ELTK vs JBL vs CLS Stock Comparison

Eltek, Jabil and Celestica Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ELTK Eltek Ltd
$6.59 -18.8% 1M -41.3% 1Y
Market cap
$44.28M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Electronic Manufacturing Services Technology
1 win
JBL Jabil Inc
$275.90 -12.9% 1M +29.9% 1Y
Market cap
$30.03B
P/E
28.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$35.95B
Div. yield
–
Electronic Manufacturing Services Technology
3 wins
CLS Celestica Inc
$246.25 -32.6% 1M -17.0% 1Y
Market cap
$33.32B
P/E
26.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.23B
Div. yield
–
Electronic Manufacturing Services Technology
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Celestica leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Celestica 7, Jabil 3, Eltek 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionELTKJBLCLSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $44.28M $30.03B $33.32B CLS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 28.8x 26.7x CLS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 5.1x 16.0x 21.3x ELTK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +20.6% +61.6% CLS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 2.9% 6.8% CLS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 25.9% 25.0% JBL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.7x -1.9x CLS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -41.3% +29.9% -17.0% JBL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.4%/yr +35.5%/yr +90.6%/yr CLS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 52.3% 47.7% 79.2% JBL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 57/100 62/100 CLS

Percentile Scorecard

ELTKJBLCLS

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

AxisELTKJBLCLS
Valuation 96 #5 of 111 71 #33 of 111 69 #35 of 111
Growth 34 #72 of 108 64 #40 of 108 91 #11 of 108
Profitability – 68 #34 of 104 78 #24 of 104
Financial Health 68 #37 of 115 18 #94 of 115 57 #50 of 115
Shareholder Returns 40 #49 of 81 66 #28 of 81 16 #68 of 81
Overall 60 57 62
  • ELTK ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • JBL ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware
  • CLS ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodELTKJBLCLSSPY
1 month -18.8%-12.9%-32.6% -0.8%
3 months -28.0%-11.4%-22.6% +3.5%
6 months -25.8%-19.0%-41.7% +7.0%
Year to date -23.8%+21.0%-16.7% +12.2%
1 year -41.3%+29.9%-17.0% +13.0%
3 years -30.6%+125.1%+1,000.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year -11.5%+31.1%+122.5% +23.1%
5 years +23.9%+356.0%+2,412.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +4.4%+35.5%+90.6% +11.0%
10 years +34.5%+1,172.6%+1,983.3% +258.0%
10 years, per year +3.0%+29.0%+35.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureELTKJBLCLSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 52.3%47.7%79.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 57.9%52.8%86.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.742.193.35 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.790.63-0.21 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -70.7%-36.9%-54.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -42.9%-28.5%-47.9% -1.8%
52-week high $11.55$385.63$472.40 $779.14
52-week low $6.57$192.49$246.25 $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.

MultipleELTKJBLCLS
P/E now vs peer median —median 32.0x 28.0xmedian 32.0x 23.8xmedian 32.0x
P/S now vs peer median —median 2.8x 0.8xmedian 2.8x 1.7xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 19.4x 12.8xmedian 19.4x 16.5xmedian 19.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.6xmedian 29.0x 21.0xmedian 29.0x 56.9xmedian 29.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 2.9x 17.8xmedian 2.9x 5.0xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.13 1.61median 1.13 —median 1.13

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 monthsELTKJBLCLS
Revenue – $35.95B $18.23B
Gross profit – $3.32B $2.09B
Operating income – $1.70B $1.50B
Net income -$6.14M $1.04B $1.25B
Free cash flow $7.87M $1.37B $545.40M
R&D – $30.00M $168.90M
EPS (diluted) – $9.75 $10.23
Cash & equivalents $9.39M $1.74B $3.96B
Total debt $3.38M $3.38B $818.80M
Shares (diluted) 6.79M 106.90M 121.80M
Enterprise value -$2.04M $23.53B $27.85B

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
MetricELTKJBLCLS
P/E – 28.0x 23.8x
P/FCF 5.6x 21.0x 56.9x
P/Operating cash flow 11.9x 14.4x 22.1x
P/S – 0.8x 1.7x
P/B 1.0x 17.8x 5.0x
P/Tangible book 1.0x 28.4x 5.2x
EV/EBITDA – 12.8x 16.5x
EV/EBIT – 17.9x 18.5x
EV/Revenue – 0.8x 1.5x
EV/FCF 4.3x 22.2x 51.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.0x 15.2x 19.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.61 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricELTKJBLCLS
Revenue growth (1Y) – 20.6% 61.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 1.2% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 25.4% 53.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 5.0% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 44.2% 62.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 3.5% –
Net income growth (1Y) -297.9% 58.6% 73.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -49.0% 8.4% –
EPS growth (1Y) – 64.5% 65.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 17.4% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 424.0% 22.1% 154.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -14.1% 4.9% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 48.9% 17.2% 37.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -4.4% 25.0% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricELTKJBLCLS
Gross margin – 9.2% 11.5%
EBITDA margin – 6.6% 9.3%
Operating margin – 4.7% 8.3%
Pretax margin – 3.9% 8.0%
Net margin – 2.9% 6.8%
FCF margin – 3.8% 3.0%
Operating cash flow margin – 5.6% 7.7%
Return on equity – 70.7% 28.7%
Return on assets – 4.1% 10.0%
Return on invested capital – 25.9% 25.0%
Return on capital employed – 43.1% 32.1%
Asset turnover – 1.4x 1.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.6x 1.9x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – – 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricELTKJBLCLS
Debt / assets 1.0% 12.3% 5.4%
Debt / equity 0.0x 2.1x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.7x -1.9x
Debt / FCF 0.1x 2.5x 1.5x
Liabilities / assets 39.3% 94.1% 59.0%
Equity / assets 60.7% 5.9% 41.0%
Interest coverage – – 21.3x
Current ratio 2.2x 1.0x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.4x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.1x 0.5x
Altman Z-score – 2.56 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricELTKJBLCLS
Dividend yield – 0.1% –
Net buyback yield -0.1% 3.6% -10.7%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 3.7% -10.7%
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.

ConsensusELTKJBLCLS
Forward P/E 5.1xFY2026 16.0xFY2027 21.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.29FY2026 $17.25FY2027 $11.54FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +975.0%FY2026 +31.8%FY2027 +93.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -212.4% +36.2% +77.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $56.54MFY2026 $46.50BFY2027 $20.07BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.2%FY2026 +29.3%FY2027 +64.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -5.4% +17.4% +70.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersELTKJBLCLS
Held by institutions – 96.9% 69.0%
Institutions holding – 1,120 873
Change in shares held, QoQ – +3.2% +5.0%
Institutions buying – 618 518
Institutions selling – 373 272
Buyers to sellers – 1.66 1.90

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.

ELTKJBLCLS
ELTK 1.00 0.12 0.15
JBL 0.12 1.00 0.62
CLS 0.15 0.62 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ELTK, JBL and CLS?

Celestica (CLS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Eltek (ELTK) $44.28M, Jabil (JBL) $30.03B, Celestica (CLS) $33.32B.

Which stock is cheaper, ELTK, JBL and CLS?

Celestica (CLS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Jabil (JBL) 28.8x, Celestica (CLS) 26.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Eltek (ELTK) is cheapest (Eltek (ELTK) 5.1x, Jabil (JBL) 16.0x, Celestica (CLS) 21.3x). 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: Jabil (JBL) +20.6%, Celestica (CLS) +61.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Celestica (CLS) has the highest net margin (Jabil (JBL) 2.9%, Celestica (CLS) 6.8%). On return on invested capital, Jabil (JBL) leads (Jabil (JBL) 25.9%, Celestica (CLS) 25.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Jabil (JBL) returned the most: Eltek (ELTK) -41.3%, Jabil (JBL) +29.9%, Celestica (CLS) -17.0%. Over five years, Celestica (CLS) compounded fastest (Eltek (ELTK) +4.4%/yr, Jabil (JBL) +35.5%/yr, Celestica (CLS) +90.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Jabil (JBL) has been the steadiest (Eltek (ELTK) 52.3%, Jabil (JBL) 47.7%, Celestica (CLS) 79.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ELTK, JBL and CLS?

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.