Celanese Corp.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Specialty Chemicals
  • ISIN: US1508701034
USD
56.95
-3.23 (-5.37%)
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Why is Celanese Corp. ?

1
The company has declared Negative results for the last 3 consecutive quarters
  • NET PROFIT(9M) At USD -110 MM has Grown at -110.12%
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 1,020 MM
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at -25.69%
2
Risky -
  • The stock is trading risky as compared to its average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -37.11%, its profits have fallen by -104.1%
3
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -37.11% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Celanese Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Specialty Chemicals should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Specialty Chemicals)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Celanese Corp. for you?

High Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Celanese Corp.
-2.68%
-1.11
63.75%
S&P 500
14.9%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
11.03%
EBIT Growth (5y)
1.33%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
6.54
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
4.95
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
2.30
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.54
Tax Ratio
42.04%
Dividend Payout Ratio
0
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
11.64%
ROE (avg)
32.55%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
22
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.36
EV to EBIT
27.14
EV to EBITDA
13.57
EV to Capital Employed
1.36
EV to Sales
2.19
PEG Ratio
0.05
Dividend Yield
0.11%
ROCE (Latest)
5.00%
ROE (Latest)
10.87%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

15What is working for the Company
NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 25 MM has Grown at 1,766.67%

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 17.34%

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 6.2 times

-12What is not working for the Company
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 13 MM has Fallen at -83.75%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 176.27

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 19.82% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 286.49 %

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Lowest at USD 6.2

NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at USD 2,204 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 312 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 14.16 %

Here's what is working for Celanese Corp.

Net Profit
At USD 25 MM has Grown at 1,766.67%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD -1.5 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Highest at 6.2 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 17.34%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Here's what is not working for Celanese Corp.

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 13 MM has Fallen at -83.75%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 80 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 176.27
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Net Sales
Lowest at USD 2,204 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (USD MM)

Net Sales
At USD 2,204 MM has Fallen at -9.21%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 2,427.5 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Lowest at USD 312 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 14.16 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 286.49 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Dividend per share
Lowest at USD 6.2
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower dividend than previous years

DPS (USD)

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 19.82% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales