If You Invested $1000 in Celestica a Decade Ago, This is How Much It'd Be Worth Now

How much a stock's price changes over time is a significant driver for most investors. Not only can price performance impact your portfolio, but it can help you compare investment results across sectors and industries as well.Another thing that can drive investing is the fear of missing out, or FOMO. This particularly applies to tech giants and popular consumer-facing stocks.What if you'd invested in Celestica (CLS) ten years ago? It may not have been easy to hold on to CLS for all that time, but if you did, how much would your investment be worth today?Celestica's Business In-DepthWith that in mind, let's take a look at Celestica's main business drivers. Headquartered in Ontario, Canada, Celestica is one of the largest electronics manufacturing services companies in the world, primarily serving original equipment manufacturers, cloud-based and other service providers and enterprises from several industries. The company offers a comprehensive range of manufacturing and supply-chain solutions related to design and development, new product introduction, engineering services, component sourcing, electronics manufacturing and assembly, testing, systems integration, logistics, product licensing, after-market repair, return and information technology (IT) asset management and disposition services. Celestica's extensive depth and breadth of offerings support a wide variety of customer requirements, from low-volume, high-complexity custom products to high-volume commodity products.The company has two reporting segments: Advanced Technology Solutions and Connectivity & Cloud Solutions.Advanced Technology Solutions (30.5% of first quarter 2025 net sales): The segment primarily focuses on aerospace and defense (A&D), Industrial, HealthTech, and Capital Equipment businesses, which include semiconductor and display verticals. Major customers in this segment are Applied Materials, Inc., LAM Research and Honeywell.Connectivity & Cloud Solutions (69.5%): The segment primarily serves communications and enterprise verticals. The Enterprise vertical includes the server and storage business. In this segment, company’s major customers are IBM, Dell, Meta and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.Celestica faces significant competition from Benchmark Electronics, Jabil, Flex, Hon-Hai Precision Industry, Plexus and Sanmina.The company reported revenues of $2.65 billion in the first quarter of 2025. In 2024, the company generated 70% of total revenues from Asia and 20% from North America.Bottom LinePutting together a successful investment portfolio takes a combination of research, patience, and a little bit of risk. For Celestica, if you bought shares a decade ago, you're likely feeling really good about your investment today.According to our calculations, a $1000 investment made in May 2015 would be worth $8,912.97, or a gain of 791.30%, as of May 21, 2025, and this return excludes dividends but includes price increases.In comparison, the S&P 500 gained 179.44% and the price of gold went up 162.41% over the same time frame.Looking ahead, analysts are expecting more upside for CLS. The growing proliferation of AI-based applications across industries presents a solid growth opportunity for Celestica. This trend, combined with strong momentum in the CCS segment, drove the company’s robust first-quarter 2025 performance, with both the top and bottom lines surpassing Zacks Consensus Estimates. The company continually pursues enhancements to its manufacturing, engineering, design, quality, and supply-chain capabilities while developing trusted relationships with leading customers. A strong focus on improving profitability and expanding cash flow generation is a tailwind. However, elevated inventory levels in the Industrial end market are hindering growth in the ATS segment. Stiff competition from industry giants like Foxconn erodes profitability. Forex volatility is a concern. Macroeconomic headwinds are worrisome. The stock is up 36.11% over the past four weeks, and no earnings estimate has gone lower in the past two months, compared to 3 higher, for fiscal 2025. The consensus estimate has moved up as well.Zacks Names #1 Semiconductor StockIt's only 1/9,000th the size of NVIDIA which skyrocketed more than +800% since we recommended it. NVIDIA is still strong, but our new top chip stock has much more room to boom.With strong earnings growth and an expanding customer base, it's positioned to feed the rampant demand for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Internet of Things. Global semiconductor manufacturing is projected to explode from $452 billion in 2021 to $803 billion by 2028.See This Stock Now for Free >>Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Celestica, Inc. (CLS): Free Stock Analysis ReportThis article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (zacks.com).Zacks Investment ResearchWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Zacks Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Zacks