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Celanese price to free cash flow CE

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
7.4×
10-year median
12.5×
Against its 10-year history
11th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
4.1× to 34.4×
Peer median
23.6×

Celanese's price to free cash flow is 7.4× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 12.5×, lower than on 89% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 4.1× in Nov 2025 to 34.4× in Jun 2018.

The median for 10 chemicals stocks of a similar size is 23.6×.

Price to free cash flow over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far7.4×4.5×9.4×
20254.6×4.1×13.3×
20248.9×8.2×16.0×
202316.5×8.6×16.5×
20228.5×6.4×17.9×
202117.3×14.7×22.0×
202015.6×7.1×16.1×
201912.7×8.6×14.3×
201813.0×12.6×34.4×
201731.7×14.0×31.7×
201613.7×12.2×16.6×
201515.0×10.6×15.9×
201414.3×13.6×27.3×
201327.2×16.9×28.5×
201215.7×13.9×31.9×
201127.6×16.4×31.3×
201016.7×11.5×17.4×

Against its peers

Companies in Chemicals nearest Celanese's size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
CECelanese7.4×
BCPCBalchemn/m
CSWCSW Industrials33.4×
HXLHexcel23.6×
CBTCabot13.6×
AVNTAvient19.7×
EMNEastman Chemical13.8×
ESIElement Solutions58.8×
WDFCWD 4035.9×
FULFuller H B26.7×
ALBAlbemarle8.2×
Peer median23.6×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.