Celanese Corp

Basic Materials Plastic Material, Synth Resin/Rubber, Cellulos (No Glass) Market cap: $5.3B All insider activity → Quote and statistics → Sign in to watch CE Sign in to set a price alert

AI summary Top executives buy shares following strong second-quarter earnings beat

Insider Score Band below 60

Research score: 48
AI adjustment: +9

Research score, not a recommendation.

Total bought$230.1K5 Form 4 purchases

Distinct insiders3open-market buyers

Lead insiderKyrish ChuckCFO

Cluster window2026-08-11 → 2026-08-14active

Market data

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Why this score

Research score: a weighted blend of the five factors, times the routine and offering discounts, minus the selling penalty.

Breadth number & diversity of participating insiders

37%

Seniority executive rank of buyers (CEO/CFO/Director)

83%

Commitment purchase size relative to company & holdings

31%

Context buying into stock weakness signals conviction

79%

Timing coordinated purchases within a tight window

100%

Routine-purchase discount × 1.00

Company-type / offering discount × 1.00

Net insider selling penalty − 0

Why are they buying?

AI · discretionary · catalyst credible · documented

The open-market purchases by multiple top executives, including the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice Presidents, closely followed the release of strong second-quarter 2026 financial results on August 4, 2026, which featured the company's highest adjusted earnings per share in nearly three years.

Celanese Corporation reported second-quarter 2026 adjusted EPS of $2.45, reflecting sequential net sales growth of 18 percent and operating EBITDA of $649 million, driven by solid commercial and operational execution.

Filing references and sources

Celanese Corporation Reports Second Quarter Earnings (Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1) (opens in a new tab)

Stock Price & Insider Purchase History

Daily close price with open-market insider purchases plotted over time

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Transactions

5 Form 4 trades · 3 insiders Sign in to download CSV

Purchases in this cluster, grouped by insider, largest first
Date	Insider	Role	Shares	Price	Value	Filing
2026-08-14	Kyrish Chuck history of Kyrish Chuck's purchases	CFO	2,300	$45.52 avg	$104.7K
2026-08-14	Kyrish Chuck		800	$45.51	$36.4K	SEC filing for Kyrish Chuck (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-14	Kyrish Chuck		100	$45.51	$4.6K	SEC filing for Kyrish Chuck (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-14	Kyrish Chuck		1,400	$45.53	$63.7K	SEC filing for Kyrish Chuck (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-11	Murray Mark Christopher 6 purchases with a 63-day result · median -13.5%	EVP / SVP	2,153	$45.52	$98.0K	SEC filing for Murray Mark Christopher (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-11	Duffie Ashley B history of Duffie Ashley B's purchases	EVP / SVP	600	$45.60	$27.4K	SEC filing for Duffie Ashley B (opens in a new tab)
Total					$230.1K

Other buying runs at CE

A run ends after a pause in the buying, so one company can have several. Returns are the stock's return minus its benchmark's (IWM for small companies, SPY otherwise), from the first open after the run became a cluster. Past results, not a forecast.

After this run became a cluster: 21 days +2.8%63 days –126 days –

Other insider buying runs at this company, newest first, with the return against the benchmark that followed
Window	Insiders	Total	Score	21 days	63 days	126 days	Status
2025-08-14 → 2025-09-08	5	$354.2K	59	+0.6%	-19.6%	+18.2%	closed
2025-03-07 → 2025-03-12	4	$697.5K	59	-18.8%	-0.5%	-37.1%	closed