Compare · CLS vs FLEX
CLS vs FLEX
Side-by-side comparison of Celestica Inc. (CLS) and Flex Ltd. (FLEX): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both CLS and FLEX operate in Electrical Products (Technology), so they compete in similar markets.
- FLEX is the larger of the two at $52.44B, about 1.2x CLS ($43.73B).
- Over the past year, CLS is up 178.9% and FLEX is up 210.1% - FLEX leads by 31.2 points.
- FLEX has been more active in the news (23 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for CLS).
- CLS has more recent analyst coverage (23 ratings vs 10 for FLEX).
- Company
- Celestica Inc.
- Flex Ltd.
- Price
- $380.10-0.47%
- $143.10-2.62%
- Market cap
- $43.73B
- $52.44B
- 1M return
- +10.92%
- +10.29%
- 1Y return
- +178.87%
- +210.11%
- Industry
- Electrical Products
- Electrical Products
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 1998
- 1994
- News (4w)
- 4
- 23
- Recent ratings
- 23
- 10
Celestica Inc.
Celestica Inc. provides hardware platform and supply chain solutions in North America, Europe, and Asia. It operates through two segments, Advanced Technology Solutions, and Connectivity & Cloud Solutions. The company offers a range of product manufacturing and related supply chain services, including design and development, engineering, supply chain management, new product introduction, component sourcing, electronics manufacturing and assembly, testing, complex mechanical assembly, systems integration, precision machining, order fulfillment, logistics, asset management, product licensing, and after-market repair and return services. It also provides enterprise-level data communications and information processing infrastructure products, such as routers, switches, data center interconnects, servers, and storage-related products; capacitors, microprocessors, resistors, and memory modules; and power inverters, energy storage products, smart meters, and other electronic componentry. The company serves aerospace and defense, industrial, energy, healthtech, capital equipment, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), cloud-based, and other service providers, including hyperscalers, and other companies in a range of industries. Celestica Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Flex Ltd.
Flex Ltd. provides design, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services and solutions to original equipment manufacturers in Asia, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through High Reliability Solutions, Industrial and Emerging Industries, Communications & Enterprise Compute, and Consumer Technologies Group segments. The company provides a portfolio of technologies in electrical/electronics, electromechanical, and software; and cross-industry technologies, including human machine interface, audio and video, system in package, miniaturization, IoT platforms, and power management. It also designs and integrates advanced data center servers, storage and networking equipment, and data center appliances. In addition, the company provides value-added design and engineering services; and systems assembly and manufacturing services that include enclosures, testing services, and materials procurement and inventory management services. Further, it offers chargers for smartphones and tablets; adapters for notebooks and gaming systems; power supplies for the server, storage, and networking markets; isolated DC/DC converters and non-isolated Point of Load converters for the information and communications technology market; and specialized power module solutions for other markets. Additionally, the company provides after-market and forward supply chain logistics services comprising supplier-managed inventory, inbound freight management, product postponement, build/configure to order, order fulfillment and distribution, asset tracking, and supply chain network design; and reverse logistics and repair solutions, including returns management, exchange programs, complex repair, asset recovery, recycling, and e-waste management. The company was formerly known as Flextronics International Ltd. and changed its name to Flex Ltd. in September 2016. Flex Ltd. was founded in 1990 and is based in Singapore.
Latest CLS
- Chief Executive Officer Mionis Robert sold $7,000,835 worth of shares (18,176 units at $385.17) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Executive Officer Mionis Robert sold $21,580,050 worth of shares (55,768 units at $386.96) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Executive Officer Mionis Robert sold $26,426,178 worth of shares (66,056 units at $400.06) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Financial Officer Chawla Mandeep sold $6,794,078 worth of shares (17,000 units at $399.65) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 17% to 82,444 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Ahuja Kulvinder
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Cascella Robert
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Colpron Francoise
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Kale Jill
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Reeder David
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Colpitts Christopher W.
Latest FLEX
- Chief Accounting Officer Wendler Daniel sold $233,129 worth of Ordinary Shares (1,579 units at $147.64) and was granted 9,716 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 23% to 43,133 units (SEC Form 4) (for tax liability)
- EVP, General Counsel Offer David Scott sold $3,842,442 worth of Ordinary Shares (25,973 units at $147.94) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan and was granted 43,724 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 44% to 118,591 units (SEC Form 4) to cover taxes
- Chief Commercial Officer Hartung Michael P sold $1,214,097 worth of Ordinary Shares (8,203 units at $148.01) and was granted 43,724 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 15% to 275,826 units (SEC Form 4) (tax liability)
- Chief Operating Officer Tan Kwang Hooi sold $1,560,134 worth of Ordinary Shares (10,540 units at $148.02) and was granted 48,582 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 15% to 284,184 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding tax)
- Chief Financial Officer Krumm Kevin sold $499,993 worth of Ordinary Shares (3,378 units at $148.01), decreasing direct ownership by 2% to 151,280 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding tax)
- Chief Executive Officer Advaithi Revathi sold $5,805,781 worth of Ordinary Shares (39,239 units at $147.96) and was granted 255,062 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 36% to 821,345 units (SEC Form 4) (tax liability)
- Chief Accounting Officer Wendler Daniel was granted 1,480 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 4% to 34,996 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP, General Counsel Offer David Scott was granted 7,164 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 10% to 82,090 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Commercial Officer Hartung Michael P was granted 7,599 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 240,305 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Operating Officer Tan Kwang Hooi was granted 7,599 units of Ordinary Shares, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 246,142 units (SEC Form 4)