---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001306830-23-000124"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CE"
cik: "0001306830"
company_name: "Celanese Corp"
filed_at: "2023-08-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T03:50:42.584421+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Celanese Q2 GAAP EPS $2.00, adj EPS $2.17; record FCF $611M; Q3 adj EPS guidance $2.00-$2.50

## Summary
- Net sales $2.8B, down 2% sequentially; operating profit $335M, adjusted EBIT $444M.
- Record operating cash flow $762M and free cash flow $611M; net debt reduced by $515M.
- Acetyl Chain operating profit $295M (adj EBIT $332M); Engineered Materials $158M ($205M).
- Food Ingredients JV Nutrinova: Mitsui to acquire 70% stake for $472.5M (~15x 2022 EBITDA).
- Full-year adj EPS guidance $9.00-$10.00; Q3 adj EPS $2.00-$2.50 (incl. ~$0.30 M&M amort).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001306830-23-000124
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CE
- cik: 0001306830
- company_name: Celanese Corp
- filed_at: 2023-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683023000124/0001306830-23-000124-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683023000124/ce-20230807.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001306830-23-000124
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001306830-23-000124.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001306830-23-000124.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Celanese Corp reported second quarter 2023 results: revenue $2.8 billion, net income $221 million, EPS $2.00.
  - Period: second quarter 2023
  - Revenue: $2.8 billion
  - Net income: $221 million
  - EPS: $2.00
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global chemical and specialty materials company, today reported second quarter 2023 GAAP diluted earnings per share of $2.00 and adjusted earnings per share of $2.17. The Company generated net sales of $2.8 billion in the quarter
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683023000124/0001306830-23-000124-index.htm

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