What Celanese Investors Should Keep in Mind

By Harris Dyer • Monday, March 06 12:20 • Permanent Link

Celanese sank -1.75% this afternoon, compared to the S&P 500's day change of 0.76%. Today's losers may turn out to be tomorrow's winners, so be sure to check the stock's fundamentals before making an investment decision:

Celanese has logged a -10.11% 52 week change, compared to -3.7002325000000003% for the S&P 500
CE has an average analyst rating of buy and is -4.25% away from its mean target price of $127.79 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $18.11, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 6.76. The Industrials sector's average P/E ratio is 20.49
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $14.56 and its forward P/E ratio is 8.4
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.216 in contrast to the Industrials sector's average P/B ratio is 3.78
The current ratio is currently 1.63, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $1,276,000,000.00 and the average free cash flow growth rate is 1.95%
Celanese's revenues have an average growth rate of 7.85% with operating expenses growing at 10.6%. The company's current operating margins stand at 14.74%

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