.4%next day −0.3% · 5 days +4.5% | ↗ |
| Matthew DeYoe★★★★★★★★★★#2749 · hits 62% · avg +7.2% | Bank of America Securities | — | Buy | — | Reiterated | 06.08.26on TipRanks 15:05 | +2.0%next day −0.7% · 5 days −0.4% | ↗ |
| Unknown Analyst | TD Cowen | $75.00 → $65.00−13.3% | Buy | +36.9% | Reiterated | 06.08.26on TipRanks 15:05 | +2.0%next day −0.7% · 5 days −0.4% | ↗ |
| David Begleiter★★★★★★★★★★#4870 · hits 52% · avg +1.4% | Deutsche Bank | $60.00 → $50.00−16.7% | Buy | +5.3% | Reiterated | 06.08.26on TipRanks 09:15 | +2.0%next day −0.7% · 5 days −0.4% | ↗ |
| Eric Boyes★★★★★★★★★★#5799 · hits 57% · avg +3.2% | Evercore ISI | $68.00 | Hold | +43.2% | Reiterated | 06.08.26on TipRanks 08:25 | +2.0%next day −0.7% · 5 days −0.4% | ↗ |
| Jeffrey Zekauskas★★★★★★★★★★#2991 · hits 53% · avg +3.3% | J.P. Morgan | $76.00 | Buy | +60.0% | Reiterated | 06.08.26on TipRanks 07:31 | +2.0%next day −0.7% · 5 days −0.4% | ↗ |
| John Roberts CFA★★★★★★★★★★#651 · hits 62% · avg +10.3% | Mizuho Securities | $55.00 → $50.00−9.1% | Hold | +5.3% | Reiterated | 05.08.26on TipRanks 07:41 | −4.4%next day +2.0% · 5 days 0.0% | ↗ |
| Laurence Alexander★★★★★★★★★★#5965 · hits 50% · avg +0.8% | Jefferies | $86.00 | Buy | +81.1% | Reiterated | 16.06.26on TipRanks 08:55 | −2.8%next day −0.1% · 5 days −5.5% | ↗ |
| Joshua Spector★★★★★★★★★★#3207 · hits 53% · avg +3.3% | UBS | $58.00 → $64.00+10.3% | Hold | +34.8% | Reiterated | 09.04.26on TipRanks 08:20 | −2.8%next day +1.4% · 5 days +6.5% | ↗ |
| Ghansham Panjabi★★★★★★★★★★#1720 · hits 57% · avg +5.3% | Robert W. Baird | $65.00 → $75.00+15.4% | Buy | +57.9% | Reiterated | 27.03.26on TipRanks 07:30 | +4.7%next day +1.7% · 5 days −3.3% | ↗ |
| Matthew Blair★★★★★★★★★★#5255 · hits 53% · avg +4.4% | Tudor Pickering | — | Buy | — | Upgrade | 09.03.26on TipRanks 08:40 | +3.4%next day −1.4% · 5 days +10.3% | ↗ |
| Kevin McCarthy★★★★★★★★★★#3631 · hits 61% · avg +7.5% | Vertical Research | $60.00 | Buy | +26.3% | Upgrade | 09.03.26on TipRanks 07:35 | +3.4%next day −1.4% · 5 days +10.3% | ↗ |
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The latest rating of each analyst in the last 12 months, as TipRanks lists them. Every rating kept, earlier ones included
Best analysts covering Celanese
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How the average price target moved
The average target of all analysts (their ratings of the 3 months before) on each day, the top analysts’ dashed, against the price; the site keeps this record since 1 October 2026. On 01.10.26: target $59.25 at a price of $44.37 (+33.5%); now: $58.69 at $47.49 (+23.6%).
PriceAverage targetTop analysts’ target
Recommendation trend · top analysts
Strong BuyBuyHoldSell
| Rating | 05.26 | 06.26 | 07.26 | 08.26 | 09.26 | 10.26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Buy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Buy | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Hold | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Sell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earnings and sales forecast
Next report: 02.11.26 (Q3 2026, date not confirmed)
Earnings per share
Next quarter’s EPS estimate — $1.56 (from $1.36 to $1.72). Last quarter: $2.45.
Sales
Next quarter’s sales estimate — $2.6B (from $2.4B to $2.9B). Last quarter: $2.8B.
Best top-analyst consensus in the sector · Basicmaterials
About Celanese
- CEO: Scott A. Richardson
- Employees: 11,434
- 222 West Las Colinas Boulevard, Irving, TX, 75039-5421, US
- www.celanese.com
Celanese Corporation produces and sells engineered polymers worldwide. It operates through Engineered Materials and Acetyl Chain segments. The company offers ethylene acrylic elastomers, ethylene vinyl acetate pharmaceutical grade copolymers, liquid crystal polymers, long-fiber reinforced thermoplastics, nylon and polypropylene compounds and formulations, polyoxymethylene, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, and thermoplastic elastomers, polyesters, and vulcanizates for use in appliance, automotive, construction, consumer apparel, consumer electronics, electrical, energy storage, filtration equipment, industrial, medical, and telecommunication applications. It also provides acetic acid and anhydride, acetate flakes and tows, butyl acetates, emulsion polymers, ethyl acetates, ethylene vinyl acetate resins and compounds, formaldehydes, redispersible powders, and vinyl acetate monomers for use in adhesives, automotive parts, coatings, consumer goods, external thermal insulation composite systems, films, filtration, flexible packaging, food and beverage, food packaging, inks, lamination, lubricants, paints, paper finishing, pharmaceuticals, plasticizers, plasters and renders, solvents, textiles, and tiling applications. The company offers its products under the Amcel, AOPlus, Ateva, Avicor, Celanese, Celanex, Celanyl, Celcon, Celstran, Celvolit, Clarifoil, Crastin, Dur-O-Set, Dytron, ECOMID, EcoVAE, Elotex, Factor, Flexbond, Forprene, FRIANYL, Fortron, Geolast, GHR, GUR, Hostaform, Hytrel, Laprene, Melinex, MetaLX, Mowilith, MT, Mylar, NILAMID, Nylfor, OmniLon, Pibifor, Pibiter, Polifor, Resyn, Rynite, Santoprene, SlideX, Sofprene, Sofpur, Talcoprene, Tarnoform, Tecnoprene, TufCOR, Tynex, Vamac, VAntage, Vectra, Vinac, Vinamul, VitalDose, Zenite, and Zytel brands. It sells its products directly to customers and through distributors; and original equipment manufacturers and suppliers. Celanese Corporation was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
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