Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global chemical and specialty materials company, today reported full year 2023 GAAP diluted earnings per share of $18.00 and adjusted earnings per share of $8.92. The Company generated net sales of $10.9 billion in 2023, an increase of 13 percent from the prior year, due to an increase in volume of 23 percent reflecting the Mobility & Materials (M&M) acquisition, partially offset by a decrease in price of 10 percent. Full year 2023 volume decreased by 2 percent, excluding M&M, due to challenging demand and competitive dynamics across most of the year. Celanese took actions to reduce costs and align production and inventory levels with demand to report 2023 consolidated operating profit of $1.7 billion, adjusted EBIT of $1.8 billion, and operating EBITDA of $2.4 billion, at margins of 15, 16, and 22 percent, respectively.
The difference between GAAP diluted earnings per share and adjusted earnings per share in 2023 was due to Certain Items totaling $114 million1 and a recorded income tax benefit of $790 million, primarily due to restructuring related to acquired operations.
Celanese took actions in 2023 to maximize cash generation and execute its deleveraging plan. As a result, the Company:
Celanese also reported fourth quarter GAAP diluted earnings per share of $6.43 and adjusted earnings per share of $2.24. The Company generated fourth quarter operating cash flow of $830 million and free cash flow of $702 million, both quarterly records.
"In a challenging backdrop across the entirety of 2023, our team decisively executed on hundreds of actions to reduce our costs, secure alternative volumes, align our production and inventory levels with demand, and maximize our cash generation," said Lori Ryerkerk, chair and chief executive officer. "With a focus on what we can control, we delivered record cash generation, exceeded our full year net debt reduction objective, and enhanced the competitiveness of our businesses going into 2024."
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1 Including the gain from the formation of the Nutrinova joint venture (JV), partially offset by M&A-related costs, and shutdown costs |
Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights:
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Three Months Ended |
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December 31,
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September 30,
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December 31,
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(unaudited) |
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(In $ millions, except per share data) |
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Net Sales |
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Engineered Materials |
|
1,406 |
|
|
|
1,528 |
|
|
|
1,237 |
|
Acetyl Chain |
|
1,181 |
|
|
|
1,220 |
|
|
|
1,135 |
|
Intersegment Eliminations |
|
(18 |
) |
|
|
(25 |
) |
|
|
(24 |
) |
Total |
|
2,569 |
|
|
|
2,723 |
|
|
|
2,348 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Operating Profit (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Engineered Materials |
|
122 |
|
|
|
691 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
Acetyl Chain |
|
264 |
|
|
|
272 |
|
|
|
204 |
|
Other Activities |
|
(127 |
) |
|
|
(121 |
) |
|
|
(173 |
) |
Total |
|
259 |
|
|
|
842 |
|
|
|
56 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Net Earnings (Loss) |
|
701 |
|
|
|
949 |
|
|
|
769 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Adjusted EBIT(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Engineered Materials |
|
199 |
|
|
|
229 |
|
|
|
138 |
|
Acetyl Chain |
|
300 |
|
|
|
310 |
|
|
|
242 |
|
Other Activities |
|
(65 |
) |
|
|
(88 |
) |
|
|
(78 |
) |
Total |
|
434 |
|
|
|
451 |
|
|
|
302 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Equity Earnings and Dividend Income, Other Income (Expense) |
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Engineered Materials |
|
45 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
35 |
|
Acetyl Chain |
|
33 |
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Operating EBITDA(1) |
|
608 |
|
|
|
624 |
|
|
|
453 |
|
Diluted EPS - continuing operations |
$ |
6.43 |
|
|
$ |
8.70 |
|
|
$ |
7.03 |
|
Diluted EPS - total |
$ |
6.37 |
|
|
$ |
8.69 |
|
|
$ |
7.03 |
|
Adjusted EPS(1) |
$ |
2.24 |
|
|
$ |
2.50 |
|
|
$ |
1.44 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
|
(168 |
) |
|
|
375 |
|
|
|
(10,713 |
) |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
|
(240 |
) |
|
|
(700 |
) |
|
|
1,944 |
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
|
830 |
|
|
|
403 |
|
|
|
541 |
|
Free cash flow(1) |
|
702 |
|
|
|
268 |
|
|
|
395 |
|
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Year Ended December 31, |
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2023 |
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2022 |
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(unaudited) |
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(In $ millions, except per share data) |
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Net Sales |
|
|
|
||||
Engineered Materials |
|
6,149 |
|
|
|
4,024 |
|
Acetyl Chain |
|
4,884 |
|
|
|
5,743 |
|
Intersegment Eliminations |
|
(93 |
) |
|
|
(94 |
) |
Total |
|
10,940 |
|
|
|
9,673 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Operating Profit (Loss) |
|
|
|
||||
Engineered Materials |
|
1,083 |
|
|
|
429 |
|
Acetyl Chain |
|
1,109 |
|
|
|
1,447 |
|
Other Activities |
|
(505 |
) |
|
|
(498 |
) |
Total |
|
1,687 |
|
|
|
1,378 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Net Earnings (Loss) |
|
1,964 |
|
|
|
1,902 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Adjusted EBIT(1) |
|
|
|
||||
Engineered Materials |
|
848 |
|
|
|
779 |
|
Acetyl Chain |
|
1,258 |
|
|
|
1,609 |
|
Other Activities |
|
(353 |
) |
|
|
(217 |
) |
Total |
|
1,753 |
|
|
|
2,171 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Equity Earnings and Dividend Income, Other Income (Expense) |
|
|
|
||||
Engineered Materials |
|
87 |
|
|
|
207 |
|
Acetyl Chain |
|
132 |
|
|
|
143 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Operating EBITDA(1) |
|
2,444 |
|
|
|
2,617 |
|
Diluted EPS - continuing operations |
$ |
18.00 |
|
|
$ |
17.41 |
|
Diluted EPS - total |
$ |
17.92 |
|
|
$ |
17.34 |
|
Adjusted EPS(1) |
$ |
8.92 |
|
|
$ |
15.88 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
|
(134 |
) |
|
|
(11,141 |
) |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
|
(1,456 |
) |
|
|
10,290 |
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
|
1,899 |
|
|
|
1,819 |
|
Free cash flow(1) |
|
1,320 |
|
|
|
1,263 |
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(1) |
See "Non-US GAAP Financial Measures" below. |
Recent Highlights:
Full Year 2023 and Fourth Quarter Business Segment Overview
Acetyl Chain
The Acetyl Chain reported 2023 net sales of $4.9 billion, a 15 percent decrease from the prior year. Net sales reflected a 17 percent decrease in pricing partially offset by a 2 percent increase in volume. The decrease in pricing resulted in an approximately $1 billion headwind, driven by weak demand across many end-markets and a challenging competitive environment. In response, the business exercised its commercial flexibility across the year to capture opportunistic volumes during periods of high spot demand and industry production outages in China. The Acetyl Chain demonstrated additional optionality by pivoting downstream to sell incremental volume into acetate tow and redispersible powders to capture stronger demand and margins. The business flexed its global network to align production with demand by idling its highest cost facilities. Based on these actions, the Acetyl Chain was able to offset the majority of pricing headwinds to deliver foundational earnings in 2023. The Acetyl Chain generated GAAP operating profit of $1.1 billion, adjusted EBIT of $1.3 billion, and operating EBITDA of $1.5 billion, at margins of 23, 26, and 30 percent, respectively.
The Acetyl Chain delivered fourth quarter net sales of $1.2 billion due to a 3 percent sequential decrease in pricing and consistent volume. The business faced unanticipated operational disruptions in the quarter including unscheduled maintenance and supplier disruptions that resulted in over 50 kt of lost production at its most cost-advantaged facilities. To avoid any impact to its customers, the Acetyl Chain incurred additional costs from flexing production to higher cost plants in its network and sourcing volume from third parties. Despite these challenges, the Acetyl Chain delivered its second highest-ever earnings for a fourth quarter with GAAP operating profit of $264 million, adjusted EBIT of $300 million, and operating EBITDA of $354 million, at margins of 22, 25, and 30 percent, respectively. The business delivered fourth quarter performance consistent with its foundational earnings power of $1.3 billion in annual adjusted EBIT, a level of earnings which is expected to increase by approximately $100 million annually after completion of the Clear Lake acetic acid expansion.
Engineered Materials
Engineered Materials delivered net sales of $6.1 billion in 2023, a 53 percent increase from the prior year as a result of the M&M acquisition that closed in the fourth quarter of 2022. The business faced challenging demand and competitive conditions throughout the year, which resulted in volume and pricing decreases. Excluding the addition of M&M, Engineered Materials volume decreased by 8 percent from the prior year. The impact of demand weakness and prolonged destocking in many end-markets was partially offset by growth in automotive and medical markets and alternative volume secured in other markets. A deflationary raw material environment, weak demand, and heightened competitive dynamics resulted in negative impacts to pricing. The business responded to these challenges by aligning inventory and production levels to demand, lowering inventory balances by $384 million across the year, and accelerating M&M synergy actions. Engineered Materials delivered 2023 GAAP operating profit of $1.1 billion, adjusted EBIT of $848 million, and operating EBITDA of $1.3 billion, at margins of 18, 14, and 21 percent, respectively.
Engineered Materials reported fourth quarter net sales of $1.4 billion, representing a sequential decrease of 8 percent. Net sales reflected a volume decrease of 5 percent and a pricing decrease of 3 percent. Pricing decreased due to continued challenging competitive dynamics and product mix headwinds in the Americas and Europe. Volume was impacted, particularly in the acquired M&M product lines, by year-end destocking in automotive and distribution in the Western Hemisphere that was partially offset by improvement in Asia. Engineered Materials reported fourth quarter GAAP operating profit of $122 million, adjusted EBIT of $199 million, and operating EBITDA of $311 million at margins of 9, 14, and 22 percent, respectively. The formation of the Nutrinova JV resulted in a $13 million sequential decrease in consolidated Engineered Materials earnings.
Cash Flow and Tax
Celanese reported 2023 operating cash flow of $1.9 billion and free cash flow of $1.3 billion which included capital expenditures of $568 million. Celanese returned $305 million in cash to shareholders via dividends in 2023.
The tax rate for U.S. GAAP purposes was a benefit of 67 percent for full year 2023 due to deferred tax benefits of non-recurring internal reorganization transactions to integrate acquired business operations and to centralize ownership of intellectual property with the business, the integration of the European headquarters and principal operations to Switzerland, the release of valuation allowances on U.S. foreign tax credit carryforwards, and excess of U.S. GAAP book gains over tax gains related to the formation of the Nutrinova JV. The effective tax rate for adjusted earnings was 9 percent for 2023 as certain benefits of the internal restructuring will be realized in future periods.
Outlook
"Early signs of demand improvement in certain products and end-markets are insufficient to improve the overall sequential backdrop we see early in 2024 and we remain focused on what we can control to sustainably lift the earnings power of Celanese," said Lori Ryerkerk. "We expect to complete several major value creation projects in the first quarter which, along with future projects, will support a significant ramp in our earnings performance across the year. We expect to deliver a significant year over year increase in our earnings per share supported by M&M synergy capture, the Clear Lake acetic acid and methanol expansions, lower interest expense due to deleveraging, and recognition of lower costs flowing through our inventory."
Reflective of sequential volume and pricing conditions that are not expected to materially improve to start 2024, the timing of major value creation projects, and significant first quarter costs related to planned outages, the Company anticipates first quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.75 to $2.00, inclusive of approximately $0.30 per share of M&M transaction amortization.
Reconciliations of forecasted non-GAAP measures such as adjusted earnings per share, adjusted EBIT or free cash flow to the equivalent U.S. GAAP measures (diluted earnings per share, net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation and net cash provided by (used in) operations, respectively), are not available without unreasonable efforts because a forecast of Certain Items, such as mark-to-market pension gains/losses, and other items is not practical. For more information, see "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below.
The Company's prepared remarks related to the fourth quarter will be posted on its website at investors.celanese.com under Financial Information/Financial Document Library on February 20, 2024. Information about Non-US GAAP measures is included in a Non-US GAAP Financial Measures and Supplemental Information document posted on our investor relations website under Financial Information/Non-GAAP Financial Measures. See also "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below.
Celanese Corporation is a global chemical leader in the production of differentiated chemistry solutions and specialty materials used in most major industries and consumer applications. Our businesses use the full breadth of Celanese's global chemistry, technology and commercial expertise to create value for our customers, employees, shareholders and the corporation. As we partner with our customers to solve their most critical business needs, we strive to make a positive impact on our communities and the world through The Celanese Foundation. Based in Dallas, Celanese employs approximately 12,400 employees worldwide and had 2023 net sales of $10.9 billion. For more information about Celanese Corporation and its product offerings, visit www.celanese.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release may contain "forward-looking statements," which include information concerning the Company's plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future revenues, cash flow, financial performance, synergies, capital expenditures, financing needs and other information that is not historical information. All forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and beliefs and various assumptions. There can be no assurance that the Company will realize these expectations or that these beliefs will prove correct. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements contained in this release. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things: changes in general economic, business, political and regulatory conditions in the countries or regions in which we operate; the length and depth of product and industry business cycles, particularly in the automotive, electrical, textiles, electronics and construction industries; volatility or changes in the price and availability of raw materials and energy, particularly changes in the demand for, supply of, and market prices of ethylene, methanol, natural gas, wood pulp and fuel oil and the prices for electricity and other energy sources; the ability to pass increases in raw material prices, logistics costs and other costs on to customers or otherwise improve margins through price increases; the possibility that we will not be able to timely or effectively continue to integrate the Mobility & Materials business (the "M&M Business") we acquired from DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (the "M&M Acquisition") in order to realize the anticipated benefits of the M&M Acquisition, including synergies and growth opportunities, whether as a result of difficulties arising from the operation of the M&M Business or other unanticipated delays, costs, inefficiencies or liabilities; increased commercial, legal or regulatory complexity of entering into, or expanding our exposure to, certain end markets and geographies; risks in the global economy and equity and credit markets and their potential impact on our ability to pay down debt in the future and/or refinance at suitable rates, in a timely manner, or at all; risks and costs associated with increased leverage from the M&M Acquisition, including increased interest expense and potential reduction of business and strategic flexibility; the ability to maintain plant utilization rates and to implement planned capacity additions, expansions and maintenance; the ability to reduce or maintain current levels of production costs and to improve productivity by implementing technological improvements to existing plants; increased price competition and the introduction of competing products by other companies; the ability to identify desirable potential acquisition or divestiture opportunities and to complete such transactions, including obtaining regulatory approvals, consistent with the Company's strategy; market acceptance of our products and technology; compliance and other costs and potential disruption or interruption of production or operations due to accidents, interruptions in sources of raw materials, transportation, logistics or supply chain disruptions, cybersecurity incidents, terrorism or political unrest, public health crises (including, but not limited to, the COVID-19 pandemic), or other unforeseen events or delays in construction or operation of facilities, including as a result of geopolitical conditions, the direct or indirect consequences of acts of war or conflict (such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict or the Israel-Hamas conflict) or terrorist incidents or as a result of weather, natural disasters, or other crises; the ability to obtain governmental approvals and to construct facilities on terms and schedules acceptable to the Company; changes in applicable tariffs, duties and trade agreements, tax rates or legislation throughout the world including, but not limited to, adjustments, changes in estimates or interpretations or the resolution of tax examinations or audits that may impact recorded or future tax impacts and potential regulatory and legislative tax developments in the United States and other jurisdictions; changes in the degree of intellectual property and other legal protection afforded to our products or technologies, or the theft of such intellectual property; potential liability for remedial actions and increased costs under existing or future environmental, health and safety regulations, including those relating to climate change or other sustainability matters; potential liability resulting from pending or future claims or litigation, including investigations or enforcement actions, or from changes in the laws, regulations or policies of governments or other governmental activities in the countries in which we operate; changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates; our level of indebtedness, which could diminish our ability to raise additional capital to fund operations or limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or the chemicals industry; tax rates and changes thereto; and various other factors discussed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which it is made or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Presentation
This document presents the Company's two business segments, Engineered Materials and the Acetyl Chain.
Use of Non-US GAAP Financial Information
This release uses the following Non-US GAAP measures: adjusted EBIT, adjusted EBIT margin, operating EBITDA, operating EBITDA margin, adjusted earnings per share and free cash flow. These measures are not recognized in accordance with US GAAP and should not be viewed as an alternative to US GAAP measures of performance or liquidity. The most directly comparable financial measure presented in accordance with US GAAP in our consolidated financial statements for adjusted EBIT and operating EBITDA is net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation; for adjusted EBIT margin is operating margin; for operating EBITDA margin is operating margin; for adjusted earnings per share is earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Celanese Corporation per common share-diluted; and for free cash flow is net cash provided by (used in) operations.
Definitions of Non-US GAAP Financial Measures
Reconciliation of Non-US GAAP Financial Measures
Reconciliations of the Non-US GAAP financial measures used in this press release to the comparable US GAAP financial measure, together with information about the purposes and uses of Non-US GAAP financial measures, are included in our Non-US GAAP Financial Measures and Supplemental Information document filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on or about February 20, 2024 and also available on our website at investors.celanese.com under Financial Information/Financial Document Library.
Results Unaudited
The results in this document, together with the adjustments made to present the results on a comparable basis, have not been audited and are based on internal financial data furnished to management. Quarterly results should not be taken as an indication of the results of operations to be reported for any subsequent period or for the full fiscal year.
Supplemental Information
Additional information about our prior period performance is included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in our Non-US GAAP Financial Measures and Supplemental Information document.
Consolidated Statements of Operations - Unaudited |
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Three Months Ended |
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December 31,
|
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September 30,
|
|
December 31,
|
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(In $ millions, except share and per share data) |
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Net sales |
2,569 |
|
|
2,723 |
|
|
2,348 |
|
Cost of sales |
(1,956 |
) |
|
(2,050 |
) |
|
(1,964 |
) |
Gross profit |
613 |
|
|
673 |
|
|
384 |
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
(272 |
) |
|
(244 |
) |
|
(269 |
) |
Amortization of intangible assets |
(40 |
) |
|
(41 |
) |
|
(30 |
) |
Research and development expenses |
(32 |
) |
|
(32 |
) |
|
(37 |
) |
Other (charges) gains, net |
(18 |
) |
|
(17 |
) |
|
7 |
|
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net |
11 |
|
|
? |
|
|
3 |
|
Gain (loss) on disposition of businesses and assets, net |
(3 |
) |
|
503 |
|
|
(2 |
) |
Operating profit (loss) |
259 |
|
|
842 |
|
|
56 |
|
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates |
52 |
|
|
12 |
|
|
31 |
|
Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit (expense) income |
(67 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
|
(57 |
) |
Interest expense |
(178 |
) |
|
(178 |
) |
|
(168 |
) |
Refinancing expense |
? |
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
? |
|
Interest income |
12 |
|
|
12 |
|
|
33 |
|
Dividend income - equity investments |
31 |
|
|
30 |
|
|
30 |
|
Other income (expense), net |
23 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
5 |
|
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax |
132 |
|
|
714 |
|
|
(70 |
) |
Income tax (provision) benefit |
575 |
|
|
236 |
|
|
840 |
|
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations |
707 |
|
|
950 |
|
|
770 |
|
Earnings (loss) from operation of discontinued operations |
(8 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
Income tax (provision) benefit from discontinued operations |
2 |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations |
(6 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
Net earnings (loss) |
701 |
|
|
949 |
|
|
769 |
|
Net (earnings) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests |
(3 |
) |
|
2 |
|
|
(2 |
) |
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation |
698 |
|
|
951 |
|
|
767 |
|
Amounts attributable to Celanese Corporation |
|
|
|
|
|
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Earnings (loss) from continuing operations |
704 |
|
|
952 |
|
|
768 |
|
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations |
(6 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
Net earnings (loss) |
698 |
|
|
951 |
|
|
767 |
|
Earnings (loss) per common share - basic |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Continuing operations |
6.46 |
|
|
8.74 |
|
|
7.08 |
|
Discontinued operations |
(0.05 |
) |
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
(0.01 |
) |
Net earnings (loss) - basic |
6.41 |
|
|
8.73 |
|
|
7.07 |
|
Earnings (loss) per common share - diluted |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Continuing operations |
6.43 |
|
|
8.70 |
|
|
7.03 |
|
Discontinued operations |
(0.06 |
) |
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
? |
|
Net earnings (loss) - diluted |
6.37 |
|
|
8.69 |
|
|
7.03 |
|
Weighted average shares (in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Basic |
109.0 |
|
|
108.9 |
|
|
108.5 |
|
Diluted |
109.5 |
|
|
109.4 |
|
|
109.2 |
|
Consolidated Statements of Operations - Unaudited |
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|
Year Ended December 31, |
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|
2023 |
|
2022 |
||
|
(In $ millions, except share and per share data) |
||||
Net sales |
10,940 |
|
|
9,673 |
|
Cost of sales |
(8,337 |
) |
|
(7,293 |
) |
Gross profit |
2,603 |
|
|
2,380 |
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
(1,075 |
) |
|
(824 |
) |
Amortization of intangible assets |
(164 |
) |
|
(62 |
) |
Research and development expenses |
(146 |
) |
|
(112 |
) |
Other (charges) gains, net |
(68 |
) |
|
(8 |
) |
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net |
32 |
|
|
(1 |
) |
Gain (loss) on disposition of businesses and assets, net |
505 |
|
|
5 |
|
Operating profit (loss) |
1,687 |
|
|
1,378 |
|
Equity in net earnings (loss) of affiliates |
102 |
|
|
220 |
|
Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit (expense) income |
(69 |
) |
|
17 |
|
Interest expense |
(720 |
) |
|
(405 |
) |
Refinancing expense |
(7 |
) |
|
? |
|
Interest income |
39 |
|
|
69 |
|
Dividend income - equity investments |
126 |
|
|
133 |
|
Other income (expense), net |
25 |
|
|
9 |
|
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax |
1,183 |
|
|
1,421 |
|
Income tax (provision) benefit |
790 |
|
|
489 |
|
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations |
1,973 |
|
|
1,910 |
|
Earnings (loss) from operation of discontinued operations |
(12 |
) |
|
(9 |
) |
Income tax (provision) benefit from discontinued operations |
3 |
|
|
1 |
|
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations |
(9 |
) |
|
(8 |
) |
Net earnings (loss) |
1,964 |
|
|
1,902 |
|
Net (earnings) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests |
(4 |
) |
|
(8 |
) |
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation |
1,960 |
|
|
1,894 |
|
Amounts attributable to Celanese Corporation |
|
|
|
||
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations |
1,969 |
|
|
1,902 |
|
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations |
(9 |
) |
|
(8 |
) |
Net earnings (loss) |
1,960 |
|
|
1,894 |
|
Earnings (loss) per common share - basic |
|
|
|
||
Continuing operations |
18.09 |
|
|
17.55 |
|
Discontinued operations |
(0.08 |
) |
|
(0.07 |
) |
Net earnings (loss) - basic |
18.01 |
|
|
17.48 |
|
Earnings (loss) per common share - diluted |
|
|
|
||
Continuing operations |
18.00 |
|
|
17.41 |
|
Discontinued operations |
(0.08 |
) |
|
(0.07 |
) |
Net earnings (loss) - diluted |
17.92 |
|
|
17.34 |
|
Weighted average shares (in millions) |
|
|
|
||
Basic |
108.8 |
|
|
108.4 |
|
Diluted |
109.4 |
|
|
109.2 |
|
Consolidated Balance Sheets - Unaudited |
|||||
|
As of
|
|
As of
|
||
|
|||||
|
(In $ millions) |
||||
ASSETS |
|
|
|
||
Current Assets |
|
|
|
||
Cash and cash equivalents |
1,805 |
|
|
1,508 |
|
Trade receivables - third party and affiliates, net |
1,243 |
|
|
1,379 |
|
Non-trade receivables, net |
541 |
|
|
675 |
|
Inventories |
2,357 |
|
|
2,808 |
|
Other assets |
272 |
|
|
241 |
|
Total current assets |
6,218 |
|
|
6,611 |
|
Investments in affiliates |
1,220 |
|
|
1,062 |
|
Property, plant and equipment, net |
5,584 |
|
|
5,584 |
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
422 |
|
|
413 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
1,677 |
|
|
808 |
|
Other assets |
524 |
|
|
547 |
|
Goodwill |
6,977 |
|
|
7,142 |
|
Intangible assets, net |
3,975 |
|
|
4,105 |
|
Total assets |
26,597 |
|
|
26,272 |
|
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY |
|
|
|
||
Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
||
Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt - third party and affiliates |
1,383 |
|
|
1,306 |
|
Trade payables - third party and affiliates |
1,510 |
|
|
1,518 |
|
Other liabilities |
1,154 |
|
|
1,201 |
|
Income taxes payable |
25 |
|
|
43 |
|
Total current liabilities |
4,072 |
|
|
4,068 |
|
Long-term debt, net of unamortized deferred financing costs |
12,301 |
|
|
13,373 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
999 |
|
|
1,242 |
|
Uncertain tax positions |
300 |
|
|
322 |
|
Benefit obligations |
457 |
|
|
411 |
|
Operating lease liabilities |
325 |
|
|
364 |
|
Other liabilities |
591 |
|
|
387 |
|
Commitments and Contingencies |
|
|
|
||
Stockholders' Equity |
|
|
|
||
Treasury stock, at cost |
(5,488 |
) |
|
(5,491 |
) |
Additional paid-in capital |
394 |
|
|
372 |
|
Retained earnings |
12,929 |
|
|
11,274 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net |
(744 |
) |
|
(518 |
) |
Total Celanese Corporation stockholders' equity |
7,091 |
|
|
5,637 |
|
Noncontrolling interests |
461 |
|
|
468 |
|
Total equity |
7,552 |
|
|
6,105 |
|
Total liabilities and equity |
26,597 |
|
|
26,272 |
|
Non-US GAAP Financial Measures and Supplemental Information
February 20, 2024
In this document, the terms the "Company," "we" and "our" refer to Celanese Corporation and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Purpose
The purpose of this document is to provide information of interest to investors, analysts and other parties including supplemental financial information and reconciliations and other information concerning our use of non-US GAAP financial measures. This document is updated quarterly.
Presentation
This document presents the Company's two business segments, Engineered Materials and the Acetyl Chain.
Use of Non-US GAAP Financial Measures
From time to time, management may publicly disclose certain numerical "non-GAAP financial measures" in the course of our earnings releases, financial presentations, earnings conference calls, investor and analyst meetings and otherwise. For these purposes, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") defines a "non-GAAP financial measure" as a numerical measure of historical or future financial performance, financial position or cash flows that excludes amounts, or is subject to adjustments that effectively exclude amounts, included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with US GAAP, and vice versa for measures that include amounts, or are subject to adjustments that effectively include amounts, that are excluded from the most directly comparable US GAAP measure so calculated and presented. For these purposes, "GAAP" refers to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
Non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by management are provided as additional information to investors, analysts and other parties because the Company believes them to be important supplemental measures for assessing our financial and operating results and as a means to evaluate our financial condition and period-to-period comparisons. These non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed as supplemental to, and should not be considered in isolation or as alternatives to, net earnings (loss), operating profit (loss), operating margin, cash flow from operating activities (together with cash flow from investing and financing activities), earnings per share or any other US GAAP financial measure. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered within the context of our complete audited and unaudited financial results for the given period, which are available on the Financial Information/Financial Document Library page of our website, investors.celanese.com. The definition and method of calculation of the non-GAAP financial measures used herein may be different from other companies' methods for calculating measures with the same or similar titles. Investors, analysts and other parties should understand how another company calculates such non-GAAP financial measures before comparing the other company's non-GAAP financial measures to any of our own. These non-GAAP financial measures may not be indicative of the historical operating results of the Company nor are they intended to be predictive or projections of future results.
Pursuant to the requirements of SEC Regulation G, whenever we refer to a non-GAAP financial measure, we will also present in this document, in the presentation itself or on a Form 8-K in connection with the presentation on the Financial Information/Financial Document Library page of our website, investors.celanese.com, to the extent practicable, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, along with a reconciliation of the differences between the non-GAAP financial measure we reference and such comparable GAAP financial measure.
This document includes definitions and reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures used from time to time by the Company.
Specific Measures Used
This document provides information about the following non-GAAP measures: adjusted EBIT, adjusted EBIT margin, operating EBITDA, operating EBITDA margin, operating profit (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation, adjusted earnings per share, net debt, free cash flow and return on invested capital (adjusted). The most directly comparable financial measure presented in accordance with US GAAP in our consolidated financial statements for adjusted EBIT and operating EBITDA is net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation; for adjusted EBIT margin and operating EBITDA margin is operating margin; for operating profit (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation is operating profit (loss); for adjusted earnings per share is earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Celanese Corporation per common share-diluted; for net debt is total debt; for free cash flow is net cash provided by (used in) operations; and for return on invested capital (adjusted) is net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation divided by the sum of the average of beginning and end of the year short- and long-term debt and Celanese Corporation stockholders' equity.
Definitions
Note: The income tax expense (benefit) on Certain Items ("Non-GAAP adjustments") is determined using the applicable rates in the taxing jurisdictions in which the Non-GAAP adjustments occurred and includes both current and deferred income tax expense (benefit). The income tax rate used for adjusted earnings per share approximates the midpoint in a range of forecasted tax rates for the year. This range may include certain partial or full-year forecasted tax opportunities and related costs, where applicable, and specifically excludes changes in uncertain tax positions, discrete recognition of GAAP items on a quarterly basis, other pre-tax items adjusted out of our GAAP earnings for adjusted earnings per share purposes and changes in management's assessments regarding the ability to realize deferred tax assets for GAAP. In determining the adjusted earnings per share tax rate, we reflect the impact of foreign tax credits when utilized, or expected to be utilized, absent discrete events impacting the timing of foreign tax credit utilization. We analyze this rate quarterly and adjust it if there is a material change in the range of forecasted tax rates; an updated forecast would not necessarily result in a change to our tax rate used for adjusted earnings per share. The adjusted tax rate is an estimate and may differ from the actual tax rate used for GAAP reporting in any given reporting period. Table 3a summarizes the reconciliation of our estimated GAAP effective tax rate to the adjusted tax rate. The estimated GAAP rate excludes discrete recognition of GAAP items due to our inability to forecast such items. As part of the year-end reconciliation, we will update the reconciliation of the GAAP effective tax rate to the adjusted tax rate for actual results.
Supplemental Information
Supplemental Information we believe to be of interest to investors, analysts and other parties includes the following:
Results Unaudited
The results in this document, together with the adjustments made to present the results on a comparable basis, have not been audited and are based on internal financial data furnished to management. Quarterly results should not be taken as an indication of the results of operations to be reported for any subsequent period or for the full fiscal year.
Table 1 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Celanese Adjusted EBIT and Operating EBITDA - Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures - Unaudited |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
Q4 '23 |
Q3 '23 |
Q2 '23 |
Q1 '23 |
2022 |
Q4 '22 |
Q3 '22 |
Q2 '22 |
Q1 '22 |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
(In $ millions) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation |
1,960 |
|
698 |
|
951 |
|
220 |
|
91 |
|
1,894 |
|
767 |
|
191 |
|
434 |
|
502 |
|
||||||||||
(Earnings) loss from discontinued operations |
9 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
(1 |
) |
3 |
|
8 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
6 |
|
? |
|
||||||||||
Interest income |
(39 |
) |
(12 |
) |
(12 |
) |
(7 |
) |
(8 |
) |
(69 |
) |
(33 |
) |
(34 |
) |
(1 |
) |
(1 |
) |
||||||||||
Interest expense |
720 |
|
178 |
|
178 |
|
182 |
|
182 |
|
405 |
|
168 |
|
154 |
|
48 |
|
35 |
|
||||||||||
Refinancing expense |
7 |
|
? |
|
7 |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
||||||||||
Income tax provision (benefit) |
(790 |
) |
(575 |
) |
(236 |
) |
(4 |
) |
25 |
|
(489 |
) |
(840 |
) |
127 |
|
112 |
|
112 |
|
||||||||||
Certain Items attributable to Celanese Corporation (Table 8) |
(114 |
) |
139 |
|
(438 |
) |
54 |
|
131 |
|
422 |
|
239 |
|
71 |
|
47 |
|
65 |
|
||||||||||
Adjusted EBIT |
1,753 |
|
434 |
|
451 |
|
444 |
|
424 |
|
2,171 |
|
302 |
|
510 |
|
646 |
|
713 |
|
||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense(1) |
691 |
|
174 |
|
173 |
|
172 |
|
172 |
|
446 |
|
151 |
|
97 |
|
98 |
|
100 |
|
||||||||||
Operating EBITDA |
2,444 |
|
608 |
|
624 |
|
616 |
|
596 |
|
2,617 |
|
453 |
|
607 |
|
744 |
|
813 |
|
|
2023 |
|
Q4 '23 |
Q3 '23 |
Q2 '23 |
Q1 '23 |
2022 |
|
Q4 '22 |
Q3 '22 |
Q2 '22 |
Q1 '22 |
||||||||||||||||||
|
(In $ millions) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
15 |
15 |
? |
? |
? |
13 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
||||||||||||||||||||
Acetyl Chain |
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
2 |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
2 |
|
||||||||||
Other Activities(2) |
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
1 |
|
? |
|
? |
|
1 |
|
? |
|
||||||||||
Accelerated depreciation and amortization expense |
15 |
|
15 |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
16 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
5 |
|
6 |
|
||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense(1) |
691 |
|
174 |
|
173 |
|
172 |
|
172 |
|
446 |
|
151 |
|
97 |
|
98 |
|
100 |
|
||||||||||
Total depreciation and amortization expense |
706 |
|
189 |
|
173 |
|
172 |
|
172 |
|
462 |
|
153 |
|
100 |
|
103 |
|
106 |
|
______________________________
(1) |
Excludes accelerated depreciation and amortization expense as detailed in the table above, which amounts are included in Certain Items above. |
|
(2) |
Other Activities includes corporate Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses, results of captive insurance companies and certain components of net periodic benefit cost (interest cost, expected return on plan assets and net actuarial gains and losses). |
Table 1a |
||||||||||||||||||||
M&M Adjusted EBIT and Operating EBITDA - Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures - Unaudited |
||||||||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
|
Q4 '23 |
|
Q3 '23 |
|
Q2 '23 |
|
Q1 '23 |
|
Q4 '22 |
|||||||||
|
(In $ millions) |
|||||||||||||||||||
Net earnings (loss) attributable to M&M |
24 |
(22 |
) | 47 |
47 |
|
(48 |
) |
(69 |
) |
(3) |
|||||||||
Income tax provision (benefit) |
65 |
|
43 |
|
10 |
|
(1 |
) |
13 |
|
6 |
|
||||||||
Certain Items(1) |
151 |
|
30 |
|
17 |
|
18 |
|
86 |
|
72 |
|
||||||||
Adjusted EBIT |
240 |
|
51 |
|
74 |
|
64 |
|
51 |
|
9 |
|
||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense |
275 |
|
69 |
|
70 |
|
68 |
|
68 |
|
47 |
|
||||||||
Operating EBITDA(2) |
515 |
|
120 |
|
144 |
|
132 |
|
119 |
|
56 |
|
(4) |
______________________________
(1) |
Amount is included within total Certain Items shown in Table 8. |
|
(2) |
Excludes $(22) million, $(19) million, $(23) million, $(23) million and $(17) million of Operating EBITDA included in Other Activities for the three months ended December 31, 2023, September 30, 2023, June 30, 2023, March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. |
|
(3) |
Excludes $30 million of Net loss for the month ended October 31, 2022, prior to our acquisition of the majority of the Mobility & Materials business ("M&M Business") of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. |
|
(4) |
Excludes $22 million of Operating EBITDA for the month ended October 31, 2022, prior to our acquisition of the M&M Business. |
Table 2 - Supplemental Segment Data and Reconciliation of Segment Adjusted EBIT and Operating EBITDA - Non-GAAP Measures - Unaudited |
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|
2023 |
Q4 '23 |
Q3 '23 |
Q2 '23 |
Q1 '23 |
2022 |
Q4 '22 |
Q3 '22 |
Q2 '22 |
Q1 '22 |
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|
(In $ millions, except percentages) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating Profit (Loss) / Operating Margin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
1,083 |
|
17.6 |
% |
122 |
|
8.7 |
% |
691 |
|
45.2 |
% |
158 |
|
10.0 |
% |
112 |
|
6.9 |
% |
429 |
|
10.7 |
% |
25 |
|
2.0 |
% |
114 |
|
12.3 |
% |
166 |
|
17.5 |
% |
124 |
|
13.6 |
% |
||||||||||
Acetyl Chain |
1,109 |
|
22.7 |
% |
264 |
|
22.4 |
% |
272 |
|
22.3 |
% |
295 |
|
23.9 |
% |
278 |
|
22.2 |
% |
1,447 |
|
25.2 |
% |
204 |
|
18.0 |
% |
312 |
|
22.3 |
% |
428 |
|
27.5 |
% |
503 |
|
30.4 |
% |
||||||||||
Other Activities(1) |
(505 |
) |
|
(127 |
) |
|
(121 |
) |
|
(118 |
) |
|
(139 |
) |
|
(498 |
) |
|
(173 |
) |
|
(118 |
) |
|
(111 |
) |
|
(96 |
) |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total |
1,687 |
|
15.4 |
% |
259 |
|
10.1 |
% |
842 |
|
30.9 |
% |
335 |
|
12.0 |
% |
251 |
|
8.8 |
% |
1,378 |
|
14.2 |
% |
56 |
|
2.4 |
% |
308 |
|
13.4 |
% |
483 |
|
19.4 |
% |
531 |
|
20.9 |
% |
||||||||||
Less: Net Earnings (Loss) Attributable to NCI for Engineered Materials |
(3 |
) |
|
1 |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
(2 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Less: Net Earnings (Loss) Attributable to NCI for Acetyl Chain |
7 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
? |
|
|
3 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Operating Profit (Loss) Attributable to Celanese Corporation |
1,683 |
|
15.4 |
% |
256 |
|
10.0 |
% |
844 |
|
31.0 |
% |
334 |
|
11.9 |
% |
249 |
|
8.7 |
% |
1,370 |
|
14.2 |
% |
54 |
|
2.3 |
% |
306 |
|
13.3 |
% |
481 |
|
19.3 |
% |
529 |
|
20.8 |
% |
||||||||||
Operating Profit (Loss) / Operating Margin Attributable to Celanese Corporation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
1,086 |
|
17.7 |
% |
121 |
|
8.6 |
% |
693 |
|
45.4 |
% |
160 |
|
10.1 |
% |
112 |
|
6.9 |
% |
429 |
|
10.7 |
% |
25 |
|
2.0 |
% |
114 |
|
12.3 |
% |
166 |
|
17.5 |
% |
124 |
|
13.6 |
% |
||||||||||
Acetyl Chain |
1,102 |
|
22.6 |
% |
262 |
|
22.2 |
% |
272 |
|
22.3 |
% |
292 |
|
23.7 |
% |
276 |
|
22.1 |
% |
1,439 |
|
25.1 |
% |
202 |
|
17.8 |
% |
310 |
|
22.2 |
% |
426 |
|
27.3 |
% |
501 |
|
30.3 |
% |
||||||||||
Other Activities(1) |
(505 |
) |
|
(127 |
) |
|
(121 |
) |
|
(118 |
) |
|
(139 |
) |
|
(498 |
) |
|
(173 |
) |
|
(118 |
) |
|
(111 |
) |
|
(96 |
) |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total |
1,683 |
|
15.4 |
% |
256 |
|
10.0 |
% |
844 |
|
31.0 |
% |
334 |
|
11.9 |
% |
249 |
|
8.7 |
% |
1,370 |
|
14.2 |
% |
54 |
|
2.3 |
% |
306 |
|
13.3 |
% |
481 |
|
19.3 |
% |
529 |
|
20.8 |
% |
||||||||||
Equity Earnings and Dividend Income, Other Income (Expense) Attributable to Celanese Corporation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
87 |
|
|
45 |
|
|
12 |
|
|
20 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
207 |
|
|
35 |
|
|
70 |
|
|
53 |
|
|
49 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Acetyl Chain |
132 |
|
|
33 |
|
|
33 |
|
|
32 |
|
|
34 |
|
|
143 |
|
|
30 |
|
|
34 |
|
|
39 |
|
|
40 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Other Activities(1) |
34 |
|
|
28 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
12 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total |
253 |
|
|
106 |
|
|
46 |
|
|
58 |
|
|
43 |
|
|
362 |
|
|
66 |
|
|
108 |
|
|
93 |
|
|
95 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Non-Operating Pension and Other Post-Retirement Employee Benefit (Expense) Income Attributable to Celanese Corporation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
(1 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Acetyl Chain |
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Other Activities(1) |
(68 |
) |
|
(66 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
|
(2 |
) |
|
1 |
|
|
17 |
|
|
(57 |
) |
|
25 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
24 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total |
(69 |
) |
|
(67 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
|
(2 |
) |
|
1 |
|
|
17 |
|
|
(57 |
) |
|
25 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
24 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Certain Items Attributable to Celanese Corporation (Table 8) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
(324 |
) |
|
34 |
|
|
(476 |
) |
|
25 |
|
|
93 |
|
|
143 |
|
|
78 |
|
|
22 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
38 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Acetyl Chain |
24 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
27 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Other Activities(1) |
186 |
|
|
100 |
|
|
33 |
|
|
21 |
|
|
32 |
|
|
252 |
|
|
151 |
|
|
44 |
|
|
32 |
|
|
25 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total |
(114 |
) |
|
139 |
|
|
(438 |
) |
|
54 |
|
|
131 |
|
|
422 |
|
|
239 |
|
|
71 |
|
|
47 |
|
|
65 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBIT / Adjusted EBIT Margin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
848 |
|
13.8 |
% |
199 |
|
14.2 |
% |
229 |
|
15.0 |
% |
205 |
|
12.9 |
% |
215 |
|
13.2 |
% |
779 |
|
19.4 |
% |
138 |
|
11.2 |
% |
206 |
|
22.2 |
% |
224 |
|
23.6 |
% |
211 |
|
23.2 |
% |
||||||||||
Acetyl Chain |
1,258 |
|
25.8 |
% |
300 |
|
25.4 |
% |
310 |
|
25.4 |
% |
332 |
|
26.9 |
% |
316 |
|
25.3 |
% |
1,609 |
|
28.0 |
% |
242 |
|
21.3 |
% |
349 |
|
25.0 |
% |
475 |
|
30.5 |
% |
543 |
|
32.9 |
% |
||||||||||
Other Activities(1) |
(353 |
) |
|
(65 |
) |
|
(88 |
) |
|
(93 |
) |
|
(107 |
) |
|
(217 |
) |
|
(78 |
) |
|
(45 |
) |
|
(53 |
) |
|
(41 |
) |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total |
1,753 |
|
16.0 |
% |
434 |
|
16.9 |
% |
451 |
|
16.6 |
% |
444 |
|
15.9 |
% |
424 |
|
14.9 |
% |
2,171 |
|
22.4 |
% |
302 |
|
12.9 |
% |
510 |
|
22.2 |
% |
646 |
|
26.0 |
% |
713 |
|
28.1 |
% |
___________________________
(1) |
Other Activities includes corporate SG&A expenses, results of captive insurance companies and certain components of net periodic benefit cost (interest cost, expected return on plan assets and net actuarial gains and losses). |
Table 2 - Supplemental Segment Data and Reconciliation of Segment Adjusted EBIT and Operating EBITDA - Non-GAAP Measures - Unaudited (cont.) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
Q4 '23 |
Q3 '23 |
Q2 '23 |
Q1 '23 |
2022 |
Q4 '22 |
Q3 '22 |
Q2 '22 |
Q1 '22 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(In $ millions, except percentages) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and Amortization Expense(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
447 |
|
|
112 |
|
|
111 |
|
|
112 |
|
|
112 |
|
|
213 |
|
|
90 |
|
|
40 |
|
|
41 |
|
|
42 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Acetyl Chain |
217 |
|
|
54 |
|
|
55 |
|
|
54 |
|
|
54 |
|
|
211 |
|
|
52 |
|
|
53 |
|
|
52 |
|
|
54 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Other Activities(2) |
27 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
7 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
22 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total |
691 |
|
|
174 |
|
|
173 |
|
|
172 |
|
|
172 |
|
|
446 |
|
|
151 |
|
|
97 |
|
|
98 |
|
|
100 |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Operating EBITDA / Operating EBITDA Margin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
1,295 |
|
21.1 |
% |
311 |
|
22.1 |
% |
340 |
|
22.3 |
% |
317 |
|
20.0 |
% |
327 |
|
20.1 |
% |
992 |
|
24.7 |
% |
228 |
|
18.4 |
% |
246 |
|
26.5 |
% |
265 |
|
28.0 |
% |
253 |
|
27.8 |
% |
||||||||||
Acetyl Chain |
1,475 |
|
30.2 |
% |
354 |
|
30.0 |
% |
365 |
|
29.9 |
% |
386 |
|
31.3 |
% |
370 |
|
29.6 |
% |
1,820 |
|
31.7 |
% |
294 |
|
25.9 |
% |
402 |
|
28.8 |
% |
527 |
|
33.8 |
% |
597 |
|
36.1 |
% |
||||||||||
Other Activities(2) |
(326 |
) |
|
(57 |
) |
|
(81 |
) |
|
(87 |
) |
|
(101 |
) |
|
(195 |
) |
|
(69 |
) |
|
(41 |
) |
|
(48 |
) |
|
(37 |
) |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total |
2,444 |
|
22.3 |
% |
608 |
|
23.7 |
% |
624 |
|
22.9 |
% |
616 |
|
22.0 |
% |
596 |
|
20.9 |
% |
2,617 |
|
27.1 |
% |
453 |
|
19.3 |
% |
607 |
|
26.4 |
% |
744 |
|
29.9 |
% |
813 |
|
32.0 |
% |
___________________________
(1) |
Excludes accelerated depreciation and amortization expense, which amounts are included in Certain Items above. See Table 1 for details. |
|
(2) |
Other Activities includes corporate SG&A expenses, results of captive insurance companies and certain components of net periodic benefit cost (interest cost, expected return on plan assets and net actuarial gains and losses). |
Table 3 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted Earnings (Loss) per Share - Reconciliation of a Non-GAAP Measure - Unaudited |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
Q4 '23 |
Q3 '23 |
Q2 '23 |
Q1 '23 |
2022 |
Q4 '22 |
Q3 '22 |
Q2 '22 |
Q1 '22 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
per
|
|
per
|
|
per
|
|
per
|
|
per
|
|
per
|
|
per
|
|
per
|
|
per
|
|
per
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
(In $ millions, except per share data) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Celanese Corporation |
1,969 |
|
18.00 |
704 |
|
6.43 |
952 |
|
8.70 |
219 |
|
2.00 |
94 |
|
0.86 |
1,902 |
|
17.41 |
768 |
|
7.03 |
192 |
|
1.76 |
440 |
|
4.03 |
502 |
|
4.61 |
|||||||||
Income tax provision (benefit) |
(790 |
) |
|
(575 |
) |
|
(236 |
) |
|
(4 |
) |
|
25 |
|
|
(489 |
) |
|
(840 |
) |
|
127 |
|
|
112 |
|
|
112 |
|
|
|||||||||
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax |
1,179 |
|
|
129 |
|
|
716 |
|
|
215 |
|
|
119 |
|
|
1,413 |
|
|
(72 |
) |
|
319 |
|
|
552 |
|
|
614 |
|
|
|||||||||
Certain Items attributable to Celanese Corporation (Table 8) |
(114 |
) |
|
139 |
|
|
(438 |
) |
|
54 |
|
|
131 |
|
|
422 |
|
|
239 |
|
|
71 |
|
|
47 |
|
|
65 |
|
|
|||||||||
Refinancing and related expenses |
7 |
|
|
? |
|
|
7 |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
158 |
|
(1) |
14 |
|
(1) |
104 |
|
(1) |
26 |
|
(1) |
14 |
|
(1) |
|||||||||
Adjusted earnings (loss) from continuing operations before tax |
1,072 |
|
|
268 |
|
|
285 |
|
|
269 |
|
|
250 |
|
|
1,993 |
|
|
181 |
|
|
494 |
|
|
625 |
|
|
693 |
|
|
|||||||||
Income tax (provision) benefit on adjusted earnings(2) |
(96 |
) |
|
(23 |
) |
|
(11 |
) |
|
(32 |
) |
|
(30 |
) |
|
(259 |
) |
|
(24 |
) |
|
(64 |
) |
|
(81 |
) |
|
(90 |
) |
|
|||||||||
Adjusted earnings (loss) from continuing operations(3) |
976 |
|
8.92 |
245 |
|
2.24 |
274 |
|
2.50 |
237 |
|
2.17 |
220 |
|
2.01 |
1,734 |
|
15.88 |
157 |
|
1.44 |
430 |
|
3.94 |
544 |
|
4.99 |
603 |
|
5.54 |
|||||||||
|
Diluted shares (in millions)(4) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding |
108.8 |
|
|
109.0 |
|
|
108.9 |
|
|
108.9 |
|
|
108.6 |
|
|
108.4 |
|
|
108.5 |
|
|
108.4 |
|
|
108.4 |
|
|
108.2 |
|
|
|||||||||
Incremental shares attributable to equity awards |
0.6 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
0.8 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|||||||||
Total diluted shares |
109.4 |
|
|
109.5 |
|
|
109.4 |
|
|
109.3 |
|
|
109.2 |
|
|
109.2 |
|
|
109.2 |
|
|
109.1 |
|
|
109.1 |
|
|
108.9 |
|
|
______________________________
(1) |
Includes net interest expense and certain fees related to debt issued as part of our acquisition of the M&M Business. |
|
(2) |
Calculated using adjusted effective tax rates (Table 3a) as follows: |
|
2023 |
Q4 '23 |
Q3 '23 |
Q2 '23 |
Q1 '23 |
2022 |
Q4 '22 |
Q3 '22 |
Q2 '22 |
Q1 '22 |
|||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted effective tax rate |
9 |
9 |
4 |
12 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
(3) |
Excludes the immediate recognition of actuarial gains and losses and the impact of actual vs. expected plan asset returns. |
|
|
Actual Plan
|
|
Expected
|
|
|
|
(In percentages) |
|||
Q4 '23 & 2023 |
|
8.1 |
|
|
5.2 |
Q4 '22 & 2022 |
|
(18.4 |
) |
|
5.4 |
(4) |
Potentially dilutive shares are included in the adjusted earnings per share calculation when adjusted earnings are positive. |
Table 3a |
||||||
Adjusted Tax Rate - Reconciliation of a Non-GAAP Measure - Unaudited |
||||||
|
Actual |
|||||
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|||
|
(In percentages) |
|||||
US GAAP annual effective tax rate |
(67 |
) |
|
(34 |
) |
|
Discrete quarterly recognition of GAAP items(1) |
2 |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
Tax impact of other charges and adjustments(2) |
(3 |
) |
|
9 |
|
|
Changes in valuation allowances, excluding impact of other charges and adjustments(3) |
13 |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
Other, includes effect of discrete current year transactions(4)(5) |
64 |
|
|
45 |
|
|
Adjusted tax rate |
9 |
|
|
13 |
|
______________________________
Note: As part of the year-end reconciliation, we updated the reconciliation of the GAAP effective tax rate for actual results. | ||
(1) |
Such as changes in tax laws (including US tax reform), deferred taxes on outside basis differences, changes in uncertain tax positions and prior year audit adjustments. |
|
(2) |
Reflects the tax impact on pre-tax adjustments presented in Certain Items (Table 8), which are excluded from pre-tax income for adjusted earnings per share purposes. |
|
(3) |
Reflects changes in valuation allowances related to changes in judgment regarding the realizability of deferred tax assets or current year operations, excluding other charges and adjustments. |
|
(4) |
Includes tax impacts related to full-year actual tax opportunities and related costs. |
|
(5) |
Includes the reversal of certain U.S. GAAP deferred tax benefits related to non-recurring internal restructuring transactions related to the M&M acquisition, to centralize ownership of intellectual property with the business and to facilitate future deployment of cash to service acquisition indebtedness. Certain benefits of the internal restructuring will be realized in future periods for adjusted earnings purposes. |
Table 4 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Sales by Segment - Unaudited |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
|
Q4 '23 |
|
Q3 '23 |
|
Q2 '23 |
|
Q1 '23 |
|
2022 |
|
Q4 '22 |
|
Q3 '22 |
|
Q2 '22 |
|
Q1 '22 |
||||||||||
|
(In $ millions) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
6,149 |
|
|
1,406 |
|
|
1,528 |
|
|
1,585 |
|
|
1,630 |
|
|
4,024 |
|
|
1,237 |
|
|
929 |
|
|
948 |
|
|
910 |
|
Acetyl Chain |
4,884 |
|
|
1,181 |
|
|
1,220 |
|
|
1,233 |
|
|
1,250 |
|
|
5,743 |
|
|
1,135 |
|
|
1,397 |
|
|
1,559 |
|
|
1,652 |
|
Intersegment eliminations(1) |
(93 |
) |
|
(18 |
) |
|
(25 |
) |
|
(23 |
) |
|
(27 |
) |
|
(94 |
) |
|
(24 |
) |
|
(25 |
) |
|
(21 |
) |
|
(24 |
) |
Net sales |
10,940 |
|
|
2,569 |
|
|
2,723 |
|
|
2,795 |
|
|
2,853 |
|
|
9,673 |
|
|
2,348 |
|
|
2,301 |
|
|
2,486 |
|
|
2,538 |
|
___________________________
(1) |
Includes intersegment sales primarily related to the Acetyl Chain. |
Table 4a |
Factors Affecting Segment Net Sales Sequentially - Unaudited |
Three Months Ended December 31, 2023 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
(5 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
|
? |
|
(8 |
) |
|
|
Acetyl Chain |
? |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
(3 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
(1 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
Acetyl Chain |
3 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
1 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
2 |
|
(5 |
) |
|
? |
|
(3 |
) |
|
||
Acetyl Chain |
2 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
2 |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
34 |
|
(4 |
) |
|
2 |
|
32 |
|
|||
Acetyl Chain |
10 |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
2 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
19 |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
2 |
|
|
17 |
|
|
Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 |
|||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
|||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
|||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
34 |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
? |
|
33 |
|
(1) |
||
Acetyl Chain |
(9 |
) |
|
(10 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
(19 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Total Company |
8 |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
2 |
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
(1 |
) |
|
2 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
(2 |
) |
|
Acetyl Chain |
(3 |
) |
|
(5 |
) |
|
(2 |
) |
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
(2 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
|
(2 |
) |
|
(7 |
) |
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
1 |
|
|
6 |
|
(3 |
) |
|
4 |
|
|
|
Acetyl Chain |
(6 |
) |
|
2 |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
(2 |
) |
|
2 |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
(2 |
) |
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, 2021 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
23 |
|
7 |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
29 |
|
||
Acetyl Chain |
7 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
12 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
12 |
|
|
________________________
(1) |
2022 includes the effect of the acquisition of the majority of the M&M Business. |
Table 4b |
Factors Affecting Segment Net Sales Year Over Year - Unaudited |
Three Months Ended December 31, 2023 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
21 |
|
(8 |
) |
|
1 |
|
14 |
|
|||
Acetyl Chain |
14 |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|
1 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
18 |
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
1 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
75 |
|
(12 |
) |
|
1 |
|
64 |
|
|
||
Acetyl Chain |
4 |
|
|
(18 |
) |
|
1 |
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
33 |
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
1 |
|
|
18 |
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
75 |
|
|
(8 |
) |
|
? |
|
67 |
|
|
|
Acetyl Chain |
(2 |
) |
|
(19 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
27 |
|
|
(15 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
12 |
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
80 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
79 |
|
|
Acetyl Chain |
(9 |
) |
|
(13 |
) |
|
(2 |
) |
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
23 |
|
(8 |
) |
(3 |
) |
|
12 |
|
Three Months Ended December 31, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended December 31, 2021 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
67 |
|
|
17 |
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
75 |
|
|
Acetyl Chain |
(12 |
) |
|
(14 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
|
(29 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
13 |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
(5 |
) |
|
3 |
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
23 |
|
|
25 |
|
(12 |
) |
|
36 |
|
|
|
Acetyl Chain |
(10 |
) |
|
2 |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
(2 |
) |
|
9 |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
2 |
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2021 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
24 |
|
|
24 |
|
(9 |
) |
|
39 |
|
||
Acetyl Chain |
(5 |
) |
|
11 |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
3 |
|
|
14 |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
13 |
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
20 |
|
25 |
|
(4 |
) |
|
41 |
|
|||
Acetyl Chain |
7 |
|
|
38 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
12 |
|
|
32 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
41 |
|
|
Table 4c |
Factors Affecting Segment Net Sales Year Over Year - Unaudited |
Year Ended December 31, 2023 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2022 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
54 |
|
(1 |
) |
|
? |
|
53 |
|
|
||
Acetyl Chain |
2 |
|
|
(17 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
(15 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
23 |
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
13 |
|
|
Year Ended December 31, 2022 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2021 |
||||||||||||
|
Volume |
|
Price |
|
Currency |
|
Total |
|
||||
|
(In percentages) |
|
||||||||||
Engineered Materials |
33 |
|
|
23 |
|
(8 |
) |
|
48 |
|
|
|
Acetyl Chain |
(6 |
) |
|
6 |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Total Company |
6 |
|
|
11 |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
13 |
|
|
Table 5 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Free Cash Flow - Reconciliation of a Non-GAAP Measure - Unaudited |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
|
Q4 '23 |
|
Q3 '23 |
|
Q2 '23 |
|
Q1 '23 |
|
2022 |
|
Q4 '22 |
|
Q3 '22 |
|
Q2 '22 |
|
Q1 '22 |
||||||||||
|
(In $ millions, except percentages) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
(134 |
) |
|
(168 |
) |
|
375 |
|
|
(163 |
) |
|
(178 |
) |
|
(11,141 |
) |
|
(10,713 |
) |
|
(143 |
) |
|
(136 |
) |
|
(149 |
) |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
(1,456 |
) |
|
(240 |
) |
|
(700 |
) |
|
(447 |
) |
|
(69 |
) |
|
10,290 |
|
|
1,944 |
|
|
8,600 |
|
|
(159 |
) |
|
(95 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
1,899 |
|
|
830 |
|
|
403 |
|
|
762 |
|
|
(96 |
) |
|
1,819 |
|
|
541 |
|
|
467 |
|
|
495 |
|
|
316 |
|
Capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment |
(568 |
) |
|
(128 |
) |
|
(131 |
) |
|
(145 |
) |
|
(164 |
) |
|
(543 |
) |
|
(143 |
) |
|
(139 |
) |
|
(124 |
) |
|
(137 |
) |
Contributions from/(Distributions) to NCI |
(11 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
(6 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
|
(13 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
|
(4 |
) |
Free cash flow(1) |
1,320 |
|
|
702 |
|
|
268 |
|
|
611 |
|
|
(261 |
) |
|
1,263 |
|
|
395 |
|
|
325 |
|
|
368 |
|
|
175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Net sales |
10,940 |
|
|
2,569 |
|
|
2,723 |
|
|
2,795 |
|
|
2,853 |
|
|
9,673 |
|
|
2,348 |
|
|
2,301 |
|
|
2,486 |
|
|
2,538 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
Free cash flow as % of Net sales |
12.1 |
% |
|
27.3 |
% |
|
9.8 |
% |
|
21.9 |
% |
|
(9.1 |
) % |
|
13.1 |
% |
|
16.8 |
% |
|
14.1 |
% |
|
14.8 |
% |
|
6.9 |
% |
______________________________
(1) |
Free cash flow is a liquidity measure used by the Company and is defined by the Company as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, less capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment, and adjusted for contributions from or distributions to our NCI joint ventures. |
Table 6 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash Dividends Received - Unaudited |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
|
|
Q4 '23 |
|
Q3 '23 |
|
Q2 '23 |
|
Q1 '23 |
|
2022 |
|
|
Q4 '22 |
|
Q3 '22 |
|
Q2 '22 |
|
Q1 '22 |
||||||||
|
(In $ millions) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends from equity method investments |
157 |
|
85 |
|
7 |
|
25 |
|
40 |
|
217 |
|
82 |
|
27 |
|
82 |
|
26 |
||||||||||
Dividends from equity investments without readily determinable fair values |
126 |
|
|
31 |
|
|
30 |
|
|
31 |
|
|
34 |
|
|
133 |
|
|
30 |
|
|
30 |
|
|
36 |
|
|
37 |
|
Total |
283 |
|
|
116 |
|
|
37 |
|
|
56 |
|
|
74 |
|
|
350 |
|
|
112 |
|
|
57 |
|
|
118 |
|
|
63 |
|
Table 7 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Debt - Reconciliation of a Non-GAAP Measure - Unaudited |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
|
Q4 '23 |
|
Q3 '23 |
|
Q2 '23 |
|
Q1 '23 |
|
2022 |
|
Q4 '22 |
|
Q3 '22 |
|
Q2 '22 |
|
Q1 '22 |
||||||||||
|
(In $ millions) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt - third party and affiliates |
1,383 |
|
|
1,383 |
|
|
1,408 |
|
|
1,507 |
|
|
1,386 |
|
|
1,306 |
|
|
1,306 |
|
|
977 |
|
|
809 |
|
|
860 |
|
Long-term debt, net of unamortized deferred financing costs |
12,301 |
|
|
12,301 |
|
|
12,291 |
|
|
12,889 |
|
|
13,396 |
|
|
13,373 |
|
|
13,373 |
|
|
11,360 |
|
|
3,022 |
|
|
3,132 |
|
Total debt |
13,684 |
|
|
13,684 |
|
|
13,699 |
|
|
14,396 |
|
|
14,782 |
|
|
14,679 |
|
|
14,679 |
|
|
12,337 |
|
|
3,831 |
|
|
3,992 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
(1,805 |
) |
|
(1,805 |
) |
|
(1,357 |
) |
|
(1,296 |
) |
|
(1,167 |
) |
|
(1,508 |
) |
|
(1,508 |
) |
|
(9,671 |
) |
|
(783 |
) |
|
(605 |
) |
Net debt |
11,879 |
|
|
11,879 |
|
|
12,342 |
|
|
13,100 |
|
|
13,615 |
|
|
13,171 |
|
|
13,171 |
|
|
2,666 |
|
|
3,048 |
|
|
3,387 |
|
Table 8 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Certain Items - Unaudited |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The following Certain Items attributable to Celanese Corporation are included in Net earnings (loss) and are adjustments to non-GAAP measures: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
|
Q4 '23 |
|
Q3 '23 |
|
Q2 '23 |
|
Q1 '23 |
|
2022 |
|
Q4 '22 |
|
Q3 '22 |
|
Q2 '22 |
|
Q1 '22 |
|
Income Statement Classification |
|||||||||||
|
(In $ millions) |
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exit and shutdown costs |
89 |
|
|
33 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
21 |
|
26 |
|
52 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
14 |
|
29 |
|
|
7 |
|
Cost of sales / SG&A / Other (charges) gains, net / Gain (loss) on disposition of businesses and assets, net / Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit (expense) income |
|||||
Asset impairments |
15 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
12 |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
Cost of sales / Other (charges) gains, net |
Impact from plant incidents and natural disasters(1) |
6 |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
17 |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
Cost of sales |
Mergers, acquisitions and dispositions |
195 |
|
|
27 |
|
|
46 |
|
|
23 |
|
|
99 |
|
|
|
267 |
|
|
138 |
|
|
44 |
|
|
29 |
|
|
56 |
|
|
Cost of sales / SG&A |
Actuarial (gain) loss on pension and postretirement plans |
69 |
|
|
69 |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
80 |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
? |
|
|
Cost of sales / SG&A / Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit (expense) income |
Legal settlements and commercial disputes |
12 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
? |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
? |
|
|
1 |
|
|
? |
|
|
2 |
|
|
Cost of sales / SG&A / Other (charges) gains, net |
(Gain) loss on disposition of businesses and assets |
(510 |
) |
|
(3 |
) |
|
(508 |
) |
|
1 |
|
|
? |
|
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
(1 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
? |
|
|
Gain (loss) on disposition of businesses and assets, net |
Other |
10 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
? |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
? |
|
|
2 |
|
|
? |
|
|
Cost of sales / SG&A |
Certain Items attributable to Celanese Corporation |
(114 |
) |
|
139 |
|
|
(438 |
) |
|
54 |
|
|
131 |
|
|
|
422 |
|
|
239 |
|
|
71 |
|
|
47 |
|
|
65 |
|
|
|
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(1) |
Primarily associated with Winter Storm Elliott. |
Table 9 |
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Return on Invested Capital (Adjusted) - Presentation of a Non-GAAP Measure - Unaudited |
|||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In $ millions, except
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In $ millions, except
|
||
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation |
|
|
|
|
1,960 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,894 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Adjusted EBIT (Table 1) |
|
|
|
|
1,753 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,171 |
|
Adjusted effective tax rate (Table 3a) |
|
|
|
|
9 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
% |
Adjusted EBIT tax effected |
|
|
|
|
1,595 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,889 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|
Average |
|
2022 |
|
2021 |
|
Average |
||
|
(In $ millions, except percentages) |
||||||||||||
Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt - third parties and affiliates |
1,383 |
|
1,306 |
|
1,345 |
|
|
1,306 |
|
791 |
|
1,049 |
|
Long-term debt, net of unamortized deferred financing costs |
12,301 |
|
13,373 |
|
12,837 |
|
|
13,373 |
|
3,176 |
|
8,275 |
|
Celanese Corporation stockholders' equity |
7,091 |
|
5,637 |
|
6,364 |
|
|
5,637 |
|
4,189 |
|
4,913 |
|
Invested capital |
|
|
|
|
20,546 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,237 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Return on invested capital (adjusted) |
|
|
|
|
7.8 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
13.3 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Celanese Corporation as a percentage of invested capital |
|
|
|
|
9.5 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
13.3 |
% |
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