---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001306830-24-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CE"
cik: "0001306830"
company_name: "Celanese Corp"
filed_at: "2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T22:47:26.857952+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Celanese reports FY 2023 GAAP EPS $18.00, adjusted EPS $8.92; record free cash flow $1.3B

## Summary
- Full year net sales $10.9B (+13% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $18.00; adjusted EPS $8.92 (down from $15.88 prior year).
- Record operating cash flow $1.9B and free cash flow $1.3B; net debt reduced $1.3B.
- Q4 net sales $2.569B; GAAP diluted EPS $6.43; adjusted EPS $2.24; quarterly record free cash flow $702M.
- Acetyl Chain FY adj EBIT $1.3B (26% margin); Engineered Materials FY adj EBIT $848M (14% margin).
- Q1 2024 guidance: adjusted EPS $1.75-$2.00 inclusive of ~$0.30 M&M transaction amortization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001306830-24-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CE
- cik: 0001306830
- company_name: Celanese Corp
- filed_at: 2024-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683024000016/0001306830-24-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683024000016/ce-20240220.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Celanese Corp reported fourth quarter and full year 2023 results: revenue $10.9 billion, EPS $18.00.
  - Period: fourth quarter and full year 2023
  - Revenue: $10.9 billion
  - EPS: $18.00
  - Result: reported results
  source text: specialty materials company, today reported full year 2023 GAAP diluted earnings per share of $18.00 and adjusted earnings per share of $8.92. The Company generated net sales of $10.9 billion in 2023, an increase of 13 percent from the prior year, due to an increase in volume of 23 percent reflecting the Mobility & Materials (M&M) acquisition, partially offset by a
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683024000016/0001306830-24-000016-index.htm

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