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Celestica (CLS) Competitors

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C$389.08 -4.41 (-1.12%)
As of 10/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

CLS vs. NA, MAXR, MX, MSI, MNW, CTS, ICG, PL, VLN, and VCM

Should you be buying Celestica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Celestica include National Bank of Canada (NA), Maxar Technologies (MAXR), Methanex (MX), Morneau Shepell (MSI), Mitel Networks (MNW), Converge Technology Solutions (CTS), Integra Gold (ICG), Pinnacle Renewable Energy (PL), Velan (VLN), and Vecima Networks (VCM). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.

Celestica vs. Its Competitors

National Bank of Canada (TSE:NA) and Celestica (TSE:CLS) are both large-cap electronic equipment companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

National Bank of Canada presently has a consensus target price of C$144.42, suggesting a potential downside of 4.35%. Celestica has a consensus target price of C$127.00, suggesting a potential downside of 67.36%. Given National Bank of Canada's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe National Bank of Canada is more favorable than Celestica.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
National Bank of Canada
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18
Celestica
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.22

35.4% of National Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of Celestica shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of National Bank of Canada shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Celestica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

National Bank of Canada has a net margin of 19.69% compared to Celestica's net margin of 4.08%. Celestica's return on equity of 21.24% beat National Bank of Canada's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
National Bank of Canada19.69% 15.43% 0.83%
Celestica 4.08%21.24%5.50%

In the previous week, Celestica had 5 more articles in the media than National Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Celestica and 2 mentions for National Bank of Canada. Celestica's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat National Bank of Canada's score of 0.32 indicating that Celestica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
National Bank of Canada
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Celestica
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

National Bank of Canada has a beta of 1.096408, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Celestica has a beta of 1.51666, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

National Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Celestica. National Bank of Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celestica, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
National Bank of CanadaC$13.26B4.46C$4.38BC$10.1514.88
CelesticaC$10.59B4.23C$269.99MC$4.5984.77

Summary

Celestica beats National Bank of Canada on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CLS vs. The Competition

MetricCelesticaElectronic Components IndustryComputer SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$43.67BC$2.96BC$32.94BC$9.82B
Dividend Yield0.76%2.95%3.23%6.50%
P/E Ratio84.77980.78481.5729.25
Price / Sales4.23122.941,479.5511.33
Price / Cash5.2247.9337.3483.29
Price / Book25.274.527.415.70
Net IncomeC$269.99MC$40.93MC$820.48MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance13.89%0.67%0.62%0.15%
1 Month Performance12.03%2.51%1.06%3.72%
1 Year Performance387.45%25.77%23,946.36%34.77%

Celestica Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CLS
Celestica
2.2898 of 5 stars
C$389.08
-1.1%
C$127.00
-67.4%
+384.7%C$43.67BC$10.59B84.7723,900News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
NA
National Bank of Canada
1.2187 of 5 stars
C$151.14
0.0%
C$143.42
-5.1%
+14.8%C$59.27BC$13.26B14.8928,730
MAXR
Maxar Technologies
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$5.35BC$1.60B-25.654,600
MX
Methanex
2.7312 of 5 stars
C$55.34
+2.8%
C$46.50
-16.0%
-15.9%C$4.28BC$3.58B15.90900Analyst Revision
MSI
Morneau Shepell
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.22BC$993.25M83.5520,000
MNW
Mitel Networks
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.82BC$1.30B-128.523,300High Trading Volume
CTS
Converge Technology Solutions
N/AN/AC$17.64
+∞
N/AC$1.13BC$2.48B-7.184,210
ICG
Integra Gold
N/AC$0.85
+∞
N/A+0.0%C$413.33MN/A0.00147,000Gap Up
PL
Pinnacle Renewable Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$376.63MC$490.50M-74.77800
VLN
Velan
N/AC$16.40
+3.8%
N/A+42.6%C$354.01MC$306.53M126.15310
VCM
Vecima Networks
N/AC$10.61
+3.5%
C$18.75
+76.7%
-49.5%C$257.98MC$285.86M-14.53591Dividend Announcement

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This page (TSE:CLS) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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