---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001306830-23-000156"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CE"
cik: "0001306830"
company_name: "Celanese Corp"
filed_at: "2023-11-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T19:15:54.950248+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Celanese Q3 GAAP EPS $8.70, adjusted EPS $2.50; guides Q4 adj. EPS $2.10-$2.50

## Summary
- Net sales of $2.7B; GAAP operating profit $842M incl. Nutrinova JV gain; adjusted EBIT $451M.
- Completed Nutrinova JV: Mitsui acquired 70% stake for $503M; Celanese contributed food ingredients business.
- Reduced net debt by $758M in Q3; inventory down $177M; free cash flow $268M.
- Closes nylon 66 unit in Uentrop, Germany and three Engineered Materials plants in South America and Germany.
- Full-year 2023 adjusted EPS expected at lower end of prior $9.00-$10.00 range; Q4 adjusted EPS $2.10-$2.50.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001306830-23-000156
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CE
- cik: 0001306830
- company_name: Celanese Corp
- filed_at: 2023-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683023000156/0001306830-23-000156-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683023000156/ce-20231106.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001306830-23-000156.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Celanese Corp reported third quarter of 2023 results: revenue $2.7 billion, EPS $8.70.
  - Period: third quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $2.7 billion
  - EPS: $8.70
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global chemical and specialty materials company, today reported third quarter 2023 GAAP diluted earnings per share of $8.70 and adjusted earnings per share of $2.50. The Company generated net sales of $2.7 billion in the quarter
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683023000156/0001306830-23-000156-index.htm

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