Celanese Valuation

Is CE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CE ($73.94) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($186.5)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CE is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CE?

Key metric: As CE is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CE. This is calculated by dividing CE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio7.4x
EarningsUS$1.10b
Market CapUS$8.09b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CE's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average28.3x
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems
27.1x19.1%US$8.9b
EMN Eastman Chemical
13.2x10.1%US$11.7b
ESI Element Solutions
25.7x0.5%US$6.9b
BCPC Balchem
47.3x14.9%US$5.8b
CE Celanese
7.4x15.2%US$8.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.4x) compared to the peer average (28.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Chemicals Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FFHL Fuwei Films (Holdings)
2.8xn/aUS$27.11m
BSLK Bolt Projects Holdings
0.07xn/aUS$10.01m
BON Bon Natural Life
2.2xn/aUS$5.72m
GSPI Green Star Products
1.5xn/aUS$1.79m
CE 7.4xIndustry Avg. 23.6xNo. of Companies8PE01224364860+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.4x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (23.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CE's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio7.4x
Fair PE Ratio21.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$73.94
US$108.06
+46.1%
20.0%US$170.00US$76.00n/a18
Nov ’25US$124.81
US$146.26
+17.2%
10.8%US$178.00US$120.00n/a19
Oct ’25US$135.01
US$148.40
+9.9%
11.3%US$178.00US$120.00n/a20
Sep ’25US$130.60
US$151.40
+15.9%
11.0%US$180.00US$128.00n/a20
Aug ’25US$137.55
US$160.10
+16.4%
9.9%US$184.00US$130.00n/a20
Jul ’25US$131.68
US$164.00
+24.5%
9.9%US$193.00US$130.00n/a20
Jun ’25US$152.04
US$166.86
+9.7%
9.6%US$197.00US$140.00n/a21
May ’25US$154.44
US$162.23
+5.0%
9.9%US$199.00US$138.00n/a22
Apr ’25US$171.14
US$156.82
-8.4%
10.3%US$195.00US$120.00n/a22
Mar ’25US$153.46
US$156.14
+1.7%
9.5%US$180.00US$120.00n/a22
Feb ’25US$147.90
US$148.23
+0.2%
11.4%US$176.00US$120.00n/a22
Jan ’25US$155.37
US$140.29
-9.7%
10.8%US$169.00US$117.30n/a22
Dec ’24US$141.04
US$135.06
-4.2%
9.4%US$160.00US$110.00n/a22
Nov ’24US$113.02
US$134.56
+19.1%
10.7%US$160.00US$110.00US$124.8122
Oct ’24US$125.52
US$133.06
+6.0%
11.1%US$160.00US$110.00US$135.0122
Sep ’24US$128.90
US$131.73
+2.2%
11.2%US$160.00US$110.00US$130.6022
Aug ’24US$125.37
US$127.14
+1.4%
11.5%US$160.00US$100.00US$137.5522
Jul ’24US$115.80
US$126.00
+8.8%
11.3%US$160.00US$100.00US$131.6823
Jun ’24US$106.10
US$126.76
+19.5%
11.6%US$160.00US$100.00US$152.0422
May ’24US$104.63
US$132.08
+26.2%
11.3%US$160.00US$100.00US$154.4421
Apr ’24US$108.89
US$131.67
+20.9%
11.7%US$160.00US$100.00US$171.1421
Mar ’24US$119.71
US$130.73
+9.2%
12.4%US$160.00US$100.00US$153.4622
Feb ’24US$124.98
US$125.64
+0.5%
15.5%US$160.00US$83.00US$147.9022
Jan ’24US$102.24
US$122.55
+19.9%
16.1%US$160.00US$83.00US$155.3722
Dec ’23US$107.49
US$120.19
+11.8%
15.8%US$160.00US$83.00US$141.0421
Nov ’23US$98.36
US$128.05
+30.2%
19.5%US$180.00US$86.00US$113.0221

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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