secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Celanese Corp (CE)
CIK:        0001306830
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001306830-24-000094
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683024000094/0001306830-24-000094-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683024000094/ce-20240508.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001306830-24-000094

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