Celanese (CE) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)

Celanese (CE) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.0% for Q1 2026, up 17.95% on a QoQ basis from 0.0% in Q4 2025, and little changed year-over-year from 0.0% in Q1 2025.

Celanese (CE) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Celanese's Return on Invested Capital history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.0% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.0% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.01%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.0% for Q1 2026 at Celanese, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.01% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.0% in 2023 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Invested Capital grew 1 bps — and 2023, when it fell 1 bps.
  • Celanese's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.0% in 2022, then soared by 33 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then slumped by 129 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then sank by 58 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then rose by 18 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CE's Return on Invested Capital at 0.0% in Q1 2026, 0.0% in Q4 2025, and 0.01% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Celanese 5.19 Bn 3.86 Bn 468.00 Mn 0.00%
2 Methanex 4.49 Bn 4.40 Bn - 0.00%
3 Olin 2.69 Bn 2.50 Bn 75.80 Mn 0.00%
4 Braskem 1.98 Bn -218.50 Mn - -
5 Rex American Resources 1.49 Bn 1.21 Bn 28.91 Mn 0.30%
6 Green Plains 1.18 Bn 1.01 Bn 87.95 Mn 0.00%
7 Tronox Holdings 1.02 Bn 1.04 Bn 44.00 Mn -0.01%
8 Lsb Industries 880.78 Mn 699.14 Mn 35.79 Mn 0.03%
9 Westlake Chemical Partners 775.06 Mn 730.77 Mn 93.76 Mn -
10 AdvanSix 576.85 Mn 559.27 Mn 3.80 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.00%
Dec 31, 2025 0.00%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Sep 30, 2024 0.00%
Jun 30, 2024 0.00%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 0.01%
Jun 30, 2022 0.01%
Mar 31, 2022 0.01%
Sep 30, 2021 0.01%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%
Mar 31, 2021 0.00%