Celanese has retired 31.3% of its shares since 2012, from 159,652,401 to 109,748,926.
At $47.49 a share, a market value of $5.2B. FCF yield 13.6%, P/E n/m, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2006-02-28 | 158,562,161 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-12 | 158,668,666 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-20 | 152,334,614 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-06 | 143,505,708 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2010-02-05 | 145,861,703 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-04 | 155,976,657 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-01-31 | 155,976,657 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-01-31 | 159,652,401 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-03 | 156,941,124 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-02 | 152,908,148 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-01 | 147,083,779 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-06 | 140,926,576 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-02 | 135,817,634 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-01-31 | 128,100,117 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-01-30 | 119,555,928 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-01-28 | 114,173,336 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-01-28 | 108,029,161 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-10 | 108,474,128 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-09 | 108,906,426 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-17 | 109,332,326 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-20 | 109,571,972 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Celanese on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $47.49.
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Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 109,748,926 as of August 3, 2026. Over five years the share count is up 0.8%.
Net of every new share it issued, Celanese has 49.9 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 31.3% of the company. Since fiscal 2013 alone it bought back about 56.2 million shares, while the count fell by 47.2 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.
109,748,926 shares, as of August 3, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 159,652,401.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Celanese stock in 2012 owns 1.5 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Celanese ranks No. 256 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Medpace (31.5%), Lam Research (31.4%), Vistra (31.2%), Corebridge Financial (31.2%).
Every answer is computed from Celanese's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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