Celestica vs Jabil

Celestica CLS · Jabil JBL · Electronic Manufacturing Services

Jabil reported revenue of $36.0 billion in fiscal 2026, 2.9 times Celestica's $12.4 billion in fiscal 2025. Celestica's revenue grew 28.5% in its latest year, and Jabil's grew 20.6%. Celestica had an operating margin of 8.4%, against 4.7% at Jabil. Free cash flow was $458 million at Celestica and $1.4 billion at Jabil. Their fiscal years end in different months (December 31 and August 31), so the periods don't line up exactly.

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	Celestica	Jabil
Latest fiscal year	FY2025, Dec 31, 2025	FY2026, Aug 31, 2026
Revenue	$12.4B	$36.0B
Revenue growth	28.5%	20.6%
Revenue growth a year, last 5 years	16.6%	4.2%
Gross margin	12.1%	9.2%
Operating margin	8.4%	4.7%
Net margin	6.7%	2.9%
Free cash flow	$458M	$1.4B
Free cash flow margin	3.7%	3.8%
Return on capital	37.8%	39.3%
Net debt to EBITDA	0.1x	0.8x
Dividends and buybacks	$153M	$1.1B
Change in diluted share count	−2.1%	−3.6%
Last close	$246.65	$275.68
P/E at the last close	23.4×	28.3×
Insider trades, last 12 months	bought $2.1 million, sold $254.1 million	bought $149,815, sold $65.3 million
Piotroski F-score	7 of 9	8 of 9

Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.

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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Celestica and Jabil pages.