We're taking a closer look at Celanese today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Friday, its shares moved -2.1% compared to 0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Celanese Corporation, a chemical and specialty materials company, manufactures and sells high performance engineered polymers in the United States and internationally.
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Celanese has moved -26.3% over the last year compared to -3.8% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -23.0%
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CE has an average analyst rating of buy and is -19.02% away from its mean target price of $129.17 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $17.41
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Celanese has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 6.0 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $14.53 and its forward P/E ratio is 7.2
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CE has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 3.36, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.0 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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Celanese is part of the Industrials sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.49 and an average P/B of 3.78
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Celanese has on average reported free cash flows of $1,125,000,000.00 over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 4.2%