CLS Celestica Inc.

Electronic components AI compute Research watch
Adverse context Trend: Falling Sector cycle: AI Infrastructure CapEx: Slowdown
AI impact: Supplies what AI runs on, tailwind
$290.76
−$9.04 −3.02% today

CLS price and valuation history

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Daily prices, adjusted for splits. P/E and P/S value each day on the results published by then; a gap in P/E means the trailing year had no profit.

Bull case

  • Returns on capital run well above its cost of capital.
  • It holds more cash than debt and is profitable.

Bear case

  • The share price trend is still falling.
  • Its sector cycle (AI Infrastructure CapEx) is in slowdown.

Features

  • V-WIDE-MOAT Wide moat Returns on capital run well above its cost of capital.
  • H-FORTRESS Fortress balance sheet It holds more cash than debt and is profitable.
  • F-UPSIDE Analyst upside Analysts' average target is 55% above the price. Shared by most companies we track

AI impact

Supplies what AI runs on Tailwind

The company manufactures networking switches, servers, and storage systems used to run AI workloads. It benefits from cloud providers buying hardware for AI data centers, but faces risks because demand is concentrated among large customers who could slow their infrastructure spending.

Where AI helps it

  • Sells what AI workloads consume

Where AI could hurt it

  • Depends on the AI build-out continuing
  • A few AI customers buy much of what it sells

In the company's words

These products include networking switches, optical systems, data center racks, servers and storage products used primarily by cloud-based and other service providers (including AI service providers), as well as enterprise customers, for a range of applications including AI workloads and cloud…
See also " We are dependent on our customers' ability to compete and succeed in the marketplace using products we manufacture and services we provide, " and " The future development and adoption of AI and the deployment of data center infrastructure are uncertain and depend on the availability and…

Assessed by AI from the company's own annual report filed 27 Feb 2026 and quarterly report filed 26 Oct 2026. A reading of the business, not a forecast or a recommendation.

Measurement status

Too little reported history, No usable valuation history

What the price assumes

The measured price implies roughly +25.9% annual cash-flow growth, between +17.9% and +31.8% under other reasonable assumptions.

An estimate that depends on its assumptions, not a forecast.

Quality versus peers

Each dimension is shown on its own; they are not combined into a score.

Earnings quality 53rd percentile
Investment discipline 6th percentile
Profitability 10th percentile
Return on capital 77th percentile
Cash margin 47th percentile
Dilution discipline 15th percentile

Current analyst snapshot

Shown for reference only; not used in any measurement.

Positive ratings100.0%
Analysts18
Forward P/E13.5×

What would have to break

  • Not triggered — Revenue decline
  • Not triggered — Margin break
  • Not triggered — Cash burn with rising debt
  • Not triggered — Heavy dilution
  • Not triggered — Warning language in filings

News

No recent brief on this company.