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Celestica Inc.

$CLS·$37B·Hardware, Equipment & Parts·Technology
$299.40+0.2%YTD+24.5%1Y+49.2%
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$CLSCelestica Inc.
$299.40+0.23%171 posts+12%
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Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $CLS, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-30

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

OpenAI's ODM partner with a fresh $3B raise — the tape is digesting a very specific dilution event.

Celestica is the electronics-manufacturing-services (EMS) partner that builds server hardware for hyperscalers and OpenAI. The stock is +25% YTD and +41% TTM at $299, and today's -5.9% is the tape digesting the $3B equity offering that just priced.

  • Revenue and EPS are ramping fast: quarterly revenue ran $2.89B / $3.16B / $3.71B / $4.05B, gross margin at 12%, quarterly EPS printed $1.83 / $2.30 / $2.36 / $1.85 — analysts model $20.3B and $11.28 EPS for the full year, growing at ~65% top-line, so at $299 the stock is at roughly 27x forward, which the crowd frames as cheap relative to growth.
  • The AI ODM story is now sell-side consensus: UBS upgraded CLS to Buy with a PT raise to $430 (from $410) citing strong AI-driven Ethernet-switching and ML-compute demand, plus a 1.6T rack-scale solution for OpenAI — Celestica is being framed as OpenAI's ODM partner alongside AVGO, which changes the customer-mix story materially.
  • The $3B raise is the specific dilution event: 9,677,419 common shares at $310.00 for approximately $3B gross — the balance sheet is now capitalized for a large AI-infrastructure build, but the offering price of $310 is the level the market is watching, and $299 is already below it.

An Oct 26 print that shows continued AI-infrastructure revenue growth and confirms a broader ODM customer disclosure extends the run; a soft Jalapeño-chip ramp signal, a customer-concentration disclosure from OpenAI, or a competitive AVGO/Foxconn win is what caps the multiple.

Agrees with X sentimentX's bullish framing tracks the mechanics — the UBS upgrade, the 1.6T rack-scale disclosure, and the growing-faster-than-NVDA-at-lower-multiple framing are all real; the sample missing a customer-concentration risk voice around OpenAI is the honest gap.

What to watch: The Oct 26 Q3 print — AI-infrastructure revenue growth, OpenAI/hyperscaler customer commentary, and any Jalapeño-chip ramp color. A customer-concentration disclosure or a competitive Foxconn/AVGO win is what caps the multiple.

On the calendar: 2026-10-26 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment36 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-31

Sentiment is overwhelmingly bullish, powered by a UBS upgrade to Buy with a $430 target and a call flagged as "almost unbearably bullish" - management raising 2027 growth beyond an already-projected 65%, with non-cancellable customer orders in hand. Posters focus on Celestica's positioning across Google TPU, AMD Helios and OpenAI's "Jalapeño," calling the stock cheap versus peers at "12x our CY28 earnings per share forecast." One caveat: three customers make up 63% of revenue.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Contract manufacturer building servers, networking equipment, and electronics for hyperscalers and aerospace-defense customers.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Hardware, Equipment & Parts sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CLS.

Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology

AI server infrastructure buildout drives compute shipment volumes; Dell and HPE are riding the same hyperscaler capex wave that lifted NVDA. Non-AI commercial refresh remains soft, so the bull case is concentrated in AI infrastructure exposure.

What this means for $CLS

Direct beneficiary — AI-native product or platform captures spend from the same capex cycle driving the industry; Contract manufacturer building servers, networking equipment, and electronics for hyperscalers and aerospace-defense cus.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
44.5How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
29.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
7.8%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
1.2%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
3.1Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
47.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
11.6%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.4Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 27, 2026$2.54$2.29+10.9%
Q1 2026Apr 27, 2026$2.16$2.08+3.8%
Q4 2025Jan 28, 2026$1.89$1.74+8.6%
Q3 2025Oct 27, 2025$1.58$1.47+7.5%
Next earningsMon, Oct 26·consensus EPS $3.01

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$4.0B+52.8%10.8%6.7%$1.85$126.8M
Q4 FY25$3.7B+45.8%11.5%8.8%$2.36$158.5M
Q3 FY25$3.2B+26.4%11.6%6.7%$2.30$87.6M
Q2 FY25$2.9B+21.0%12.8%9.4%$1.83$119.9M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 13 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$20.3B$20.3B – $20.4B$11.28$11.22 – $11.447
FY27$33.7B$30.8B – $36.5B$19.57$17.56 – $21.9013
FY28$44.7B$31.5B – $56.9B$26.64$25.09 – $28.1311
FY29$53.5B$45.4B – $60.7B$34.70$27.85 – $40.695

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.4×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.40%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-10.0%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-8.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 113.8M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.1% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.525-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 13Robert MionisCEO23.5K sh$8.5MSellAug 5Robert MionisCEO51.1K sh$18.8MSellAug 4Robert MionisCEO90.9K sh$33.5MSellAug 4Mandeep ChawlaCFO2.1K sh$741KSellJul 31Robert MionisCEO9.5K sh$3.5MSellJul 31Mandeep ChawlaCFO883 sh$324KSellJun 17Robert MionisCEO18.2K sh$7.0MSellJun 16Robert MionisCEO47.0K sh$18.1MSellJun 15Robert MionisCEO64.7K sh$25.9MSellJun 15Mandeep ChawlaCFO2.9K sh$1.2M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KMaterial agreementAug 78-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement
AI summary

Celestica Inc. entered into an underwriting agreement on August 5, 2026 to sell 9,677,419 common shares at $310.00 per share, with Citigroup, BofA Securities, and TD Securities as lead underwriters. The underwriters also exercised their full overallotment option for 1,451,612 additional shares, bringing total shares to approximately 11.13 million. Estimated net proceeds are approximately $3.39 billion, to be used for working capital, capital expenditure, and general corporate purposes. This is a very large dilutive secondary offering signaling strong investor demand and significant capital deployment plans for the electronics manufacturing services company.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Aug 6424B5
AI summary

Celestica Inc. priced a public offering of 9,677,419 common shares at $310.00 per share on August 6, 2026, raising approximately $3.0 billion gross ($2.95 billion net of underwriting discounts). The offer price of $310.00 represents approximately a 16.5% discount to the August 4, 2026 NYSE closing price of $371.15. Underwriters hold a 30-day greenshoe option for up to an additional 1,451,612 shares. This is a highly material, large-scale equity offering and is significantly dilutive to existing shareholders given the substantial discount to the prior close.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Aug 5424B5
AI summary

CLS filed a 424B5 prospectus supplement for an offering of securities worth approximately $3,000,000,000. proceeds of the offering. This prospectus finalises a specific drawdown under CLS's existing shelf registration.

3New insider — initial holdingsJul 143
AI summary

Celestica (CLS) — Form 3 initial ownership for Steven Gregg Dorwart (President). Dorwart holds approximately 13,313 RSUs across multiple tranches at various vesting dates. Administrative — routine executive onboarding disclosure; no open-market purchases reported.

8-KOfficer or director changeJul 68-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

Celestica Inc. disclosed that Jason Phillips, President of Connectivity and Cloud Solutions, will retire at the end of 2026. Effective immediately, Steven Dorwart succeeds Phillips as President, Connectivity and Cloud Solutions; Phillips will serve in an advisory capacity through year-end. This is an orderly planned leadership transition within Celestica's cloud and connectivity segment — routine succession with no operational disruption indicated.

8-KShareholder voteMay 198-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Celestica Inc. held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 19, 2026, with 75.88 million shares (~66% quorum) represented out of 114.97 million outstanding as of the March 27, 2026 record date. Shareholders elected all director nominees, approved appointment of auditors, and voted favorably on named executive officer compensation (68.5M for, 2.5M against, 919K abstain). The company issued a concurrent press release on voting results (Item 8.01). All proposals passed without material opposition in a routine governance filing for this electronic manufacturing services company.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 53
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for CLS on 2026-05-05, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

8-KMaterial agreementApr 288-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
AI summary

CLS entered into a credit agreement (8-K Item 1.01, dated 2026-04-28). Counterparty: Bank of America, N.A.. Size: approximately $750.0 million. Material definitive agreement — investors should review the full exhibit for covenants, conditions, and use of proceeds.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Is It Worth Investing in Celestica (CLS) Based on Wall Street's Bullish Views?zacks.com·16h agoBlackRock Inc. Buys Shares of 613,620 Celestica, Inc. $CLSdefenseworld.net·4d agoCelestica Could Benefit Massively From Jalapeño Chip Ramps (Rating Upgrade)seekingalpha.com·5d agoCelestica (CLS) Down 12.4% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Rebound?zacks.com·6d agoHere's Why Celestica (CLS) is a Strong Growth Stockzacks.com·7d ago

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