Company Analysis

Celestica, Inc. (CLS)

NYSE: CLS · Printed Circuit Boards · Toronto, ON · filing with the SEC since 1999
Grade7.0
◀ Past 7.5● Present 6.9▶ Future 6.6
1 est.

The grade of Celestica, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
7.0/10
◀ Past7.530% of the headline
● Present6.940% of the headline
▶ Future6.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 71st percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Celestica, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+19.6% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 4 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 85th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Celestica, Inc.'s 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $7.3 billion in fiscal 2022 to $12 billion in fiscal 2025, up 19.6% a year; it rose in 3 of 3 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 4 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span19.6%top 14% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 9% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 27% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.0% a year. 23% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 166 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 61st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Celestica, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 23% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 166 sales (149 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-05 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 46% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.9/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
6.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 38%: 38¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 69%: owes 69¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Celestica, Inc. earned about 38 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 21 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 69 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 29% of its family
  • return on equitytop 12% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 12% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 37% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
8.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 15% of 12 in its family; net margin 6.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 85th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Celestica, Inc.'s standing among 12 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 21% by size; a net margin of 6.7% ranks in the top 12%; revenue growth of 19.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 12% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$12.39Btop 21% of its family
  • net margin6.7%top 12% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth19.6%top 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.0/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 50% of 11 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-12-19 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.9 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2024-12-19 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.9 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 11 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Celestica, Inc.'s leadership is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 50% of 11 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-12-19 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.9 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 50% of 12 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Celestica, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $596 million against debt of $751 million leaves -2.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 46% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 3.7% of revenue (top 46%); a gross margin of 12.1% (top 37%); research spending of 1% of revenue (bottom 39%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-2.1%bottom 46% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue3.7%top 46% of its family
  • gross margin12.1%top 37% of its family
  • research spending against revenue1.0%bottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
8.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 18% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Celestica, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 19.6% a year over the last three filed years against 19.6% over all 4, speeding up (top 27% of its family); the newest year grew 28.5% (top 14%); research spending grew 36.7% a year (top 17%); capital spending grew 22.7% a year (top 14%) (its annual reports). Celestica, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: CCS at $9.2 billion (74%), ATS at $3.2 billion (26%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 27% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth28.5%top 14% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending36.7%top 17% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending22.7%top 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 25% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 75th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Celestica, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 11.4% above the $11 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 45% of its family); net income of $833 million against a prior three-year average of $284 million (top 15%); a net margin of 6.7% against 3.3% before (top 15%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace11.4%top 45% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+193%top 15% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+3.4 pointstop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CLS · research, not advice