Not a good buy right now: price is in a sharp post-earnings selloff (-11% regular session) with bearish momentum still building.
While earnings/revenue beat is a positive fundamental catalyst, market reaction + options flow suggest near-term sentiment is still risk-off.
For an impatient buyer, the better setup is after a clear stabilization above ~$62.4 (pivot) or a confirmed hold/reclaim of ~$57.5 support; currently it’s still in the “falling knife” zone.
Intellectia Proprietary Trading Signals: No signal on given stock today (no AI Stock Picker; no SwingMax).
RSI(6) 28.95 = oversold/washed-out conditions (bounce is possible), but oversold alone is not a buy trigger while MACD is worsening.
Moving averages: Converging MAs indicate transition/uncertainty, not a confirmed reversal.
Key levels: Support S1 57.54 then S2 ~54.53; resistance pivot ~62.42 then R1 ~67.30. Current area (59–60) is still below pivot, so trend control remains bearish.
Pattern-based forward odds (similar candlesticks): 60% chance of -0.49% next day, -2.4% next week, -1.8% next month (tilts bearish).
Options Data
Bullish
Open Interest Put-Call Ratio
Bearish
Option Volume Put-Call Ratio
Positioning vs flow: Put/Call open interest ratio 0.48 suggests longer-dated positioning is more call-heavy (structurally not bearish), but today’s volume put/call 3.09 shows aggressive near-term put demand (bearish/hedging immediately after earnings).
Activity spike: Options volume 5,104 is ~355.68% of 30-day average = event-driven sentiment (earnings).
Volatility: IV30 59.72 vs historical vol 36.08; IV percentile 88.45 = options pricing in elevated uncertainty; this often coincides with unstable short-term price action.
Demand narrative: Strength attributed to data center solutions, supporting the longer-term growth story.
Profitability mix: Gross margin improved to 9.49% (+6.03% YoY), indicating some operational/portfolio improvement.
Wall Street support (limited data provided): Goldman Sachs maintains Buy and raised PT to $74 (from $67).
Neutral/Negative Catalysts
signals hedging/speculation for further downside.
Financial Performance
Latest reported quarter: FY2026 Q3.
Revenue: $7.058B, +7.66% YoY (growth solid; aligned with data center demand comments).
Profit/EPS: Net income $239M, -9.13% YoY; EPS 0.64, -4.48% YoY (top-line growth not translating into bottom-line growth YoY).
Margins: Gross margin 9.49%, +6.03% YoY (a bright spot, but not enough to prevent net income decline in the snapshot).
Growth
Profitability
Efficiency
Analyst Ratings and Price Target Trends
Latest provided update (2025-12-09): Goldman Sachs reiterated Buy and raised price target to $74 from $67, citing steady end-market demand and sector strength.
Wall Street pros: Positive on industrial tech/autos demand backdrop and Flex’s positioning (including data center exposure), with at least one notable PT increase.
Wall Street cons: The market’s immediate post-earnings dump suggests expectations/forward outlook skepticism; without broader analyst updates here, the near-term “pros vs cons” balance is currently tilted by negative price reaction and bearish short-dated options flow.
Wall Street analysts forecast FLEX stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for FLEX is 76.71 USD with a low forecast of 74 USD and a high forecast of 85 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
7 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast FLEX stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for FLEX is 76.71 USD with a low forecast of 74 USD and a high forecast of 85 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
7 Buy
0 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 58.830
Low
74
Averages
76.71
High
85
Current: 58.830
Low
74
Averages
76.71
High
85
Barclays
Tim Long
maintain
$71 -> $72
AI Analysis
2026-02-05
New
Reason
Barclays
Tim Long
Price Target
$71 -> $72
AI Analysis
2026-02-05
New
maintain
Reason
Barclays analyst Tim Long raised the firm's price target on Flex to $72 from $71 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. The firm says the company's data center portfolio continues to see momentum.
Goldman Sachs
NULL -> Buy
maintain
$67 -> $74
2025-12-09
Reason
Goldman Sachs
Price Target
$67 -> $74
2025-12-09
maintain
NULL -> Buy
Reason
Goldman Sachs raised the firm's price target on Flex to $74 from $67 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. Autos and industrial tech stocks performed strongly in 2025, aided by steady end-market demand and multiple expansion, with autos up a median 23% year-to-date and industrial tech up 63%, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The year was marked by volatility -- from tariff-driven swings in auto names to shifting expectations for hyperscale capex that influenced datacenter-exposed stocks -- despite broadly stable auto volumes, sharply rising hyperscale spending forecasts, and a modest industrial recovery, the firm says.
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