TTM
3.6%
YoY change
+0.56pp
Trough year (1997)
-13.9%
Peak year (2001)
10.9%
Latest annual
3.7%
FCF Margin history chart for Celestica (CLS) from 1997 to 2025
Latest: 3.7%
FCF Margin change chart for Celestica (CLS) from 1997 to 2025
Latest: +0.56pp
FCF Margin history table for Celestica (CLS) from 1997 to 2025
| 2025 | 3.7% | +0.56pp | ||
| 2024 | 3.1% | +0.62pp | ||
| 2023 | 2.5% | +1.12pp | ||
| 2022 | 1.4% | -1.69pp | ||
| 2021 | 3.1% | -0.15pp | ||
| 2020 | 3.2% | -1.24pp | ||
| 2019 | 4.5% | +5.23pp | ||
| 2018 | -0.7% | -1.14pp | ||
| 2017 | 0.4% | -1.41pp | ||
| 2016 | 1.8% | -0.56pp | ||
| 2015 | 2.4% | -0.83pp | ||
| 2014 | 3.2% | +1.53pp | ||
| 2013 | 1.7% | -1.51pp | ||
| 2012 | 3.2% | +1.32pp | ||
| 2011 | 1.9% | +0.48pp | ||
| 2010 | 1.4% | -2.17pp | ||
| 2009 | 3.5% | +1.99pp | ||
| 2008 | 1.6% | -2.01pp | ||
| 2007 | 3.6% | +5.27pp | ||
| 2006 | -1.7% | -2.41pp | ||
| 2005 | 0.7% | +3.89pp | ||
| 2004 | -3.2% | -0.01pp | ||
| 2003 | -3.2% | -13.22pp | ||
| 2002 | 10.1% | -0.86pp | ||
| 2001 | 10.9% | +14.68pp | ||
| 2000 | -3.8% | +3.23pp | ||
| 1999 | -7.0% | -5.99pp | ||
| 1998 | -1.0% | +12.89pp | ||
| 1997 | -13.9% | — |
- 20253.7%+0.56pp
- 20243.1%+0.62pp
- 20232.5%+1.12pp
- 20221.4%-1.69pp
- 20213.1%-0.15pp
- 20203.2%-1.24pp
- 20194.5%+5.23pp
- 2018-0.7%-1.14pp
- 20170.4%-1.41pp
- 20161.8%-0.56pp
- 20152.4%-0.83pp
- 20143.2%+1.53pp
- 20131.7%-1.51pp
- 20123.2%+1.32pp
- 20111.9%+0.48pp
- 20101.4%-2.17pp
- 20093.5%+1.99pp
- 20081.6%-2.01pp
- 20073.6%+5.27pp
- 2006-1.7%-2.41pp
- 20050.7%+3.89pp
- 2004-3.2%-0.01pp
- 2003-3.2%-13.22pp
- 200210.1%-0.86pp
- 200110.9%+14.68pp
- 2000-3.8%+3.23pp
- 1999-7.0%-5.99pp
- 1998-1.0%+12.89pp
- 1997-13.9%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Celestica's reported income statements (interim 6-K and annual 20-F filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Celestica (CLS)
According to Celestica's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 3.6%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
In 2025, Celestica (CLS) free cash flow margin totalled 3.70% – expanded 0.6 percentage points year-over-year.
10.91% stands as the all-time-high annual free cash flow margin, posted in 2001, against a low of -13.90% during 1997.
Celestica FCF Margin by Year
Celestica FCF Margin 2025: 3.7%
Celestica posted free cash flow margin of 3.70% in 2025, expanded 0.6 percentage points from 2024.
Celestica FCF Margin 2024: 3.1%
In 2024, Celestica reported free cash flow margin of 3.14%, expanded 0.6 percentage points from 2023.
Celestica FCF Margin 2023: 2.5%
Celestica free cash flow margin in 2023 was 2.53%, expanded 1.1 percentage points from 2022.
Celestica FCF Margin 2022: 1.4%
2022's free cash flow margin for Celestica came in at 1.41%, contracted 1.7 percentage points from 2021.
Celestica FCF Margin 2021: 3.1%
Celestica free cash flow margin in 2021 was 3.10%.
See more financial history for Celestica (CLS).
Sector peers by FCF Margin
Technology peers of Celestica (CLS), ranked by their latest free cash flow margin
| 47.0% | |
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| 28.6% | |
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