Plexus

PLXS

Hardware, Equipment & Parts · Technology

Price

$240.14

-1.77 (-0.73%)

Market Cap

$6.43B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jul 4, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Mixed

Growth

Exceptional

Cash Flow

Good

Stability

Exceptional

Valuation

Good

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Share count falling — buybacks

−5.3% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 29.2M (2021) → 27.6M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Plexus Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides electronic manufacturing services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. It offers design and development, supply chain, new product introduction, and manufacturing solutions, as well as aftermarket services to companies in the healthcare/life sciences, industrial/commercial, aerospace/defense, and communications market sectors. Plexus Corp. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Neenah, Wisconsin.

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Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+28.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-3.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

1.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$314M cash & investments at current burn rate

Revenue accelerating

Plexus grew revenue 28% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

10.1%

Thin — 10.1% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

4.7%

Thin — 4.7% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

12.8%

Good — 12.8% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+14.2%

Fast-growing sales (+14.2% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+15.1%

Earnings growing fast (+15.1% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

7/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

92%

Modest — 92% of profit becomes cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

1.3%

Thin free cash flow (1.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.18

Conservative — low debt load (0.18)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

18.00x

Comfortably covers interest (18.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

34.7x

Pricey — P/E 34.7

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+7.0

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (34.7 → 27.7)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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