Astera Labs (ALAB) and Its Competitors Financial Analysis

Astera Labs (NASDAQ:ALAB) is one of 173 public companies in the “Semiconductors & related devices” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Astera Labs to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Astera Labs and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Astera Labs	$396.29 million	-$83.42 million	-39.87
Astera Labs Competitors	$29.54 billion	$592.42 million	53.89

Astera Labs’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Astera Labs. Astera Labs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Astera Labs and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Astera Labs	-21.05%	-10.40%	-9.56%
Astera Labs Competitors	-470.17%	-79.71%	-11.21%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Astera Labs and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Astera Labs	0	1	12	1	3.00
Astera Labs Competitors	2532	10098	19804	706	2.56

Astera Labs presently has a consensus target price of $112.77, indicating a potential upside of 63.50%. As a group, “Semiconductors & related devices” companies have a potential upside of 635.87%. Given Astera Labs’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Astera Labs has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.5% of Astera Labs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of shares of all “Semiconductors & related devices” companies are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of shares of all “Semiconductors & related devices” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Astera Labs beats its rivals on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Astera Labs

Astera Labs, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductor-based connectivity solutions for cloud and AI infrastructure. Its Intelligent Connectivity Platform is comprised of a portfolio of data, network, and memory connectivity products, which are built on a unifying software-defined architecture that enables customers to deploy and operate high performance cloud and AI infrastructure at scale. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Santa Clara, California.