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The price of Celestica, Inc (NYSE: CLS) closed at $89.05 in the last session, down -3.35% from day before closing price of $92.14. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.35 from its previous closing price. On the day, 6.93 million shares were traded.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at CLS’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 34.08 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 32.00. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.85 and its Current Ratio is at 1.43. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.69 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.66.
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:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. 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:
As of this moment, Celestica,’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 24.88, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.81. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.09. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.02 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.61.
Stock Price History:
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 -3.63%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 12.99%.
Shares Statistics:
A total of 115.60M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 115.36M. Insiders hold about 0.52% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 77.02% stake in the company.
