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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001306830-26-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CE"
cik: "0001306830"
company_name: "Celanese Corp"
filed_at: "2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:21:58.116655+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Celanese posts FY2025 GAAP loss $10.44 EPS; adjusted EPS $3.98; Q4 adjusted EPS $0.67, guides Q1 $0.70-0.85

## Summary
- Full year 2025: GAAP diluted loss per share $10.44; adjusted EPS $3.98 (down from $8.18 in 2024); net sales $9.5B, down 7% YoY.
- Fourth quarter 2025: GAAP EPS $0.23; adjusted EPS $0.67 (down from $1.33 YoY); net sales $2.2B, down 9% sequentially.
- Engineered Materials Q4 adjusted EBIT $183M, full-year $720M; Acetyl Chain Q4 adjusted EBIT $146M, full-year $695M.
- FY2025 operating cash flow $1.1B, free cash flow $773M; Q1 2026 adjusted EPS guidance $0.70-$0.85; FY2026 FCF target $650-$750M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001306830-26-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CE
- cik: 0001306830
- company_name: Celanese Corp
- filed_at: 2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683026000016/0001306830-26-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683026000016/ce-20260217.htm

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