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Fabrinet
(NYSE:FN)
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Rating:70Outperform
Price Target:
$349.00
▼(-19.13% Downside)
Action:Upgraded
Date:10/23/26
The score reflects a strong fundamental base (rapid revenue/earnings growth and an exceptionally conservative balance sheet) and upbeat forward guidance from the latest earnings call. Offsetting these positives are a sharp 2026 free-cash-flow compression and clearly bearish technicals (price far below key moving averages with negative momentum), which materially reduce the overall score despite solid operating performance.
Positive Factors
Rapid Revenue and Earnings Growth
Fabrinet is demonstrating strong demand conversion into both revenue and earnings, supporting a durable growth profile. The scale of recent expansion, together with broad data-center and communications demand, can improve operating leverage and strengthen the company’s role in customers’ production programs.
Negative Factors
Sharp Free Cash Flow Compression
The steep decline in free cash flow shows that recent growth is absorbing substantial cash through investment or working-capital needs. Even with strong reported earnings, limited cash conversion can constrain internally funded expansion, reduce capital-allocation flexibility, and make execution of the capacity plan more dependent on improving cash generation.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Rapid Revenue and Earnings Growth
Fabrinet is demonstrating strong demand conversion into both revenue and earnings, supporting a durable growth profile. The scale of recent expansion, together with broad data-center and communications demand, can improve operating leverage and strengthen the company’s role in customers’ production programs.
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Fabrinet Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Any
Revenue by Geography
Breaks down revenue by region, exposing where Fabrinet earns sales and how dependent it is on particular markets such as North America, Asia, or Europe. Geographic trends highlight demand shifts, supply‑chain and geopolitical risk, and currency exposure, and show whether the company’s manufacturing footprint supports customer proximity and growth in key markets. Useful for assessing revenue stability and where future expansion or vulnerability may lie.
Breaks down revenue by region, exposing where Fabrinet earns sales and how dependent it is on particular markets such as North America, Asia, or Europe. Geographic trends highlight demand shifts, supply‑chain and geopolitical risk, and currency exposure, and show whether the company’s manufacturing footprint supports customer proximity and growth in key markets. Useful for assessing revenue stability and where future expansion or vulnerability may lie.
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Market Cap
$11.29B
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)873.67K
Price to Earnings (P/E)23.8
Beta (1Y)1.98
Revenue Growth35.73%
EPS Growth43.02%
CountryUS
Employees21,521
SectorTechnology
Sector Strength88
IndustryHardware, Equipment & Parts
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)13.21
Shares Outstanding35,833,866
10 Day Avg. Volume948,427
30 Day Avg. Volume873,666
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.92
Price to Book (P/B)7.66
Price to Sales (P/S)4.05
P/FCF Ratio6.18K
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.61
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.92
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit32.72
Enterprise Value/Ebitda29.20
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$666.43Price Target Upside54.43% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering8
EPS Forecast (FY)18.21
Revenue Forecast (FY)$6.09B
Fabrinet Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Fabrinet provides optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical, and electronic manufacturing services in North America, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The company offers a range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities...
How the Company Makes Money
Fabrinet makes money primarily by providing contract manufacturing and related services to OEM customers and recognizing revenue from the sale of manufactured products and assemblies it builds to customer specifications. Its core revenue stream is...
Fabrinet Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Aug 17, 2026
(Q4-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Nov 02, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call was strongly positive overall: management reported record quarterly and annual revenue and EPS growth, accelerating data‑center demand (data center revenue +68% YoY), broad‑based strength across communications infrastructure and automotive/industrial, and aggressive capacity expansions with clear runway to materially increase revenue capacity. Offsetting risks include ongoing component supply constraints (affecting near‑term sequencing), a $57M Thailand tax provision and a $57M accounting gain (both non‑cash in nature but adding volatility), modest YoY gross margin compression, and heavy near‑term capital deployment that produced a small full‑year free cash flow result. On balance, the highlights (strong top‑line acceleration, operating leverage, capacity expansion, and confident guidance) outweigh the lowlights, but investors should monitor supply chain execution, tax/regulatory outcomes in Thailand, and cash flow as capacity ramps.Positive Updates
Record Quarterly and Annual Revenue Growth
Q4 revenue of $1.316B, up 45% year‑over‑year and above the high end of guidance; fiscal 2026 revenue of $4.6B, up 36% year‑over‑year.
Negative Updates
Component Supply Constraints and Inventory Positioning
Management cited component supply tightness that affected certain subcategories (datacom slightly down sequentially) and increased inventory as the company positioned material to support upcoming ramps; supply risks are factored into guidance but remain a near‑term headwind.
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Q4-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Record Quarterly and Annual Revenue Growth
Q4 revenue of $1.316B, up 45% year‑over‑year and above the high end of guidance; fiscal 2026 revenue of $4.6B, up 36% year‑over‑year.
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Company Guidance
Fabrinet guided Q1 FY27 revenue of $1.375–$1.425 billion (implying ~43% year‑over‑year growth at the midpoint) and non‑GAAP EPS of $4.10–$4.25, noting that this outlook assumes continued broad‑based strength in data center (transceivers, DCI and HPC), communications infrastructure, and automotive/industrial end markets; management expects sequential growth in data center after Q4’s $669 million (51% of revenue, +68% y/y, +13% q/q) while communications infrastructure was $413 million (+40% y/y, +1% q/q) and automotive/industrial $234 million (+8% y/y, +9% q/q), and said first‑quarter expense seasonality will create a temporary margin headwind but operating leverage should continue (Q4 non‑GAAP EPS was $4.10, gross margin 12.2%, operating margin 10.9%, operating expenses ~1.3% of revenue).Fabrinet Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
86
Very Positive
Balance Sheet
94
Very Positive
Cash Flow
58
Neutral
| Breakdown | Jun 2026 | Jun 2025 | Jun 2024 | Jun 2023 | Jun 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 4.64B | 3.42B | 2.88B | 2.65B | 2.26B |
| Gross Profit | 556.51M | 413.35M | 356.12M | 336.27M | 278.59M |
| EBITDA | 623.57M | 408.61M | 360.50M | 305.40M | 246.14M |
| Net Income | 473.03M | 332.53M | 296.18M | 247.91M | 200.38M |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 3.91B | 2.83B | 2.34B | 1.98B | 1.84B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 875.05M | 934.24M | 858.60M | 550.47M | 478.15M |
| Total Debt | 4.01M | 9.15M | 8.63M | 13.42M | 31.15M |
| Total Liabilities | 1.46B | 849.62M | 592.77M | 510.99M | 581.96M |
| Stockholders Equity | 2.45B | 1.98B | 1.75B | 1.47B | 1.25B |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | 3.04M | 206.55M | 365.62M | 151.04M | 33.66M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 256.73M | 328.37M | 413.15M | 213.31M | 124.25M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -183.57M | -286.30M | -169.75M | -98.72M | -135.54M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -30.69M | -147.01M | -64.85M | -80.98M | -92.93M |
Fabrinet Technical Analysis
Negative
431.54
Price Trends
421.07
Negative
478.09
Negative
527.52
Negative
Market Momentum
-26.50
Positive
26.58
Positive
5.37
Positive
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For FN, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 431.54 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 416.04, above the 50-day MA of 421.07, and below the 200-day MA of 527.52, indicating a bearish trend. The MACD of -26.50 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 26.58 is Positive, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 5.37 is Positive, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for FN.
Fabrinet Risk Analysis
Fabrinet disclosed 41 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Fabrinet reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Fabrinet Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
70 Outperform | $11.29B | 23.84 | 21.01% | ― | 35.73% | 43.02% | |
67 Neutral | $5.78B | 31.36 | 12.46% | ― | 14.20% | 15.36% | |
66 Neutral | $2.36B | 44.47 | 4.81% | 1.03% | 8.87% | 39.10% | |
64 Neutral | $28.71B | 27.76 | 74.11% | 0.12% | 20.64% | 63.69% | |
64 Neutral | $8.35B | 27.32 | 12.57% | ― | 58.56% | 19.37% | |
61 Neutral | $37.18B | 12.37 | -10.20% | 1.83% | 8.50% | -7.62% | |
61 Neutral | $28.28B | 29.56 | 18.71% | ― | 12.25% | 14.09% |
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Fabrinet Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board ChangesFinancial Disclosures
Fabrinet Reports Record Earnings and Updates Executive Incentives
Positive
Aug 17, 2026
Fabrinet, listed on the NYSE as FN, is a leading provider of advanced optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services for original equipment manufacturers of complex products. Its manufacturing por...
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