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Plexus Corp. PLXS
$273.18 +0.02% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $7.31B
Strong trendLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 40.4× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the highest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 10 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +8.4%).
- Over the past year the stock returned +85.6%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 69.8 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 48%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 37%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 19%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 25%
- Gross marginBottom 6%
- Operating marginTop 49%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 14%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 44%
- Interest coverTop 19%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 33%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 33%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 47%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 24%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 4%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 17%
- 6-month returnTop 42%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 16%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 21%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 19%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 50%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 33%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 15%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 7%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 28%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 44%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.6% | 14.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 33.1% | 15.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 10.2% | 10.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 5.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 6.2% | 1.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 14.2% | 8.6% | ↑ | Top 45% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 15.3% | 33.1% | ↓ | Top 48% |
| Gross margin | 10.0% | 10.2% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 5.0% | ↓ | Top 49% |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 4.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.3% | 6.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 10.6% | — | Top 25% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.9% | — | Bottom 37% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.92×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -15.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.06×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 18.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.17%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.17%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 10
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +8.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $303.75
- Target vs current price
- +11.2%
- Analysts with a rating
- 19
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 58%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +8.9% | -3.8% | +10.7% | -3.7% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +9.6% | +1.7% | +7.6% | +8.9% | +3.3% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | +0.6% | +4.2% | +17.4% | +17.6% | +44.0% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | +14.4% | -2.8% | -4.4% | -8.8% | +20.6% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | +11.1% | +0.2% | -3.8% | -2.0% | +12.4% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | +7.8% | +2.5% | +1.4% | +6.5% | +8.6% |
| Jan 22, 2025 | +8.8% | +0.1% | -15.1% | -17.8% | -28.4% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | +19.4% | +0.6% | +7.8% | +17.1% | +26.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $2.32 | $2.13 | +8.9% | $1.30B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $2.05 | $1.87 | +9.6% | $1.16B |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $1.78 | $1.77 | +0.6% | $1.07B |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $2.14 | $1.87 | +14.4% | $1.06B |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $1.90 | $1.71 | +11.1% | $1.02B |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $1.66 | $1.54 | +7.8% | $980.2M |
| Jan 22, 2025 | $1.73 | $1.59 | +8.8% | $976.1M |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $1.85 | $1.55 | +19.4% | $1.05B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 40.4× | 21.7× | 100th | Top 33% |
| P/E (forward) | 31.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 29.3× | — | — | Top 47% |
| EV / Sales | 1.59× | — | — | Top 24% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 0.85% | — | — | Bottom 33% |
| Earnings yield | 2.48% | — | — | Top 33% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 14.6× – 39.7× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +85.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +15.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +86.0%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 10
- Days above the 200-day average
- 217
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +7.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +17.6%
- RSI (14)
- 65.0
- Relative volume
- 1.11×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 38.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 70th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.08
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.46
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -10.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -34.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -34.9% | 53 days | 192 days (Jan 13, 2026) |
| Jan 24, 2023 | May 4, 2023 | -26.1% | 70 days | 300 days (Jul 16, 2024) |
| May 20, 2021 | Jan 27, 2022 | -24.9% | 174 days | 192 days (Nov 1, 2022) |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Aug 24, 2026 | -21.8% | 44 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -11.7% | 10 days | 22 days (Mar 1, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $7.31B
- P/E (TTM)
- 40.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $6.77
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.60B
- 52-week range
- $132.03 – $307.06
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.37B | $3.81B | $4.21B | $3.96B | $4.03B |
| Gross profit | $323.3M | $347.2M | $394.6M | $378.5M | $406.5M |
| Operating income | $176.3M | $178.2M | $195.8M | $167.7M | $202.4M |
| Net income | $138.9M | $138.2M | $139.1M | $111.8M | $172.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.76 | $4.86 | $4.95 | $4.01 | $6.26 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.05B | $976.1M | $980.2M | $1.02B | $1.06B | $1.07B | $1.16B | $1.30B |
| Net income | $41.2M | $37.3M | $39.1M | $45.1M | $51.4M | $41.2M | $49.8M | $43.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.48 | $1.34 | $1.41 | $1.64 | $1.87 | $1.51 | $1.82 | $1.57 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $142.6M | -$26.2M | $165.8M | $436.5M | $249.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$57.1M | -$101.6M | -$104.0M | -$95.2M | -$95.3M |
| Free cash flow | $85.5M | -$127.9M | $61.8M | $341.3M | $154.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$108.5M | -$50.4M | -$40.9M | -$55.7M | -$65.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $314.1M
- Total assets
- $3.63B
- Total liabilities
- $2.10B
- Total debt
- $299.3M
- Net debt
- -$14.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.53B
As of Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 875,856
- Days to cover
- 4.56
- Change vs previous report
- +1.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 1, 2000
- 2-for-1
- Aug 26, 1997
- 2-for-1
- Mar 23, 1992
- 3-for-2