Celestica Inc. Q3 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Celestica Q3 2025 Earnings & 2025 Investor Day Summary

Financial Highlights (Q3 2025 vs. Q3 2024)

  • Revenue: $3.19 billion, +28% YoY, above high end of guidance; driven by strong CCS communications demand.
  • Non-GAAP operating margin: 7.6% (+80 bps YoY), record high for the company.
  • Adjusted EPS: $1.58 (+$0.54 or +52% YoY), above high end of guidance.
  • Adjusted gross margin: 11.7% (+100 bps YoY) from higher volumes and improved mix.
  • Adjusted ROIC: 37.5% (+850 bps YoY).
  • Free cash flow: $89 million in Q3; YTD $302 million.
  • Inventory: $2.05 billion (sequential +$129M, YoY +$226M); cash cycle days 65 (flat YoY/sequential).
  • Net debt: $422 million; gross debt/EBITDA leverage 0.8x (improved 0.3x YoY).
  • Three customers each >10% of revenue (30%, 15%, 14%).

Segment Performance (Q3 2025 vs. Q3 2024)

  • ATS Segment: Revenue $781 million (-4% YoY), slightly below low single-digit decline guidance; margin 5.5% (+60 bps YoY) from A&D improvements. 24% of total revenue. Portfolio reshaping in A&D continued to impact results.
  • CCS Segment: Revenue $2.41 billion (+43% YoY); margin 8.3% (+70 bps YoY) from HPS mix and operating leverage. 76% of total revenue.
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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us, and welcome to the Celestica Q3 2025 Financial Results Conference Call and 2025 Investor and Analyst Day. [Operator Instructions]. I will now hand the conference over to Matthew Pallotta, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Matthew P.: Good morning, and thank you for joining us on Celestica's Q3 2025 financial results and investor and analyst day conference call. On the agenda for today's call, we will begin with our third quarter financial results, followed by our 2025 Investor and Analyst Day. At the conclusion of the prepared remarks, we will open up the lines for Q&A. Joining us on today's call to provide prepared remarks will be Rob Mionis, President and Chief Executive Officer; Mandeep Chawla, Chief Financial Officer; Jason Phillips, President of our Connectivity and Cloud Solutions segment; and Todd Cooper, President of our Advanced Technology Solutions segment. They will also be joined by Steve Dorwart, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Hyperscalers for the Q&A portion of our call. Please note that during the course of this call, we will make forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the future performance of Celestica, business outlook and anticipated trends in our industry and their anticipated impact on our business, which are based on management's current expectations, forecasts and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties th
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