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Flex Ltd.

$FLEX·$44B·Hardware, Equipment & Parts·Technology
$90.46-8.2%YTD+63.3%1Y+42.8%
Price updated 6h ago·X counts updated 5d ago
FLFLEX
$FLEXFlex Ltd.
$90.46-8.16%190 posts1×
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On X

Top X posts

The complete picture of $FLEX on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

190X posts · last 7 days
Sep 29Oct 11
Chatter Meter
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How loud $FLEX's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-09-11

Flex is bullish on X — biggest 2026 winner with spin-off framed as biggest 2027 winner potential, EPC Power deal makes leaner and more profitable AI-service machine going forward. Pre-spin $100-$105 range interesting; weekly bull flag to rising 50 MA on the watchlist.

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $FLEX — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-10-03

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Contract manufacturing for the AI build — now a near-doubled stock on the AI-server mix and a pending spin-off of the data-center arm.

Flex is the Fortune 500 EMS giant — contract manufacturing for Apple, Nvidia and EV startups — now ramping into AI-server assembly and preparing a spin-off of its data-center/manufacturing arm. The stock has nearly doubled on the AI-manufacturing tailwind.

  • Growth has re-accelerated hard: fiscal Q1 revenue of $7.47B at +17% YoY versus +4% a year earlier — the AI-server and Advanced Networking mix is driving the step-up, and consensus has $34.6B revenue in two years from $27.4B this year.
  • The spin-off is the explicit catalyst: Flex has signaled it will separate the data-center/manufacturing arm, which is the business the market is paying 65x earnings for — the sum-of-parts math reprices higher post-separation.
  • The multiple is doing a lot of work: at 65x trailing on 5% operating margins and 9% gross margins, this is an EMS multiple compressed into a semi-cap-equipment multiple — any growth hiccup compresses it fast.

Nov 4 fiscal Q2 earnings with Advanced Networking holding above 50% growth keeps the move; a slowdown in that segment and the multiple compresses toward historical EMS valuations.

Agrees with X sentimentX calls Flex the biggest 2026 winner with the spin-off framed as the biggest 2027 winner — the mechanics support that, since the sum-of-parts reprice is real. The crowd under-weights that at 65x trailing the stock has already priced in a lot of the spin-off dynamic.

What to watch: Nov 4 fiscal Q2 earnings — Advanced Networking segment growth, any update on data-center spin-off timing, and consolidated operating margin above 5.5%. A spin-off date announcement moves the stock; a growth slip in the AI segment compresses the multiple.

On the calendar: 2026-11-04 — fiscal Q2 2027 earnings

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What it does

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

Contract manufacturer providing design, engineering, and supply chain services to OEMs across automotive, healthcare, and consumer electronics.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology

No material change from last week — AI data-center optical interconnect demand sustains order momentum.

What this means for $FLEX

Neutral — Contract manufacturer providing design, engineering, and supply chain services to OEMs across automotive, healthcare, and consumer electronics.

Top industry ETF

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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
64.6How 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
11.0%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
5.1%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
1.9%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
2.0Same 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
17.3%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
9.3%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
0.1Total 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 29, 2026$1.00$0.90+11.2%
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$0.93$0.87+6.4%
Q4 2025Feb 4, 2026$0.87$0.78+11.7%
Q3 2025Oct 29, 2025$0.79$0.75+4.8%
Next earningsWed, Oct 28·consensus EPS $1.06

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY26$7.5B+16.9%9.8%5.7%$0.67$211.0M
Q3 FY26$7.1B+7.7%9.7%5.7%$0.64$272.0M
Q2 FY26$6.8B+4.0%9.0%4.4%$0.52$303.0M
Q1 FY26$6.6B+4.1%8.7%4.7%$0.50$266.0M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 7 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$27.4B$27.4B – $27.4B$3.25$3.24 – $3.266
FY27$34.6B$34.1B – $35.0B$4.70$4.65 – $4.757
FY28$45.0B$41.5B – $46.2B$7.07$6.25 – $7.787
FY29$51.8B$49.0B – $54.6B$9.39$8.48 – $10.304

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.1.7×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.33%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.-19.9%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.-11.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 366.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.6% 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.β1.665-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.

Insider activity

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

Recent transactions

SellAug 18Michael P HartungChief Commercial Officer2.8K sh$332KSellJun 18Daniel WendlerChief Accounting Officer1.3K sh$190KSellJun 18Michael P HartungChief Commercial Officer7.2K sh$1.0MSellJun 18Revathi AdvaithiCEO38.3K sh$5.6MSellJun 18Offer David ScottEVP, General Counsel6.7K sh$967KSellJun 18Tan Kwang HooiCOO9.0K sh$1.3MSellJun 17Daniel WendlerChief Accounting Officer3.9K sh$562KSellJun 17Michael P HartungChief Commercial Officer22.6K sh$3.3MSellJun 17Revathi AdvaithiCEO1.3K sh$184KSellJun 17Offer David ScottEVP, General Counsel20.8K sh$3.0M
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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-KUnregistered equity saleOct 138-K — Item 3.02: Unregistered equity sale
8-KMaterial agreementOct 58-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation · Item 3.02: Unregistered equity sale · Item 8.01: Other event
8-KMaterial agreementOct 28-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
3New insider — initial holdingsSep 253
AI summary

George Oliver has been appointed as a new Director of Flex Ltd., requiring an initial Form 3 statement of beneficial ownership. Oliver does not beneficially own any securities of Flex Ltd. at the time of his appointment. His addition to the Flex board expands the company's director roster with no immediate equity stake. The Form 3 establishes his ownership baseline for future Section 16 reporting purposes.

3New insider — initial holdingsSep 253
AI summary

Richard M. Eubanks has been appointed as a new Director of Flex Ltd., filing an initial Form 3 statement of beneficial ownership. Eubanks holds no securities of Flex Ltd. at the time of his appointment. The filing establishes his ownership baseline for future insider reporting under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Flex's board now includes two newly appointed directors following concurrent Form 3 filings in this reporting period.

8-KOfficer or director changeSep 158-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Flex Ltd. (FLEX) appointed George R. Oliver and Mark Eubanks as independent directors effective September 24, 2026, expanding the board with each receiving $90K annual cash and $235K annual RSU grants. Notably, the filing is also designated as soliciting material under Rule 14a-12, signaling a pending significant shareholder vote likely tied to a major corporate transaction. New director additions alongside 14a-12 proxy solicitation flag suggests Flex may be pursuing or responding to an M&A or strategic restructuring proposal.

8-KMaterial agreementSep 48-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Flex Ltd. (FLEX) filed an 8-K on September 3, 2026, designated as soliciting material under Exchange Act Rule 14a-12, reporting a material definitive agreement (Item 1.01) and other events (Item 8.01). The 14a-12 designation signals this filing is related to a merger or acquisition requiring shareholder approval. Substantive deal terms and counterparty names are not visible in the available excerpt, but the combination of a material agreement and proxy-solicitation designation suggests a transformative corporate transaction is underway.

8-KShareholder voteAug 78-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Flex Ltd. (FLEX) held its 2026 Annual General Meeting on August 5, 2026 with 323,004,668 of 366,389,554 eligible shares voted. Shareholders re-elected all nine director nominees, re-appointed Deloitte & Touche as independent auditors, and approved say-on-pay. Specific vote tallies are in the full filing.

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Recent news

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

Flex Completes Acquisition of EPC Power, Expanding Power Conversion Capabilities for AI Data Centers and Grid Applicationsprnewswire.com·3d agoFlex's AI Infrastructure Spin-Off Could Unlock Hidden Valuemarketbeat.com·4d agoFlex Expands Prefabricated Modular Data Center Portfolio to Accelerate AI Factory Deploymentprnewswire.com·5d agoFlex Announces Date for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2027 Earnings Callprnewswire.com·9d agoFlex's AI Data Center Spin-Off Just Got a $37.5 Billion Price Tag247wallst.com·11d ago

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