
TSE:CLS
This summary was created by AI, based on 34 opinions in the last 12 months.
Celestica Inc (CLS-T) has garnered attention due to its strong performance in the AI and cloud infrastructure space, demonstrating revenue growth exceeding 50% last quarter. While some analysts see significant upside potential, with price targets around $625, opinions are mixed, with concerns over the stock's valuation, as it has increased substantially over the past year. A common recommendation is to take profits, indicating that the stock is not trading cheaply, especially after a considerable rise. Analysts note that while the stock benefits from the ongoing AI boom and data center developments, its valuation is perceived as stretched by some experts. Thus, investors are advised to exercise caution and consider pullbacks as potential buying opportunities.
A darling. The story remind him of Dell, which assembles technology from other companies in a product for you to use. This raises questions of pricing power and technological differentiation. He has similar questions about CLS. As well, electronic manufacturing companies generally don't have great operating margins; a digestion phase in the markets would be a challenge for them.
Be cautious of names that get attached to the AI bandwagon. News like DeepSeek can also compress the multiples of the AI derivative plays.
CLS did raise guidance a little bit, but the stock declined about 4% after the news release. Analysts had expected more of a material raise in guidance. Still, the quarter was good, and the stock is cheap at 19X earnings. We would be comfortable on the buy side here still.
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Its volume traded has picked up over the past couple of years as its stock has performed well, but per our rough math on a weekly basis it has been trading about 4% of its total outstanding shares.
CLS has about 116M shares outstanding, and the average daily volume in 2025 is about 1M shares. On a 5-day week, that means roughly 5M shares trade out of 116M total outstanding. It is pretty liquid at a $13.5B market cap, and while it has declined significantly alongside the broader market, we continue to like the name.
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Tariffs are being seen to hit the tech space to a greater degree. He doesn't know why this name in particular is being targeted. Believes all the tech stocks being hit today will bounce from here, though he's skeptical about a long-term trend up.
If you absolutely need the cash tomorrow, sell today. Otherwise, wait a day or two for a bounce.
Already trading 30% above what analysts think it's worth a year from now. In momentum mode. If you're going to trade and buy at the breakout here, you have to be very sensitive to a correction at some point as seen in the chart in February. That's the environment we're in when you're chasing new all-time highs on a name.
He's a value guy. He likes to buy on a pullback, not when a stock's breaking out to all-time highs. That's just his style, doesn't mean it's right and other ways are wrong.