CE Celanese Corp

Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?

Bought back stock in 2/4 quarters. Q3 2023: $0M, Q2 2023: $0M, Q1 2023: $17M, Q3 2022: $286M

Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?

Latest quarter $0M vs trailing avg $101M (-100%)

What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30-80%. Bear: <10% or >80%.

Negative FCF ($-1.4B), cannot compute buyback ratio

How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.

Repurchased 0 shares = 0.0% of 109,327,556 outstanding (annualized)

Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?

19 open-market purchases by 9 insiders

• Richardson Scott A (CEO & President) bought 3,800 shares at $41.59 on 2025-12-10
• Kyrish Chuck (SVP & CFO) bought 5,000 shares at $41.03 on 2025-12-09
• Go Timothy () bought 500 shares at $46.33 on 2025-09-08
• Go Timothy () bought 539 shares at $46.17 on 2025-09-08
• Murray Mark Christopher (SVP - Acetyls) bought 2,017 shares at $41.83 on 2025-08-14
• Sutton Scott McDougald () bought 2,000 shares at $40.89 on 2025-08-14
• MOORTHY GANESH () bought 1,000 shares at $40.94 on 2025-08-14
• GALANTE EDWARD G () bought 2,400 shares at $41.27 on 2025-08-14
• Murray Mark Christopher (SVP - Acetyls) bought 1,479 shares at $52.18 on 2025-05-23
• MOORTHY GANESH () bought 1,000 shares at $53.29 on 2025-03-12

Are insider purchases happening during the same quarters the company is actively buying back stock?

Insider buying coincided with company buybacks in 0 of 4 quarters

Looking at all open-market transactions, are insiders net buyers or net sellers?

Insiders bought $2M, sold $2M (net buying)

Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.

No buyback-insider divergence detected