Celanese vs Dow
CE and DOW side by side, both in chemicals and allied products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CE and DOW compare
Dow is the larger company, worth 4.6 times as much as Celanese ($25.1B against $5.4B).
Dow grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−1.2% versus −2.2% for Celanese).
Both pay dividends: Celanese yields 0.18% and Dow 4.0%.
Celanese scores higher on the StockData Score (7 against 6 for Dow), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CE | DOW |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $5.4B | $25.1B |
| Share price | $49.30 | $34.70 |
| Change, 1 year | 22.9% | 39.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −70.9% | −40.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.10 | 0.70 |
| Employees | 11K | 35K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 0.6× (better) | 0.6× |
| P/B | 1.3× (better) | 1.6× |
| EV/EBITDA | 115× | 15.3× (better) |
| P/FCF | 7.6× | – |
| FCF yield | 13.1% | – |
| Fair value | $86.71 | $27.77 |
| Margin of safety | 43.1% (better) | −25.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −2.2% | −1.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 11.0% (better) | 0.73% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 20.9% (better) | 9.9% |
| Operating margin | −7.1% | – |
| Net margin | −12.0% | – |
| FCF margin | 7.3% | – |
| Return on equity | −24.8% | – |
| Return on invested capital | −3.4% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 2.88 | 1.13 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 74.43 | 5.26 (better) |
| Interest coverage | −1.0× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.45 | 1.75 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.30 | 1.56 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.18% | 4.0% (better) |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 0.00% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.18% | 4.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 111% | 78.1% |
| Held by insiders | 0.41% | 0.28% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $593K | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 5.8% | 4.7% |
Go deeper
- CE stock overview
- CE income statement
- CE valuation and score
- DOW stock overview
- DOW income statement
- DOW valuation and score
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