Celestica vs Flex
CLS and FLEX side by side, both in electronic components and accessories. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CLS and FLEX compare
Celestica grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (47.3% versus 17.5% for Flex).
Celestica scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 11 for Flex), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CLS | FLEX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $31.9B |
| Share price | $265.53 | $86.48 |
| Change, 1 year | −21.4% | 30.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 2312% | 375% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.87 | 1.55 |
| Employees | – | 150K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 31.2× |
| P/S | – | 1.0× |
| P/B | – | 5.5× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 21.7× |
| P/FCF | – | 40.8× |
| PEG | – | 2.93 |
| FCF yield | – | 2.5% |
| Fair value | – | $61.32 |
| Margin of safety | – | −41.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 47.3% (better) | 17.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 16.6% (better) | 3.0% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 107% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 109% (better) | 22.6% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 72.4% (better) | 14.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 12.0% (better) | 9.5% |
| Operating margin | 8.8% (better) | 5.1% |
| Net margin | 7.2% | – |
| FCF margin | 3.3% (better) | 2.5% |
| Return on equity | 52.7% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 46.0% (better) | 17.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.33 (better) | 0.90 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.18 (better) | 1.36 |
| Interest coverage | 21.9× (better) | 6.5× |
| Current ratio | 1.23 | 1.34 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 2.57 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | – | 1.3% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 1.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 69.0% | 94.4% |
| Held by insiders | 0.81% | 0.77% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$254M | −$118M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.9% | 2.4% |
Go deeper
- CLS stock overview
- CLS income statement
- CLS valuation and score
- FLEX stock overview
- FLEX income statement
- FLEX valuation and score
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