---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001306830-24-000180"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CE"
cik: "0001306830"
company_name: "Celanese Corp"
filed_at: "2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T05:48:55.567931+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Celanese Q3 GAAP EPS $1.08, adj EPS $2.44; cuts dividend ~95%, Q4 adj EPS guidance ~$1.25

## Summary
- Q3 GAAP diluted EPS $1.08; adjusted EPS $2.44; net sales $2.6B, down slightly YoY.
- Demand weakness across key end-markets; automotive and industrial segments degraded swiftly.
- Dividend to be reduced ~95% starting Q1 2025 to support deleveraging and debt repayment.
- Q4 outlook: adjusted EPS ~$1.25; expects worsening demand and heavier-than-normal seasonal destocking.
- Additional cost reduction programs >$75M by end of 2025; temporary idling and $200M inventory release in Q4.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001306830-24-000180
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CE
- cik: 0001306830
- company_name: Celanese Corp
- filed_at: 2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1306830/000130683024000180/0001306830-24-000180-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683024000180/ce-20241104.htm

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