Growth Metrics

Celanese (CE) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Celanese filings provide 17 years of Operating Margin readings, the most recent being 4.22% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 6440.0% to 4.22% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 8.18%, a 123.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 8.24%, down 122.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 4.22% in Q4 2025 for Celanese, up from 52.71% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 30.92% in Q3 2023 to a low of 60.18% in Q4 2024.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 9.43% (2024), compared with a mean of 6.82%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: crashed -6945bps in 2024 and later skyrocketed 6440bps in 2025.
  • Celanese's Operating Margin stood at 23.65% in 2021, then tumbled by -45bps to 13.02% in 2022, then dropped by -29bps to 9.28% in 2023, then tumbled by -749bps to 60.18% in 2024, then soared by 107bps to 4.22% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 4.22% (Q4 2025), 52.71% (Q3 2025), and 9.2% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.