Manufactures and sells high-performance engineered polymers. Produces acetate tows and flakes for filter products. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.
This company is not turning a profit, so the market is pricing its sales instead: 0.5× for every dollar of annual revenue.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 36% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 30% above today's price.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
There is growth, but not at top-of-the-class tempo.
Clearly below the class average.
Financial Strength: The cash-and-debt balance is thin; the buffer for hard times is slim.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 73% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 56 buys and 10 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
It pays out $0.12 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
A loss of $1.2B against $9.5B in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.
At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts about 1.1 years. After that, the company needs to find new money.
On our five-subject report card, CE sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: CE’s sales are going backwards, and it closed last year at a loss. The road back runs through both.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Analysts’ average target sits above today’s price, yet the valuation grade (36/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.