Buyback yield (TTM)
1.32%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
1.32%
5Y share count change
-10.0%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$426.88M
Cumulative buybacks
$2.36B
Key takeaways
- Celestica (CLS) repurchased about $426.88M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 10.0% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 7.27× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +420.4% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 87% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Celestica (CLS)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Celestica (CLS)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Celestica (CLS)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Celestica (CLS)
Latest: $381.56M
Overview
Celestica (CLS) most recent annual buyback spend stands at $381.56M (2025) – surged 151.0% year-over-year.
Looking at the 2020–2025 (5 years) stretch, Celestica buyback spend compounded at +420.4% per year, sustaining 3 straight years of year-over-year growth.
Between 2015 and 2025, Celestica buyback spend edged down 4.4%, falling from $399.30M to $381.56M.
The record annual buyback spend stands at $399.30M, reached in 2015; the historical low of $0.00 was recorded in 1997.
Celestica Buyback Spend 2025: $381.56M
Celestica buyback spend in 2025 was $381.56M, surged 151.0% from 2024.
Celestica Buyback Spend 2024: $152.00M
2024's buyback spend for Celestica came in at $152.00M, surged 327.0% from 2023.
Celestica Buyback Spend 2023: $35.60M
Celestica posted buyback spend of $35.60M in 2023, edged up 2.9% from 2022.
Celestica Buyback Spend 2022: $34.60M
In 2022, Celestica reported buyback spend of $34.60M, edged down 3.6% below 2021.
Celestica Buyback Spend 2021: $35.90M
Celestica buyback spend in 2021 was $35.90M.
See more financial history for Celestica (CLS).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $381.56M | $69.80M | $311.76M | 1.12% | 0.12B | -2.1% | |
| 2024 | $152.00M | $57.40M | $94.60M | 1.42% | 0.12B | -1.3% | |
| 2023 | $35.60M | $55.60M | −$20.00M | 1.02% | 0.12B | -2.7% | |
| 2022 | $34.60M | $51.00M | −$16.40M | 2.51% | 0.12B | -2.4% | |
| 2021 | $35.90M | $33.40M | $2.50M | 2.58% | 0.13B | -1.9% | |
| 2020 | $100.00K | $25.80M | −$25.70M | 0.01% | 0.13B | -2.0% | |
| 2019 | $67.30M | $34.10M | $33.20M | 6.33% | 0.13B | -6.3% | |
| 2018 | $97.90M | $33.40M | $64.50M | 8.16% | 0.14B | -3.2% | |
| 2017 | $36.60M | $30.10M | $6.50M | 2.41% | 0.15B | +0.9% | |
| 2016 | $52.50M | $33.00M | $19.50M | 3.14% | 0.14B | -8.9% | |
| 2015 | $399.30M | $37.60M | $361.70M | 25.30% | 0.16B | -12.5% | |
| 2014 | $164.50M | $28.40M | $136.10M | 7.98% | 0.18B | -2.7% | |
| 2013 | $56.40M | $29.20M | $27.20M | 2.98% | 0.19B | -11.9% | |
| 2012 | $311.30M | $35.40M | $275.90M | 18.96% | 0.21B | -3.6% | |
| 2011 | $49.40M | $41.20M | $8.20M | 3.11% | 0.22B | -5.1% | |
| 2010 | $166.80M | $31.70M | $135.10M | 7.52% | 0.23B | -0.3% | |
| 2009 | $8.40M | $28.00M | −$19.60M | 0.39% | 0.23B | +0.7% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.23B | +0.2% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.23B | +0.7% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.23B | +0.4% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.23B | +1.8% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.22B | +2.4% | |
| 2003 | $274.90M | $0.00 | $274.90M | 8.48% | 0.22B | -5.6% | |
| 2002 | $32.50M | $0.00 | $32.50M | 1.01% | 0.23B | +7.4% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.21B | -1.8% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.22B | +22.1% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.18B | -2.5% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.18B | +38.7% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.13B | — |
- 2025$381.56M
- 2024$152.00M
- 2023$35.60M
- 2022$34.60M
- 2021$35.90M
- 2020$100.00K
- 2019$67.30M
- 2018$97.90M
- 2017$36.60M
- 2016$52.50M
- 2015$399.30M
- 2014$164.50M
- 2013$56.40M
- 2012$311.30M
- 2011$49.40M
- 2010$166.80M
- 2009$8.40M
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$274.90M
- 2002$32.50M
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Celestica (CLS)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 7.27×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Celestica (CLS)
How Celestica splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Celestica, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $90.71B | |
| $40.09B | |
| $18.42B | |
| $6.65B | |
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| $1.32B | |
| $0.00 | |
| $0.00 |
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- $40.09B
- $18.42B
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $492.74M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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