Celanese Corporation's acquisition of DuPont's Materials & Mobility business led to high leverage at a good point in the cycle. Despite initial optimism, Celanese's earnings came down, pushing up leverage ratios a lot. Recent actions to address this include a 95% dividend cut, production idling, and cost-saving measures, but market conditions will ultimately dictate the outcome.
Celanese (CE) was the worst-performing stock in the S&P 500 on Tuesday after the chemicals supplier posted results that were worse than expected, slashed its dividend, and said it would cut production because of falling sales.
Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE ) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 5, 2024 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Bill Cunningham - VP, IR Lori Ryerkerk - Chairman and CEO Scott Richardson - COO Chuck Kyrish - CFO Conference Call Participants Vincent Andrews - Morgan Stanley Mike Leithead - Barclays Michael Sison - Wells Fargo Jeff Zekauskas - JP Morgan Ghansham Panjabi - Baird Josh Spector - ...
Celanese reported third-quarter adjusted earnings of $2.44 a share on sales of $2.6 billion.
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