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 (28.4% of second 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 (71.6%): 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 $9.65 billion in 2024, 70% of which was generated 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 October 2015 would be worth $24,866.31, or a gain of 2,386.63%, as of October 24, 2025, and this return excludes dividends but includes price increases.Compare this to the S&P 500's rally of 224.72% and gold's return of 239.72% over the same time frame.Going forward, analysts are expecting more upside for CLS.The growing proliferation of AI-based applications and generative AI tools across industries presents a solid growth opportunity for Celestica. In addition, a diligent focus on product diversification and increasing its presence in high-value markets are tailwinds. Celestica's strong research and development foundation allow it to produce high-volume electronics goods and highly complex technology infrastructure products for a wide range of industries. The company's strong liquidity position helps it to better navigate economic downturns and capitalize on emerging growth opportunities in the electronics manufacturing service industry. However, international presence exposes the company to foreign exchange fluctuations. Moreover, an intense geopolitical volatility dent its growth potential to some extent.The stock is up 15.57% over the past four weeks, and no earnings estimate has gone lower in the past two months, compared to 1 higher, for fiscal 2025. The consensus estimate has moved up as well.Zacks Names #1 Semiconductor StockThis under-the-radar company specializes in semiconductor products that titans like NVIDIA don't build. It's uniquely positioned to take advantage of the next growth stage of this market. And it's just beginning to enter the spotlight, which is exactly where you want to be.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 $971 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