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Celanese Corporation CE Ratios & Valuation

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Profitability
Gross margin20.5%0.0pp20.5%-0.7pp21.2%-0.5pp21.7%-0.8pp22.5%-0.3pp
Net margin-11.7%+0.6pp-12.4%+19.7pp-32%-15.5pp-16.5%+0.2pp-16.7%-1.8pp
EBITDA margin1.6%+0.7pp0.9%+16.6pp-15.7%-15.8pp0.1%-0.2pp0.3%-0.8pp
Free cash flow margin9.2%+0.8pp8.4%-2.1pp10.6%+4.1pp6.5%+1.4pp5.1%-0.2pp
Returns
Return on equity-24.2%+1.5pp-25.8%+29.8pp-55.5%-29.2pp-26.4%+1.2pp-27.5%-2.3pp
Return on assets-5%+0.3pp-5.3%+7.6pp-12.9%-6.3pp-6.6%+0.2pp-6.8%-0.6pp
Return on invested capital-3.8%+0.1pp-3.9%+8.2pp-12.1%-8.1pp-4%-0.1pp-3.9%-0.2pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×0.0×
Inventory turnover3.3×-0.1×3.4×+0.2×3.2×-0.1×3.3×-0.1×3.3×-0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio1.4×-0.2×1.5×-0.1×1.6×-0.4×2.1×+0.1×1.9×+0.6×
Quick ratio0.9×-0.1×0.9×-0.1×-0.2×1.2×+0.1×1.1×+0.4×
Cash ratio0.4×+0.1×0.3×0.0×0.4×0.0×0.4×+0.1×0.3×+0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity3.6×+0.1×3.5×-0.1×3.6×+1.1×2.6×0.0×2.6×-0.3×
Debt-to-assets0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.6×+0.1×0.6×0.0×0.6×-0.1×
Net debt / EBITDA85.5×-64.8×150.3×2,053×+1,617×435.8×+311×
Interest coverage-0.9×+0.1×-1×+2.3×-3.3×-2.2×-1.1×0.0×-1.1×-0.1×
Per Share
Book value per share$36.94-0.1%$36.97+2.4%$36.09-24.9%$48.08+2.4%$46.950.0%
Valuation
Market capitalization$7.36B+59.0%$4.63B+0.5%$4.61B-24.8%$6.13B-3.4%$6.34B-16.1%
Enterprise value$20.36B+16.0%$17.56B+0.6%$17.45B-5.4%$18.45B-0.5%$18.55B-12.3%
Price / sales0.8×+0.3×0.5×0.0×0.5×-0.1×0.6×0.0×0.6×-0.1×
Price / book1.8×+0.7×1.1×0.0×1.2×0.0×1.2×-0.1×1.2×-0.2×
EV / EBITDA134×-70.2×204.2×3,074.5×+2,412×662.4×+468×
EV / sales2.1×+0.3×1.8×0.0×1.8×-0.1×1.9×0.0×1.8×-0.2×
Free cash flow yield11.9%-5.4pp17.3%-4.9pp22.2%+11.8pp10.5%+2.4pp8.1%+0.9pp
Earnings yield-15.1%+10.4pp-25.5%+41.9pp-67.4%-40.7pp-26.7%-0.2pp-26.5%-6.2pp
Dividend yield0.2%-0.1pp0.3%-1.6pp1.9%-0.7pp2.6%-1.1pp3.7%-0.4pp

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Questions, answered.

What are Celanese Corporation's profit margins?
Celanese Corporation (CE) runs a 20.5% gross margin and a -23.7% operating margin, with a -11.7% net margin.
Where do Celanese Corporation's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from Celanese Corporation's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.