Celestica, Inc (NYSE: CLS) is -10.33% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $40.25 and a high of $144.27 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CLS stock was last observed hovering at around $80.59 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.18%.
Currently trading at $82.77, the stock is 3.72% and -12.63% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.22 million and changing 2.71% at the moment leaves the stock 5.64% off its SMA200. CLS registered 88.93% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 42.27%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $94.7374 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $78.34815.
The stock witnessed a -13.74% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -29.92%, and is 2.34% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 6.36% over the week and 9.29% over the month.
Celestica, Inc (CLS) has around 26865 employees, a market worth around $9.60B and $9.65B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.92 and Fwd P/E is 14.19. Profit margin for the company is 4.44%. Distance from 52-week low is 105.64% and -42.63% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (16.05%).
with sales reaching $2.56B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 24.15% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 12.16% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 15.78% in year-over-year returns.
Celestica, Inc (CLS) Top Institutional Holders
635.0 institutions hold shares in Celestica, Inc (CLS), with institutional investors hold 79.79% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 116.36M, and float is at 115.36M with Short Float at 2.73%. Institutions hold 79.00% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR LLC with over 9.25 million shares valued at $529.93 million. The investor’s holdings represent 7.7886% of the CLS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is WHALE ROCK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC with 7.49 million shares valued at $429.52 million to account for 6.3065 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CONNOR, CLARK & LUNN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD. which holds 5.32 million shares representing 4.4787% and valued at over $304.73 million, while VANGUARD GROUP INC holds 3.7246 of the shares totaling 4.42 million with a market value of $253.68 million.
Celestica, Inc (CLS) Insider Activity
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Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 07 ’25, Cooper Todd C (President) disposed off 65,000 shares at an average price of $129.78 for $8.44 million. The insider now directly holds 110,426 shares of Celestica, Inc (CLS).
