ASX vs CLS vs SANM Stock Comparison

ASE Technology Holding, Celestica and Sanmina Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CLS Celestica Inc
$259.98 -28.4% 1M -8.0% 1Y
Market cap
$28.45B
P/E
25.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.59B
Div. yield
–
Electronic Manufacturing Services Technology
5 wins
SANM Sanmina Corp
$155.71 -29.8% 1M +17.3% 1Y
Market cap
$8.67B
P/E
28.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.76B
Div. yield
–
Electronic Manufacturing Services Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Celestica leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Celestica 5, ASE Technology Holding 4, Sanmina 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionASXCLSSANMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $86.69B $28.45B $8.67B ASX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 44.4x 25.5x 28.1x CLS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.7x 22.8x 13.8x SANM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +18.2% +47.3% +58.6% SANM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.5% 7.2% 2.4% ASX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.1% 37.9% 7.8% CLS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.1x 0.2x 0.5x CLS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +201.8% -8.0% +17.3% ASX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +41.6%/yr +94.6%/yr +32.7%/yr CLS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 57.9% 79.0% 70.8% ASX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 64/100 63/100 CLS

Percentile Scorecard

ASXCLSSANM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisASXCLSSANM
Valuation 75 #25 of 95 55 #51 of 112 82 #21 of 112
Growth 78 #21 of 93 94 #8 of 109 84 #18 of 109
Profitability 68 #30 of 91 80 #22 of 105 60 #43 of 105
Financial Health 17 #85 of 102 35 #76 of 117 27 #86 of 117
Shareholder Returns 61 #30 of 76 54 #38 of 82 –
Overall 60 64 63
  • ASX ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • CLS ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • SANM ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodASXCLSSANMSPY
1 month -11.9%-28.4%-29.8% -1.0%
3 months +5.0%-14.8%-25.3% +2.9%
6 months +20.9%-36.6%-19.0% +6.4%
Year to date +140.3%-12.1%+3.8% +11.4%
1 year +201.8%-8.0%+17.3% +13.1%
3 years +401.2%+899.5%+204.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +71.2%+115.5%+44.9% +21.5%
5 years +468.1%+2,683.5%+310.4% +67.7%
5 years, per year +41.6%+94.6%+32.7% +10.9%
10 years +554.7%+2,162.7%+446.4% +255.2%
10 years, per year +20.7%+36.6%+18.5% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureASXCLSSANMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 57.9%79.0%70.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 62.4%86.3%81.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.573.372.59 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 3.49-0.100.24 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.1%-54.0%-45.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.8%-45.0%-44.9% -2.5%
52-week high $47.62$472.40$282.72 $779.14
52-week low $12.82$249.52$122.86 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleASXCLSSANM
P/E now vs peer median 43.0xmedian 41.5x 26.8xmedian 31.3x 27.2xmedian 31.3x
P/S now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 6.9x 1.9xmedian 2.6x 0.7xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.7xmedian 27.3x 19.5xmedian 19.6x 12.5xmedian 19.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.1xmedian 35.6x 57.6xmedian 28.3x 14.0xmedian 28.3x
P/B now vs peer median 7.0xmedian 4.2x 12.1xmedian 2.9x 3.0xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median 5.54median 2.31 —median 1.15 9.69median 1.15

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsASXCLSSANM
Revenue $22.92B $15.59B $12.76B
Gross profit $4.46B $1.86B $1.15B
Operating income $2.24B $1.37B $530.30M
Net income $2.65B $1.12B $326.85M
Free cash flow $12.11B $518.70M $594.15M
R&D $1.18B $154.10M $33.59M
EPS (diluted) $0.88 $9.61 $5.59
Cash & equivalents $2.86B $535.70M $1.84B
Total debt $31.57B $810.40M $2.17B
Shares (diluted) 2.21B 116.20M 55.13M
Enterprise value $74.70B $26.64B $2.91B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricASXCLSSANM
P/E 43.0x 26.8x 27.2x
P/FCF 7.1x 57.6x 14.0x
P/Operating cash flow 15.9x 26.1x 9.3x
P/S 3.8x 1.9x 0.7x
P/B 7.0x 12.1x 3.0x
P/Tangible book 8.5x 13.4x 3.0x
EV/EBITDA 19.7x 19.5x 12.5x
EV/EBIT 40.8x 22.0x 16.4x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 1.9x 0.7x
EV/FCF 7.5x 58.2x 14.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.8x 26.4x 9.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 5.54 – 9.69

Growth

14 metrics
MetricASXCLSSANM
Revenue growth (1Y) 18.2% 47.3% 58.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.6% – 11.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 37.8% 55.0% 65.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.5% – 15.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 68.3% 84.6% 45.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.3% – 4.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 83.5% 107.4% 16.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 3.2% – 0.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 81.8% 106.8% 17.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.8% – 2.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 51.2% 108.4% 90.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.0% – 55.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 57.3% 34.3% 62.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 27.4% – 146.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricASXCLSSANM
Gross margin 19.5% 12.0% 9.0%
EBITDA margin 20.2% 9.9% 5.4%
Operating margin 9.8% 8.8% 4.2%
Pretax margin 10.7% 8.4% 3.6%
Net margin 8.5% 7.2% 2.4%
FCF margin 52.9% 3.3% 4.7%
Operating cash flow margin 23.6% 7.3% 7.1%
Return on equity 22.0% 48.8% 12.2%
Return on assets 8.4% 12.4% 3.4%
Return on invested capital 11.1% 37.9% 7.8%
Return on capital employed 8.4% 48.2% 10.0%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.7x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.0x 1.0x 2.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricASXCLSSANM
Debt / assets 25.2% 8.3% 22.3%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.3x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.1x 0.2x 0.5x
Debt / FCF 0.7x 1.6x 3.7x
Liabilities / assets 63.7% 74.7% 71.7%
Equity / assets 36.3% 25.3% 28.3%
Interest coverage 9.9x 21.9x 5.6x
Current ratio 0.3x 1.2x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.5x 0.7x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.1x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricASXCLSSANM
Dividend yield 1.0% – –
Net buyback yield – 0.2% –
Shareholder yield 1.0% 0.2% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusASXCLSSANM
Forward P/E 30.7xFY2026 22.8xFY2026 13.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.26FY2026 $11.40FY2026 $11.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +125.0%FY2026 +91.0%FY2026 +87.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +38.1% +77.5% +19.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $24.29BFY2026 $19.74BFY2026 $13.27BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +19.3%FY2026 +61.4%FY2026 +63.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +32.0% +69.4% +33.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersASXCLSSANM
Held by institutions 6.9% 69.0% 93.3%
Institutions holding 482 873 569
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.5% +5.0% -5.4%
Institutions buying 308 518 317
Institutions selling 133 272 207
Buyers to sellers 2.32 1.90 1.53

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ASXCLSSANM
ASX 1.00 0.54 0.57
CLS 0.54 1.00 0.45
SANM 0.57 0.45 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ASX, CLS and SANM?

ASE Technology Holding (ASX) is the largest by market capitalisation: ASE Technology Holding (ASX) $86.69B, Celestica (CLS) $28.45B, Sanmina (SANM) $8.67B.

Which stock is cheaper, ASX, CLS and SANM?

Celestica (CLS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (ASE Technology Holding (ASX) 44.4x, Celestica (CLS) 25.5x, Sanmina (SANM) 28.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sanmina (SANM) is cheapest (ASE Technology Holding (ASX) 30.7x, Celestica (CLS) 22.8x, Sanmina (SANM) 13.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sanmina (SANM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: ASE Technology Holding (ASX) +18.2%, Celestica (CLS) +47.3%, Sanmina (SANM) +58.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

ASE Technology Holding (ASX) has the highest net margin (ASE Technology Holding (ASX) 8.5%, Celestica (CLS) 7.2%, Sanmina (SANM) 2.4%). On return on invested capital, Celestica (CLS) leads (ASE Technology Holding (ASX) 11.1%, Celestica (CLS) 37.9%, Sanmina (SANM) 7.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year ASE Technology Holding (ASX) returned the most: ASE Technology Holding (ASX) +201.8%, Celestica (CLS) -8.0%, Sanmina (SANM) +17.3%. Over five years, Celestica (CLS) compounded fastest (ASE Technology Holding (ASX) +41.6%/yr, Celestica (CLS) +94.6%/yr, Sanmina (SANM) +32.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, ASE Technology Holding (ASX) has been the steadiest (ASE Technology Holding (ASX) 57.9%, Celestica (CLS) 79.0%, Sanmina (SANM) 70.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ASX, CLS and SANM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Celestica (CLS) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.