Celanese Financial Ratios
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Celanese ratio analysis
Celanese earned a net margin of -12.2% in FY 2025, up from -15.0% a year earlier. Gross margin was 20.5% compared with a median of 24.6% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached -28.8%, meaning Celanese generated -0.29 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 3.11 versus 2.45 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.55. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Celanese financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | — | — | 8.75 | 5.90 | 9.97 | 7.76 | 17.51 | 10.26 | 17.58 | 12.74 |
| Price / sales | 0.48 | 0.70 | 1.55 | 1.15 | 2.19 | 2.71 | 2.36 | 1.72 | 2.40 | 2.12 |
| Price / book | 1.14 | 1.41 | 2.39 | 1.97 | 4.46 | 4.34 | 5.92 | 4.12 | 5.11 | 4.41 |
| Gross margin | 20.5% | 22.8% | 23.6% | 24.6% | 31.4% | 22.9% | 25.5% | 27.6% | 24.6% | 26.1% |
| Operating margin | -8.2% | -7.0% | 15.2% | 14.2% | 22.8% | 11.7% | 13.2% | 18.6% | 14.0% | 17.3% |
| Net margin | -12.2% | -15.0% | 17.8% | 19.6% | 22.1% | 35.1% | 13.5% | 16.9% | 13.7% | 16.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 8.4% | 5.2% | 12.2% | 13.2% | 15.1% | 17.3% | 17.2% | 17.1% | 8.7% | 12.0% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | -28.8% | -30.1% | 27.5% | 33.6% | 45.1% | 56.3% | 34.0% | 40.4% | 29.2% | 34.8% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | -5.4% | -6.8% | 7.3% | 7.2% | 15.8% | 18.2% | 9.0% | 13.0% | 8.8% | 10.8% |
| Debt / equity | 3.11 | 2.45 | 1.94 | 2.60 | 0.95 | 1.06 | 1.56 | 1.18 | 1.26 | 1.16 |
| Current ratio | 1.55 | 1.32 | 1.53 | 1.63 | 1.52 | 1.91 | 1.58 | 1.62 | 1.79 | 2.30 |
| Revenue growth | -7.1% | -6.0% | 13.0% | 13.3% | 51.0% | -10.2% | -12.0% | 16.5% | 13.9% | -5.0% |
| EPS growth | — | -179.4% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 0.7% | 144.9% | -23.2% | 46.3% | -1.5% | 209.0% |