On August 18, Celestica fell 5.27% in regular trading, trading around $320.00 per share, with turnover of approximately $141 million.

On the news front, the Electronic Manufacturing Services sector saw broad-based selling pressure, with Fabrinet declining 17.95%, TTM Technologies falling 8.15%, Jabil Circuit down 6.16%, and Flex Ltd dropping 5.66%, indicating significant sector-wide weakness.

Adding to the downward pressure, Celestica completed a $3.45 billion equity offering on August 8, issuing approximately 11.1 million common shares at $310 each, with underwriters fully exercising their overallotment option for an additional 1.5 million shares. The dilutive impact from this substantial share supply increase continues to weigh on sentiment.

Despite robust Q2 fundamentals — revenue surging 62% year-over-year to $4.7 billion, adjusted EPS of $2.54 beating the $2.27 consensus, and full-year revenue guidance raised to $20.5 billion — the combination of industry-wide selling and ongoing digestion of equity dilution pressured shares in the near term.

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