Celanese Corporation
Celanese Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $9.5 billion, down 7.05% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 8.69%, EPS fell 37.4%, free cash flow fell 53.6% and total debt fell 7.22%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Celanese Corporation (CE) Altman Z-score
Celanese Corporation's Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 1.23, in the distress zone (below 1.81).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1.23 | (0.12) |
| FY2024 | 1.35 | (0.58) |
| FY2023 | 1.93 | 0.34 |
| FY2022 | 1.59 | (2.43) |
| FY2021 | 4.02 | 0.75 |
| FY2020 | 3.26 | (0.16) |
| FY2019 | 3.42 | (0.06) |
| FY2018 | 3.48 | 0.25 |
| FY2017 | 3.24 | 0.02 |
| FY2016 | 3.22 | 0.61 |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.09 | — | 0.11 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.46 | — | 0.64 | |
| EBIT / total assets | (0.04) | — | −0.12 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 0.27 | — | 0.16 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.44 | — | 0.44 | |
| Altman Z-score | Distress zone | 1.23 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Grey zone | 2.12 | ||
Z and Z″ put Celanese Corporation in different zones: distress zone by Z, grey zone by Z″.
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| REX REX American Resources Corporation compare | 9.7× |
| LXU Lsb Industries Inc. compare | 1.7× |
| OLN Olin Corporation compare | 1.7× |
| GPRE Green Plains, Inc. compare | 1.4× |
| HUN Huntsman Corporation compare | 1.4× |
| DOW Dow Inc. compare | 1.4× |
| CE Celanese Corporation | 1.2× |
| TROX Tronox Holdings PLC compare | 0.7× |
| WLKP Westlake Chemical Partners LP compare | — |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets