Celestica Inc. logo CLS - Celestica Inc.

Price: -- -- | CONSENSUS: Buy DETAILS
STRONG
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BUY 17
HOLD 10
SELL 0
STRONG
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| PRICE TARGET: $459.00 DETAILS
HIGH: $510.00
LOW: $430.00
MEDIAN: $450.00
CONSENSUS: $459.00
UPSIDE: 26.71%
AlphaVal

AlphaVal

Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value

Platform & Compounding FCF 85% confidence

Primary model: Two-stage FCF DCF

Valuation Signal Overvalued Strong
Trading 83.3% above fair value
Current Price $362.24
Bear Case $118.20 67.4% downside ($118.20 - $362.24) / $362.24 = -67.4% 10% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Fair Value $197.62 45.4% downside ($197.62 - $362.24) / $362.24 = -45.4% 17% stage 1 growth, 12% discount
Bull Case $289.96 20.0% downside ($289.96 - $362.24) / $362.24 = -20.0% 22% stage 1 growth, 12% discount

Adjust Assumptions

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Key Value Driver

FCF growth rate (17% base case)

Terminal Value % of EV 40%
Implied Market Multiple 101.4x
Market is pricing in (growth) 33.0% vs our 17.0% base

Plain-Language Summary

Our base-case estimate uses a two-stage discounted cash flow model based on free cash flow. We then blend that result with the average analyst price target of $459.00 from 27 analysts, using a 25% weight on analyst consensus. That produces an estimated intrinsic value of $197.62 per share.

Warnings

Wall Street's average price target is $459.00 (from 27 analysts). Our estimate is 76% below the consensus -- consider that gap carefully.

Key Risks

  • P/E alone misleads — earnings depressed by growth investment
  • Cyclical or commodity businesses may be misclassified as platforms
  • Terminal value dominance suggests sensitivity to long-run assumptions