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After finishing at $69.19 in the prior trading day, Celestica, Inc (NYSE: CLS) closed at $66.15, down -4.39%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.39 from its previous closing price. On the day, 9.75 million shares were traded. CLS stock price reached its highest trading level at $66.84 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $58.08.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of CLS by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 18.12 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 25.84. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.91 and its Current Ratio is at 1.49. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.42 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.41.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, JP Morgan on February 21, 2025, initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned the stock a target price of $166.
CIBC Upgraded its Neutral to Sector Outperform on January 31, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $150.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 31 ’25 when Laurette Koellner bought 100,000 shares for $82.69 per share.
Laurette T Koellner bought 151,717 shares of CLS for $13,945,827 on Mar 19 ’25. On Feb 07 ’25, another insider, Cooper Todd C, who serves as the President of the company, sold 65,000 shares for $129.78 each. As a result, the insider received 8,435,794 and left with 110,426 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CLS now has a Market Capitalization of 7745701888 and an Enterprise Value of 8172595712. As of this moment, Celestica,’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 18.32, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.32. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.83. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.80 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.06. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.847 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.662.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CLS is 1.71, which has changed by 0.33825612 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of -0.024663687 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CLS has reached a high of $144.27, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $40.25. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -36.02%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -14.24%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 4.97M shares per day over the past 3-months and 5077920 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 116.36M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 115.36M. Insiders hold about 0.51% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 77.68% stake in the company. Shares short for CLS as of 1741910400 were 2872126 with a Short Ratio of 0.58, compared to 1739491200 on 2753574. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2872126 and a Short% of Float of 2.5.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
