CLS vs SANM vs FN Stock Comparison

Celestica, Sanmina and Fabrinet Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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
4 wins
FN Fabrinet
$314.98 -21.5% 1M -24.1% 1Y
Market cap
$11.66B
P/E
24.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.64B
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, Sanmina 4, Fabrinet 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCLSSANMFNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $28.45B $8.67B $11.66B CLS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.5x 28.1x 24.6x FN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 22.8x 13.8x 18.6x SANM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +47.3% +58.6% +35.7% SANM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.2% 2.4% 10.2% FN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 37.9% 7.8% — CLS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 0.5x — CLS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.0% +17.3% -24.1% SANM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +94.6%/yr +32.7%/yr +26.7%/yr CLS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 79.0% 70.8% 77.4% SANM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 63/100 58/100 CLS

Percentile Scorecard

CLSSANMFN

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

AxisCLSSANMFN
Valuation 55 #51 of 112 82 #21 of 112 50 #57 of 112
Growth 94 #8 of 109 84 #18 of 109 61 #43 of 109
Profitability 80 #22 of 105 60 #43 of 105 69 #33 of 105
Financial Health 35 #76 of 117 27 #86 of 117 60 #48 of 117
Shareholder Returns 54 #38 of 82 – 51 #41 of 82
Overall 64 63 58
  • CLS ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • SANM ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware
  • FN ranked among 122 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCLSSANMFNSPY
1 month -28.4%-29.8%-21.5% -1.0%
3 months -14.8%-25.3%-33.9% +2.9%
6 months -36.6%-19.0%-56.3% +6.4%
Year to date -12.1%+3.8%-30.8% +11.4%
1 year -8.0%+17.3%-24.1% +13.1%
3 years +899.5%+204.3%+91.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +115.5%+44.9%+24.1% +21.5%
5 years +2,683.5%+310.4%+226.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year +94.6%+32.7%+26.7% +10.9%
10 years +2,162.7%+446.4%+633.5% +255.2%
10 years, per year +36.6%+18.5%+22.1% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureCLSSANMFNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 79.0%70.8%77.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 86.3%81.0%83.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.372.593.10 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.100.24-0.31 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.0%-45.4%-57.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -45.0%-44.9%-57.8% -2.5%
52-week high $472.40$282.72$746.47 $779.14
52-week low $249.52$122.86$314.98 $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.

MultipleCLSSANMFN
P/E now vs peer median 26.8xmedian 31.3x 27.2xmedian 31.3x 23.8xmedian 31.3x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 2.6x 0.7xmedian 2.6x 2.4xmedian 2.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 19.5xmedian 19.6x 12.5xmedian 19.6x 19.6xmedian 19.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 57.6xmedian 28.3x 14.0xmedian 28.3x 2,673xmedian 28.3x
P/B now vs peer median 12.1xmedian 2.9x 3.0xmedian 2.9x 4.6xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.15 9.69median 1.15 0.96median 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 monthsCLSSANMFN
Revenue $15.59B $12.76B $4.64B
Gross profit $1.86B $1.15B $556.51M
Operating income $1.37B $530.30M $462.89M
Net income $1.12B $326.85M $473.03M
Free cash flow $518.70M $594.15M $4.22M
R&D $154.10M $33.59M –
EPS (diluted) $9.61 $5.59 $13.05
Cash & equivalents $535.70M $1.84B $346.71M
Total debt $810.40M $2.17B –
Shares (diluted) 116.20M 55.13M 36.25M
Enterprise value $26.64B $2.91B $7.91B

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
MetricCLSSANMFN
P/E 26.8x 27.2x 23.8x
P/FCF 57.6x 14.0x 2,673x
P/Operating cash flow 26.1x 9.3x 44.0x
P/S 1.9x 0.7x 2.4x
P/B 12.1x 3.0x 4.6x
P/Tangible book 13.4x 3.0x 4.6x
EV/EBITDA 19.5x 12.5x 19.6x
EV/EBIT 22.0x 16.4x 22.5x
EV/Revenue 1.9x 0.7x 2.2x
EV/FCF 58.2x 14.6x 2,466x
EV/Operating cash flow 26.4x 9.6x 40.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 9.69 0.96

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCLSSANMFN
Revenue growth (1Y) 47.3% 58.6% 35.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 11.9% 20.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 55.0% 65.2% 34.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 15.7% 18.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 84.6% 45.0% 42.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 4.9% 22.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 107.4% 16.1% 42.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 0.7% 24.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 106.8% 17.5% 42.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 2.8% 24.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 108.4% 90.3% -21.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 55.4% 6.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 34.3% 62.5% -98.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 146.2% -69.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCLSSANMFN
Gross margin 12.0% 9.0% 12.0%
EBITDA margin 9.9% 5.4% 11.4%
Operating margin 8.8% 4.2% 10.0%
Pretax margin 8.4% 3.6% 12.0%
Net margin 7.2% 2.4% 10.2%
FCF margin 3.3% 4.7% 0.1%
Operating cash flow margin 7.3% 7.1% 5.5%
Return on equity 48.8% 12.2% 19.9%
Return on assets 12.4% 3.4% 12.8%
Return on invested capital 37.9% 7.8% –
Return on capital employed 48.2% 10.0% 20.1%
Asset turnover 1.7x 1.3x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 2.8x 0.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.7% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCLSSANMFN
Debt / assets 8.3% 22.3% –
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.8x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 0.5x –
Debt / FCF 1.6x 3.7x –
Liabilities / assets 74.7% 71.7% 37.2%
Equity / assets 25.3% 28.3% 62.8%
Interest coverage 21.9x 5.6x –
Current ratio 1.2x 1.8x 2.3x
Quick ratio 0.7x 1.0x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.4x 0.6x
Altman Z-score – – 7.68

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCLSSANMFN
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 0.2% – 0.0%
Shareholder yield 0.2% – 0.0%
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.

ConsensusCLSSANMFN
Forward P/E 22.8xFY2026 13.8xFY2026 18.6xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $11.40FY2026 $11.31FY2026 $16.95FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +91.0%FY2026 +87.3%FY2026 +20.3%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +77.5% +19.5% +20.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $19.74BFY2026 $13.27BFY2026 $5.83BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +61.4%FY2026 +63.3%FY2026 +25.7%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +69.4% +33.4% +27.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCLSSANMFN
Held by institutions 69.0% 93.3% 100.0%
Institutions holding 873 569 755
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.0% -5.4% -6.6%
Institutions buying 518 317 431
Institutions selling 272 207 245
Buyers to sellers 1.90 1.53 1.76

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.

CLSSANMFN
CLS 1.00 0.45 0.66
SANM 0.45 1.00 0.56
FN 0.66 0.56 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CLS, SANM and FN?

Celestica (CLS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Celestica (CLS) $28.45B, Sanmina (SANM) $8.67B, Fabrinet (FN) $11.66B.

Which stock is cheaper, CLS, SANM and FN?

Fabrinet (FN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Celestica (CLS) 25.5x, Sanmina (SANM) 28.1x, Fabrinet (FN) 24.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sanmina (SANM) is cheapest (Celestica (CLS) 22.8x, Sanmina (SANM) 13.8x, Fabrinet (FN) 18.6x). 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: Celestica (CLS) +47.3%, Sanmina (SANM) +58.6%, Fabrinet (FN) +35.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Fabrinet (FN) has the highest net margin (Celestica (CLS) 7.2%, Sanmina (SANM) 2.4%, Fabrinet (FN) 10.2%). On return on invested capital, Celestica (CLS) leads (Celestica (CLS) 37.9%, Sanmina (SANM) 7.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sanmina (SANM) returned the most: Celestica (CLS) -8.0%, Sanmina (SANM) +17.3%, Fabrinet (FN) -24.1%. Over five years, Celestica (CLS) compounded fastest (Celestica (CLS) +94.6%/yr, Sanmina (SANM) +32.7%/yr, Fabrinet (FN) +26.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sanmina (SANM) has been the steadiest (Celestica (CLS) 79.0%, Sanmina (SANM) 70.8%, Fabrinet (FN) 77.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.