Celanese Dividend yield

Celanese is part of Chemicals business, which is part of Basic Materials industry. Celanese is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Celanese stock dividend

Celanese paid a total dividend of 306 million USD last year, for a market value of 13,773 millions (Market Cap 12,461 millions). Celanese dividend per share is 2.81 USD, and his stock market price 126.36 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Celanese has a dividend yield of 2.22%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Basic Materials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Celanese stocks dividend with other Chemicals companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Celanese Dividend Payout

About the ability of Celanese to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.81 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.22%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Celanese payout on ernings is currently 15.57%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Basic Materials industry, which are 39.34% and 38.07% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Celanesecan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Celanese is USD 16.85 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.81, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Celanese, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Basic Materials industry and Chemicals sector companies.

Celanese Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Celanese's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.22%	2.81	15.57%	109
2022	2.74%	2.80	15.88%	108
2021	1.62%	2.72	14.73%	109
2020	1.91%	2.48	33.02%	117
2019	2.01%	2.47	24.48%	121
2018	2.40%	2.16	30.25%	134
2017	1.72%	1.84	27.50%	136
2016	1.82%	1.44	66.06%	145
2015	1.70%	1.20	28.64%	154

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Celanese dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Chemicals stocks.

Celanese Stock performance

Finally, last moth Celanese showed a return of 0.80% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.66% of Basic Materials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 14.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Chemicals firms.