secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Celanese Corp (CE)
CIK:        0001306830
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001306830-26-000016
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683026000016/0001306830-26-000016-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683026000016/ce-20260217.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001306830-26-000016

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