Celestica Inc. CLS is strengthening its presence in the communications market with solutions spanning switching, routing, optical, wireless and data center technologies. The company combines hardware design, engineering, manufacturing, systems integration, testing and supply chain services to help customers develop and deploy complex communications and data center solutions.
Celestica’s communications portfolio includes open networking platforms designed for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud applications. Its high-speed Ethernet lineup includes 800G solutions such as the DS5000, DS4101 and DS4100, along with the 1.6T DS6000 and DS6001 platforms for AI back-end, scale-up and scale-out networks. The DS6000 series offers 64 ports of 1.6TbE connectivity and up to 102.4Tbps of switching capacity, supporting AI training, machine learning and high-performance computing.
The company is expanding its optical communication offerings with Linear Pluggable Optics, Linear-Receive Optics and coherent ZR/ZR+ optics for high-speed, low-latency connectivity across AI, data center and enterprise applications. It also supports advanced optical technologies such as On-Board Optics, Co-Packaged Optics, Pluggable Interface Modules and line cards.
As demand for faster connectivity and greater network capacity continues to rise, Celestica’s investments in high-speed networking, optical technologies and open architectures position the company to support the evolving communications landscape.
How Are Competitors Advancing in the Communication Market?
Celestica faces competition from Jabil, Inc. JBL and Sanmina Corporation SANM. Jabil is expanding in the communications market by supporting the development and manufacturing of networking and wireless products. The company provides engineering, manufacturing and supply chain services for technologies such as switching, routing and photonics. Jabil's capabilities cover 5G infrastructure, optical networking and connected devices, helping customers bring new communications technologies to market.
Sanmina is advancing its communications business through networking, optical and wireless technologies. The company is enhancing its capabilities in advanced optical packaging, co-packaged optics and silicon photonics to support high-speed connectivity for communications networks and AI infrastructure. Sanmina’s expertise includes high-speed PCBs, optical and RF components, systems integration and manufacturing services.
Celestica's Price Performance, Valuation & Estimates
Celestica shares have gained 43% over the past year compared with the industry’s growth of 50.8%.
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From a valuation standpoint, Celestica trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 21.55, up from the industry average of 20.56.
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Earnings estimates for 2026 have decreased 0.1% to $11.32 over the past 60 days, while the same for 2027 has increased 1.1% to $19.01.
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Celestica currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
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