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Company Dossier · Information Technology

Flex Ltd.

FLEXNasdaqElectronic Manufacturing ServicesSINGAPORE, SG-01, SGLarge capWebsite ↗
  • S&P 500
  • Russell 1000

What Flex Ltd. is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.

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The latest read

Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.

  • Revenue over the four quarters to June 26, 2026: $29.3 billion, up 12% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 26, 2026: $0.83 billion, down 25% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 26, 2026: $0.74 billion, up 61% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
  • Share buybacks in the fiscal year to March 31, 2026: $0.94 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to March 31, 2026: $1.25 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
  • Latest earnings call or results release (July 29, 2026): sentiment 0.70 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
  • Guidance in the last 90 days: 3 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
  • Latest annual report (filed May 20, 2026): 8 risk factors added, 4 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
  • Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $0.3 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
  • 1,124 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+335 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
  • H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 37 (35 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)

Company Posture

How Company Posture is measured →

What Flex Ltd. is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.

Expanding · Mixed

Expanding ↔ Retrenching

Expanding

RetrenchingExpanding

Confident ↔ Hedging

Mixed

HedgingConfident

Pressure

Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).

Credit

How these are built →

Flex Ltd.'s borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.

Debt on the balance sheet

$5.2B

  • Due within a year $0.0B
  • Longer term $5.2B
  • Default point $2.6B (short + ½ long)

Finance leases included · Jun 26, 2026 filing

Bonds priced, last 12 months

$0.8B

U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.

PricedAmountCouponMaturesSpreadYield
Nov 10, 2025$150M5.250%2032 (6y)+105bp4.946%
Nov 10, 2025$600M5.375%2035 (10y)+130bp5.410%
Aug 19, 2024$500M5.250%2032 (7y)+150bp5.287%

From the pricing term sheets Flex Ltd. filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.

Charts

Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.

Cash flow

Business

Flex Ltd.: free cash flow, trailing twelve months

Operating cash flow minus capital expenditure, $ billions, from SEC filings

$0.8BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Flex Ltd.: operating cash flow and capital expenditure

Trailing twelve months, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Flex Ltd.: revenue, trailing twelve months

$ billions, from SEC filings

$29.3BData to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Capital returned and raised

Business

Flex Ltd.: share buybacks by fiscal year

Cash paid to repurchase common stock, $ billions, from the 10-K

$0.9BData to Mar 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Flex Ltd.: debt issued and repaid by fiscal year

Long-term debt, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Mar 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Flex Ltd.: debt maturity schedule, latest annual report

Scheduled repayments of long-term debt principal by year from the fiscal year end, $ billions, from the 10-K

Data to Mar 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Flex Ltd.: debt due within a year and cash

At each balance-sheet date, $ billions, from SEC filings

Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Flex Ltd.: interest coverage

Operating income ÷ interest expense, trailing twelve months, from SEC filings

6.5Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

What the company says

Business

Flex Ltd.: guidance raised minus lowered

Guidance Ledger statements by quarter

3.0Data 22 days ago
ImageDataGuidance Ledger by Palanor · source: SEC EDGAR
Business

Flex Ltd.: earnings call sentiment

Palanor Discourse score per call, −1 to +1

0.70Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
Business

Flex Ltd.: earnings call confidence

Palanor Discourse score per call, 0 to 1

0.90Data to Jul 2026
ImageDataPalanor calculation
Business

Flex Ltd.: risk factors added per annual report

New Item 1A risk factors in each 10-K

8.0Data to May 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Hiring and ownership

Business

Flex Ltd.: H-1B filings certified

Labor Condition Applications by quarter received

37.0Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, dol.gov
Business

Flex Ltd.: insider net buying

Open-market purchases minus sales by officers and directors, $ millions, by quarter

−$0.3MData 22 days ago
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR
Business

Flex Ltd.: institutional holders

Managers reporting a position on Form 13F, by quarter

1,124Data to Jun 2026
ImageDataU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR

Filings and records

The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CROWELL & MORING LLP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  2. Oct 20, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: Direct Contact Fluid Based Cooling ModuleUS 12772415
  3. Oct 18, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BALLARD PARTNERS)third_quarter 2026
  4. Oct 17, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  5. Oct 16, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BALLARD PARTNERS)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  6. Oct 14, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  7. Oct 14, 20268-K
    Acquisition or sale completedItem 2.01
  8. Oct 13, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: ADJUSTING INSTRUMENT FOR AN EXTERIOR VISION UNIT FOR A VEHICLEUS 12759461
  9. Oct 5, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  10. Oct 2, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  11. Sep 29, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: NOVEL BLUETOOTH RADIO ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPROVED DATA TRANSFER FROM MEDICAL DEVICESUS 12750648
  12. Sep 15, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  13. Sep 15, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: POWER SYSTEMS AND CONTROL METHODS TO ADDRESS PEAK LOADINGUS 12738741
  14. Sep 8, 2026Patent
    Patent granted: AUTOMATIC INJECTION DEVICE HAVING A MAGNETIC DRIVE SYSTEMUS 12728196
  15. Sep 4, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  16. Aug 7, 20268-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  17. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CROWELL & MORING LLP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  18. Jul 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.2 million
  19. Jul 15, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (BALLARD PARTNERS)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  20. Jun 12, 20268-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  21. Jun 2, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  22. May 20, 202610-K
    Annual report (10-K)8 risk factors added, 4 removed
  23. May 4, 20268-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  24. Apr 20, 2026Lobbying
    Lobbying report (CROWELL & MORING LLP)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
  25. Nov 13, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  26. Aug 7, 20258-K
    Shareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
  27. Jul 18, 20258-K
    Material agreement signedItem 1.01
  28. Jul 18, 20258-K
    Material agreement terminatedItem 1.02
  29. Jun 25, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  30. Jun 13, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  31. May 21, 202510-K
    Annual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 3 removed
  32. Mar 7, 20258-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  33. Nov 22, 20248-K
    Director or officer changeItem 5.02
  34. May 17, 202410-K
    Annual report (10-K)5 risk factors added, 2 removed

Peers

Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.

CompanyRevenueFree cash flowThrough
Jabil JBL$33.6B$1.3BMay 31, 2026
TE Connectivity TEL$19.3B$3.3BJun 26, 2026
IPG Photonics IPGP$1.1B$0.0BJun 30, 2026
Amphenol APH$29.0B$4.7BJun 30, 2026
Applied Materials AMAT$30.8B$5.6BJul 26, 2026
Avnet AVT$27.6B−$0.3BJun 27, 2026
Adobe Inc. ADBE$26.0B$10.6BAug 28, 2026
Arrow Electronics ARW$35.9B$0.8BJul 4, 2026

Identity

SEC CIK
866374
LEI
549300EAQH74YHD07T53
Wikidata
Q1140680
SAM UEI
HBKCNDWD4MT5
SAM UEI
ML82WKUTLTT7

Built from SEC EDGAR filings (public domain), the Guidance and KPI Ledgers, Palanor Discourse, U.S. Department of Labor filings, USPTO, USAspending and Senate lobbying records, and rights-checked news headlines. Updated nightly; this page was built Oct 22, 2026. How the Dossier is built

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