Celestica, Inc [NYSE: CLS] surged by $4269856.16 during the normal trading session on Wednesday and reaching a high of $152.23 during the day while it closed the day at $4270000.0.
Celestica, Inc stock has also gained 12.76% of its value over the past 7 days. However, CLS stock has inclined by 53.07% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 60.17% and gained 166.57% year-on date.
The market cap for CLS stock reached $17.14 billion, with 115.60 million shares outstanding and 114.39 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 4.27M shares, CLS reached a trading volume of 4838619 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Celestica, Inc [CLS]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for CLS shares is $131.31 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on CLS stock is a recommendation set at 1.25. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
JP Morgan have made an estimate for Celestica, Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Overweight, with their previous recommendation back on February 21, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Stifel raised their target price to Buy. The new note on the price target was released on February 04, 2025, representing the official price target for Celestica, Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $150, while CIBC analysts kept a Sector Outperform rating on CLS stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 11.07, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 2.64. Price to Free Cash Flow for CLS in the course of the last twelve months was 53.10 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.85.
CLS stock trade performance evaluation
Celestica, Inc [CLS] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 12.76. With this latest performance, CLS shares gained by 24.75% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 60.17% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 61.47% in the past year of trading.
Celestica, Inc [CLS]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Celestica, Inc [CLS] shares currently have an operating margin of 6.21% and a Gross Margin at 10.34%. Celestica, Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 4.19%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 7.32%, with Return on Assets sitting at 7.32%.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Celestica, Inc [CLS] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for CLS. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Celestica, Inc go to 23.86%.
Celestica, Inc [CLS]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $76.93%, or 77.33% of CLS stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of CLS stocks are: FMR LLC with ownership of 9.25 million shares, which is approximately 7.7886%. WHALE ROCK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, holding 7.49 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$429.52 million in CLS stocks shares; and WHALE ROCK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, currently with $$304.73 million in CLS stock with ownership which is approximately 4.4787%.
