Celestica Inc. Q3 FY2026 Earnings Call

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Celestica Q3 2026 Earnings & 2026 Investor Day Summary

Key Context: Celestica reported exceptional Q3 2026 results driven by AI infrastructure demand, with all comparisons year-over-year (YoY) unless noted. The company raised full-year 2026 guidance and provided aggressive 2027 outlook amid multi-year visibility into hyperscaler and frontier AI lab programs.

Financial Highlights (Q3 2026 vs Q3 2025)

  • Revenue: $5.83 billion, +83% YoY and above high end of guidance; strong demand and execution in both CCS and ATS segments.
  • Non-GAAP Operating Margin: 8.5%, +90 bps YoY; record quarterly high.
  • Adjusted EPS: $3.30, +$1.72 or +109% YoY; exceeded high end of guidance.
  • Adjusted Gross Margin: 11.2%, -50 bps YoY due to CCS mix.
  • Adjusted ROIC: 64.7%, +~27 percentage points YoY.
  • Free Cash Flow: $128 million in Q3; $413 million YTD.
  • Inventory: $4.5 billion (+$1.1B sequentially, +$2.5B YoY) to support 2027 growth.
  • CapEx: $274 million (4.7% of revenue vs 1.2% prior year); YTD $767 million (5.3% of revenue).
  • Balance Sheet: ~$4B cash, $736M gross debt, net cash $3.2B; 0.4x gross debt/EBITDA leverage.

Segment Performance (Q3 2026 vs Q3 2025)

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Operator: Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to the Celestica Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results and 2026 Investor and Analyst Day Conference Call. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question-and-answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star one again. I will now hand the conference over to Matthew Pallotta, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Matthew Pallotta: Good morning, and thank you for joining us on Celestica's third quarter 2026 financial results and Investor and Analyst Day conference call. On the agenda for today's call, we'll begin with our third quarter financial results, followed by our 2026 Investor and Analyst Day. At the conclusion of the prepared remarks, we'll open up the lines for Q&A. On the call today, we have Rob Mionis, Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Todd Ankenmann, Chief Financial Officer, and joining for our Investor and Analyst Day portion, Mandeep Chawla, Group President of Global Markets, Steven Dorwart, President of our Connectivity and Cloud Solutions segment, and Todd Cooper, President of our Advanced Technology Solutions segment. Please note that during the course of this call, we will make forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the future performance of Celestica, our business outlook, guidance for the fourth quarter of 2026, our 2026 and 2027 annual outlook, and anticipated tr
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