Celanese Corp cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, Celanese Corp's operations generated $1.15bn of cash; it spent $343m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $803m. It returned $13.0m in dividends.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 596 | 452 | 638 | 722 | 762 | 962 | 862 | 893 | 803 | 1,558 | 1,454 | 1,343 | 1,757 | 1,819 | 1,899 | 966 | 1,146 | 984 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 308 | 287 | 298 | 308 | 305 | 292 | 357 | 290 | 305 | 343 | 352 | 350 | 371 | 462 | 706 | 801 | 760 | 835 |
| Stock-based pay | — | — | — | 20 | 24 | 46 | 40 | 31 | 47 | 71 | 48 | 28 | 95 | 60 | 40 | 32 | 24 | 30 |
| Capital spending | 176 | 201 | 349 | 349 | 277 | 254 | 232 | 246 | 267 | 337 | 370 | 364 | 467 | 543 | 568 | 435 | 343 | 276 |
| Free cash flow | 420 | 251 | 289 | 373 | 485 | 708 | 630 | 647 | 536 | 1,221 | 1,084 | 979 | 1,290 | 1,276 | 1,331 | 531 | 803 | 708 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | — | — | — | 353 | 461 | 662 | 590 | 616 | 489 | 1,150 | 1,036 | 951 | 1,195 | 1,216 | 1,291 | 499 | 779 | 678 |
| Dividends paid | 23 | 28 | 34 | 43 | 83 | 144 | 174 | 201 | 241 | 280 | 300 | 293 | 304 | 297 | 305 | 307 | 13 | 13 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 48 | 31 | 45 | 164 | 250 | 420 | 500 | 500 | 805 | 996 | 650 | 1,000 | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q3Sept 2024 | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 79 | 494 | 37 | 410 | 447 | 252 | 76 | 209 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 203 | 185 | 180 | 190 | 194 | 196 | 201 | 244 |
| Stock-based pay | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| Capital spending | 88 | 105 | 102 | 93 | 64 | 84 | 66 | 62 |
| Free cash flow | −9 | 389 | −65 | 317 | 383 | 168 | 10 | 147 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | −12 | 380 | −70 | 310 | 376 | 163 | 2 | 137 |
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