---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001306830-24-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CE"
cik: "0001306830"
company_name: "Celanese Corp"
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T08:53:46.007211+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Celanese Q1 GAAP EPS $1.10, adjusted EPS $2.08; guides Q2 $2.60-$3.00

## Summary
- Q1 net sales $2.6B, up 2% sequentially; GAAP diluted EPS $1.10, adjusted EPS $2.08.
- Adjusted EBIT $407M, operating EBITDA $583M; free cash flow -$40M.
- Acetyl Chain net sales $1.3B (+7% seq); Engineered Materials net sales $1.4B (-2% seq).
- Q2 adjusted EPS guidance $2.60-$3.00, including $0.30 M&M amortization.
- Completed startup of Clear Lake acetic acid expansion (1.3M ton) and Nanjing VAE unit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001306830-24-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CE
- cik: 0001306830
- company_name: Celanese Corp
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+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/1306830/000130683024000094/0001306830-24-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683024000094/ce-20240508.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001306830-24-000094.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Celanese Corp reported first quarter 2024 results: revenue $2.6 billion, net income $124 million, EPS $1.10.
  - Period: first quarter 2024
  - Revenue: $2.6 billion
  - Net income: $124 million
  - EPS: $1.10
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global chemical and specialty materials company, today reported first quarter 2024 U.S. GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.10 and adjusted earnings per share of $2.08. The Company generated net sales of $2.6 billion in the quarter
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683024000094/0001306830-24-000094-index.htm

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