secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Celanese Corp (CE)
CIK:        0001306830
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-04T20:20:45+00:00
Accession:  0001306830-26-000113
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Celanese Q2 adjusted EPS $2.45, net sales $2.8B; Q3 guidance $1.35-$1.75
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- GAAP diluted EPS $1.15, adjusted EPS $2.45; net sales $2.8B (+18% sequentially on 4% volume, 14% price).
- Engineered Materials net sales $1.45B (+9% seq), adjusted EBIT $234M; Acetyl Chain net sales $1.33B (+28% seq), adjusted EBIT $321M.
- Operating cash flow $209M, free cash flow $140M; full-year free cash flow guidance $700-$800M.
- Q3 2026 adjusted EPS guidance $1.35-$1.75; full-year adjusted EPS ~$6.00.
- Completed Ulsan compounding closure and nylon 6,6 optimization; expects >$50M annualized fixed-cost savings.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683026000113/0001306830-26-000113-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1306830/000130683026000113/ce-20260804.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001306830-26-000113

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