At the time of writing, Celestica, Inc [CLS] stock is trading at $80.88, up 2.21%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The CLS shares have gain 14.90% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -11.68%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Celestica, Inc [NYSE: CLS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 21, 2025, when JP Morgan initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $166. On January 31, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Sector Outperform but maintained its price target of $150 on the stock. UBS started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and suggested a price target of $95 on November 22, 2024. Barclays initiated its recommendation with a Overweight and recommended $91 as its price target on November 05, 2024. Stifel upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on September 09, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $58. In a note dated May 15, 2024, Fox Advisors initiated an Overweight rating and provided a target price of $60 on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Celestica, Inc fluctuated between $40.25 and $144.27. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $117.33 within the next 12 months. Celestica, Inc [NYSE: CLS] shares were valued at $80.88 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 45.07% based on the average CLS price forecast.
Analyzing the CLS fundamentals
According to Celestica, Inc [NYSE:CLS], the company’s sales were 9.65B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 18.93% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.11% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.06%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.06%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.04%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.24 and Total Capital is 0.21. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.35.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 77.93 points at the first support level, and at 74.98 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 84.89, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 88.90.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Celestica, Inc [NYSE:CLS] has a current ratio of 1.49. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.91, and the Cash Ratio is 0.14. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.97, the price to book ratio is 4.96 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.40.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Laurette Koellner, Director, that happened on Mar 31 ’25 when 100000.0 shares were purchased. Director, Laurette T Koellner completed a deal on Mar 19 ’25 to buy 0.15 million shares. Meanwhile, President Cooper Todd C sold 65000.0 shares on Feb 07 ’25.
