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Celestica Inc. Common Stock (CLS) fair value

Technology · Electronic Components · NYSE · United States
$260.01-3.35%
Market cap $32.8BNext earnings 2026-10-26Updated Oct 23, 2026
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Our verdict
Trades 27% above our fair value
Price
$260.01
Model fair valueConfidence: good
$205
Model range
$121 to $290
Fair value $205
Price $260
2 models fit Celestica Inc. Common Stock and they disagree: 0 of 2 land within 15% of the average.
Two or more of our models back this value.
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Valued as a mature, profitable company: Discounted cash flow, P/E comparison, EV/EBITDA comparison, Graham number, and Dividend discount.
ACCE opinionCelestica Inc. Common Stock (CLS)
Fair value (2 models)
$205
ACCE price target
$328
Rating
Overvalued
Horizon
12 months
Fair value published on 23 Oct 2026, 10:03 CEST; previously $221 since 21 Oct 2026, 11:06 CEST.
ACCE price target published on 18 Oct 2026, 00:00 CEST; previously $370 since 19 May 2026, 00:00 CEST.
Rating published on 21 Oct 2026, 11:06 CEST.
Price used: $260 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 22:00 CEST.
Models: P/E comparison and EV/EBITDA comparison.
Fair value: the average of the applicable valuation models (discounted cash flow, multiples, residual income, dividend discount, shareholder yield), each run on the latest financial statements and the market price shown. Opinion columns (fair value, target, rating) are shown apart from the data. Full methodology: acceinvestments.com/data/how-we-value-stocks
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Data
Price vs fair value
26.7% above
-21.0% to fair value
ACCE score
59
out of 100
Analysts
100% buy
22 covering
P/E
27.0x
forward 16.4x
1-year return
-8.0%
Dividend yield
0.00%

Celestica Inc. Common Stock in four questions

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Overview

ACCE thesis

Celestica makes the hardware behind other companies' hardware: contract-manufactured switches, servers and rack-scale systems for hyperscale cloud and AI data-center builders, plus the Connectivity and Cloud Solutions segment that sits in between. Its edge is the scale and qualification depth needed to build complex, high-volume AI networking gear on tight schedules, which is what keeps the customer base sticky. Revenue growth of 62.4% is the headline, and the near-term driver is continued ramp of AI infrastructure orders from its largest cloud customers. The stock trades at 37.1 times trailing earnings but 18.5 times forward, so the market is pricing a large earnings step-up, and the gross margin of 12.0% and operating margin of 9.8% show how much of that growth has to convert into profit to justify it. Worth a deeper look to test whether margins hold as volume scales.

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 18, 2026
⚠ Investor warnings · 3 flagsAI-assisted·How I use AI
  • high
    Valuation disconnect with growth
    P/E of 37.6 on current earnings despite 18.5 forward P/E suggests market pricing in significant deceleration. Current revenue growth of 62.4% would need to sustain well above historical 16.6% CAGR to justify current multiple.
  • high
    Heavy insider selling
    Last 10 disclosed transactions show $102.02M in sales versus $0 in buys. No offsetting purchases suggests insiders lack conviction at current price levels.
  • moderate
    Valuation score collapse
    V score of 41/100 is the weakest component of ACCE model.

AI research notes

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 11, 2026 · figures from 2026-06-30 · prices to Oct 23, 2026
Why it could do well
  • Revenue surged 62.4% year over year while maintaining a 7.2% net margin, showing strong execution at scale.
  • Return on equity of 52.7% and return on invested capital of 21.8% demonstrate capital is deployed with exceptional efficiency.
Why it could disappoint
  • Free cash flow yield of 1.0% on $458M of annual cash generation leaves minimal margin for error if capex cycles reverse.
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Oct 26, 2026
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Valuation

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Where CLS's valuation models land
Price
$260.01
Model fair value
$205
Model range
$121 to $290
Fair value $205
Price $260
The price sits inside the model range.
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Wall Street consensus

Bullish100% buy · 22 covering analysts
● Strong buy 17● Buy 5● Hold 0● Sell 0● Strong sell 0
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Last 90 days
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No trades filed
Last 180 days
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No trades filed
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Where it sits vs peers

News and Record

Press releases mentioning this company

Recent performance

1 week
-14.4%
1 month
-28.1%
3 months
-14.8%
6 months
-36.6%
YTD
-12.0%
1 year
-8.0%

SEC filings

Recommendation history, last 12 months

DateTypeNewPreviousPrice
23 Oct 2026, 10:03 CESTFair value$205$221$269
21 Oct 2026, 11:06 CESTFair value$221$231$300
21 Oct 2026, 11:06 CESTRatingOvervaluedfirst publication$300
18 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTACCE price target$328$370$304
12 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$231$75.43$362
9 Oct 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$75.43$78.04$372
29 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$78.04$77.07$365
27 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$77.07$80.21$365
20 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$80.21$81.42$333
18 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$81.42$80.09$324

This analysis is not personalised investment advice and does not take your situation, objectives or risk tolerance into account. ACCE Investments is not an authorised investment firm.

Investing in shares carries a risk of losing capital. The value of an investment can go down as well as up.

Valuation horizon: 12 months from the publication date.

Conflicts of interest. ACCE Investments is operated by Adrien Chantreuil, who may hold personal positions in the securities analysed. Positions are declared on each security. ACCE receives no payment from the companies analysed or from any intermediary for this analysis.

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Snapshot

Growth100Value45Quality66Momentum25Total59
Valuation
Trailing P/E
27.0x
Forward P/E
16.4x
PEG
1.00
P/B
16.47x
EV / Revenue
2.6x
Book value/sh
$21.56
Enterprise value
$41.2B
Profitability
ROE
52.7%
FCF yield
1.19%
ROIC
21.8%
Health and risk
Debt / equity
0.41
Dividend yield
0.00%
Beta
1.32

Price

-12.3% · 1Y

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Answered from Celestica Inc. Common Stock fundamentals + recent valuations. Every number shows its source and date.

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 83% of peers
low 15.3x27.0xhigh 80.8x
ROEbetter than 83% of peers
low 12%53%high 66%
Div yieldbetter than 33% of peers
low 0.0%0.0%high 1.5%

Peers

Prices Oct 23, 2026
CompanyPriceFair valuevs fair valueP/EROEQualityScore
CLS Celestica Inc. Common Stock$260.01$20527% above27.0x52.7%6659
6762.T TDK Corporation¥2780.50--15.3x11.6%5968
CLS.TO Celestica Inc.C$376.69C$28831% above28.3x52.7%6658
4062.T Ibiden Co.,Ltd.¥8598.00--80.8x12.7%7171
FLEX Flex Ltd. Ordinary Shares$76.69$6027% above29.6x18.4%4958
JBL Jabil Inc. Common Stock$267.41$2898% below27.4x66.4%4960
3008.TW Largan PrecisionTWD 6175.00TWD 349277% above33.6x13.3%8677

Sector report card

Where CLS ranks against its sector peers on each metric.

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  • GlobeNewswire•Oct 12, 2026
    Celestica Introduces the DS6005 Data Center Switch with Co-Packaged Optics to Enable Power-Efficient AI Fabrics
  • GlobeNewswire•Oct 12, 2026
    USITC Institutes Investigation of Vertical Power Delivery (VPD) Modules and Computing Systems Infringing a Vicor Patent
  • GlobeNewswire•Oct 6, 2026
    Celestica to Hold Q3 2026 Financial Results and 2026 Investor and Analyst Day Conference Call
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40 filings
October 2026
Oct 1
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-30
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September 2026
Sep 24
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-23
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