CLS vs ELTK vs SANM Stock Comparison

Celestica, Eltek and Sanmina Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CLS Celestica Inc
$300.08 -15.9% 1M -8.1% 1Y
Market cap
$34.17B
P/E
27.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.23B
Div. yield
–
Electronic Manufacturing Services Technology
7 wins
ELTK Eltek Ltd
$6.35 -23.3% 1M -44.2% 1Y
Market cap
$42.67M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Electronic Manufacturing Services Technology
2 wins
SANM Sanmina Corp
$175.78 -20.1% 1M +30.3% 1Y
Market cap
$9.34B
P/E
30.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.76B
Div. yield
–
Electronic Manufacturing Services Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Celestica leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Celestica 7, Eltek 2, Sanmina 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCLSELTKSANMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $34.17B $42.67M $9.34B CLS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 27.4x — 30.3x CLS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 26.0x 4.9x 15.5x ELTK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +61.6% — +58.6% CLS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.8% — 2.4% CLS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 25.0% — 7.8% CLS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.9x — 0.5x CLS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.1% -44.2% +30.3% SANM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +98.3%/yr +3.1%/yr +36.1%/yr CLS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 79.9% 52.3% 71.2% ELTK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 62/100 62/100 SANM

Percentile Scorecard

CLSELTKSANM

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

AxisCLSELTKSANM
Valuation 60 #45 of 111 96 #5 of 111 80 #23 of 111
Growth 89 #13 of 108 38 #67 of 108 84 #18 of 108
Profitability 78 #24 of 104 – 56 #46 of 104
Financial Health 56 #51 of 115 69 #36 of 115 28 #83 of 115
Shareholder Returns 20 #63 of 78 43 #45 of 78 –
Overall 60 62 62
  • CLS ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • ELTK ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • SANM ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCLSELTKSANMSPY
1 month -15.9%-23.3%-20.1% +0.9%
3 months -8.8%-26.8%+7.3% +5.9%
6 months -20.3%-28.5%-15.8% +8.5%
Year to date +1.5%-26.6%+17.1% +13.3%
1 year -8.1%-44.2%+30.3% +12.4%
3 years +1,240.8%-33.2%+246.4% +88.1%
3 years, per year +137.7%-12.6%+51.4% +23.5%
5 years +2,955.8%+16.3%+365.6% +68.2%
5 years, per year +98.3%+3.1%+36.1% +11.0%
10 years +2,419.6%+27.0%+516.8% +263.4%
10 years, per year +38.1%+2.4%+20.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCLSELTKSANMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 79.9%52.3%71.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 86.3%57.9%81.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.380.732.63 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.10-0.850.43 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.0%-71.7%-45.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -36.5%-45.0%-37.8% -0.9%
52-week high $472.40$11.55$282.72 $779.14
52-week low $246.25$6.35$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.

MultipleCLSELTKSANM
P/E now vs peer median 29.0xmedian 33.5x —median 33.5x 30.7xmedian 33.5x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.8x —median 2.8x 0.7xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.5xmedian 19.6x —median 19.6x 14.0xmedian 19.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 69.4xmedian 29.8x 5.4xmedian 29.8x 15.9xmedian 29.8x
P/B now vs peer median 6.1xmedian 2.9x 1.0xmedian 2.9x 3.4xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.10 —median 1.10 10.94median 1.10

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 monthsCLSELTKSANM
Revenue $18.23B – $12.76B
Gross profit $2.09B – $1.15B
Operating income $1.50B – $530.30M
Net income $1.25B -$6.14M $326.85M
Free cash flow $545.40M $7.87M $594.15M
R&D $168.90M – $33.59M
EPS (diluted) $10.23 – $5.59
Cash & equivalents $3.96B $9.39M $1.84B
Total debt $818.80M $3.38M $2.17B
Shares (diluted) 121.80M 6.79M 55.13M
Enterprise value $28.70B -$3.65M $3.58B

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
MetricCLSELTKSANM
P/E 29.0x – 30.7x
P/FCF 69.4x 5.4x 15.9x
P/Operating cash flow 26.9x 11.4x 10.5x
P/S 2.1x – 0.7x
P/B 6.1x 1.0x 3.4x
P/Tangible book 6.3x 1.0x 3.4x
EV/EBITDA 20.5x – 14.0x
EV/EBIT 23.1x – 18.4x
EV/Revenue 1.9x – 0.8x
EV/FCF 63.6x 4.0x 16.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.7x 8.5x 10.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – 10.94

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCLSELTKSANM
Revenue growth (1Y) 61.6% – 58.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – 11.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 53.8% – 65.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 15.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 62.0% – 45.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 4.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 73.8% -297.9% 16.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -49.0% 0.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 65.4% – 17.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – 2.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 154.8% 424.0% 90.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -14.1% 55.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 37.0% 48.9% 62.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -4.4% 146.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCLSELTKSANM
Gross margin 11.5% – 9.0%
EBITDA margin 9.3% – 5.4%
Operating margin 8.3% – 4.2%
Pretax margin 8.0% – 3.6%
Net margin 6.8% – 2.4%
FCF margin 3.0% – 4.7%
Operating cash flow margin 7.7% – 7.1%
Return on equity 28.7% – 12.2%
Return on assets 10.0% – 3.4%
Return on invested capital 25.0% – 7.8%
Return on capital employed 32.1% – 10.0%
Asset turnover 1.5x – 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x -0.6x 2.8x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% – 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCLSELTKSANM
Debt / assets 5.4% 1.0% 22.3%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.0x 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.9x – 0.5x
Debt / FCF 1.5x 0.1x 3.7x
Liabilities / assets 59.0% 39.3% 71.7%
Equity / assets 41.0% 60.7% 28.3%
Interest coverage 21.3x – 5.6x
Current ratio 1.6x 2.2x 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.7x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.7x 0.4x
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCLSELTKSANM
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -8.8% -0.1% –
Shareholder yield -8.8% -0.1% –
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.

ConsensusCLSELTKSANM
Forward P/E 26.0xFY2026 4.9xFY2026 15.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $11.54FY2026 $1.29FY2026 $11.31FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +93.3%FY2026 +975.0%FY2026 +87.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +77.4% -212.4% +19.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $20.07BFY2026 $56.54MFY2026 $13.27BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +64.1%FY2026 +9.2%FY2026 +63.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +70.3% -5.4% +33.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCLSELTKSANM
Held by institutions 69.0% – 93.3%
Institutions holding 874 – 569
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.0% – -5.4%
Institutions buying 519 – 317
Institutions selling 272 – 207
Buyers to sellers 1.91 – 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.

CLSELTKSANM
CLS 1.00 0.14 0.45
ELTK 0.14 1.00 0.18
SANM 0.45 0.18 1.00

Add a Peer

Largest companies in the same industry

Related Comparisons

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CLS, ELTK and SANM?

Celestica (CLS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Celestica (CLS) $34.17B, Eltek (ELTK) $42.67M, Sanmina (SANM) $9.34B.

Which stock is cheaper, CLS, ELTK and SANM?

Celestica (CLS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Celestica (CLS) 27.4x, Sanmina (SANM) 30.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Eltek (ELTK) is cheapest (Celestica (CLS) 26.0x, Eltek (ELTK) 4.9x, Sanmina (SANM) 15.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Celestica (CLS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Celestica (CLS) +61.6%, Sanmina (SANM) +58.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Celestica (CLS) has the highest net margin (Celestica (CLS) 6.8%, Sanmina (SANM) 2.4%). On return on invested capital, Celestica (CLS) leads (Celestica (CLS) 25.0%, Sanmina (SANM) 7.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sanmina (SANM) returned the most: Celestica (CLS) -8.1%, Eltek (ELTK) -44.2%, Sanmina (SANM) +30.3%. Over five years, Celestica (CLS) compounded fastest (Celestica (CLS) +98.3%/yr, Eltek (ELTK) +3.1%/yr, Sanmina (SANM) +36.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Eltek (ELTK) has been the steadiest (Celestica (CLS) 79.9%, Eltek (ELTK) 52.3%, Sanmina (SANM) 71.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CLS, ELTK 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 7. 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.