Celanese Corporation (CE): Today's Featured Chemicals Laggard
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) pushed the Chemicals industry lower today making it today's featured Chemicals laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.2%. By the end of trading, Celanese Corporation fell 45 cents (-1.1%) to $40.32 on light volume. Throughout the day, 655,445 shares of Celanese Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.9 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $40.07-$40.74 after having opened the day at $40.48 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $40.77. Other companies within the Chemicals industry that declined today were:
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Celanese Corporation, a technology and specialty materials company, engages in manufacture and sale of value-added chemicals, thermoplastic polymers, and other chemical-based products. Celanese Corporation has a market cap of $6.43 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 10, above the average chemicals industry P/E ratio of 9.8 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 7.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Celanese Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Celanese Corporation as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.
- You can view the full Celanese Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 10.4%,
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