Celestica: Continue Walking The Bull Trail

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Summary

  • Celestica's robust growth is fueled by surging demand for hardware platform solutions, especially networking switches for hyperscalers.
  • Recent US-China tariff reductions are a major positive catalyst, likely paving the way for future guidance upgrades, as management had earlier assumed no changes to tariff policies.
  • Valuations are at a premium vs peers, but the risk here has eased slightly, as CLS stock today is at a lower premium vs peers than it was months ago.
  • Technical analysis signals further upside potential versus the S&P 500.
  • Downward consensus capex revisions for hyperscalers is a key risk, but let's not forget that absolute capex growth is still increasing and Celestica is gaining market share.

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Performance Assessment

I've been bullish on Celestica (NYSE:CLS) (TSX:CLS:CA) but the stock has not yet delivered alpha over the S&P 500:

Thesis

I am still confident in my bullish stance on Celestica:

  1. The growth outlook

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