Head to Head Review: Astera Labs (ALAB) vs. Its Rivals

Astera Labs (NASDAQ:ALAB) is one of 174 publicly-traded companies in the “Semiconductors & related devices” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Astera Labs to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Astera Labs and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Astera Labs	$396.29 million	-$83.42 million	-49.55
Astera Labs Competitors	$5.94 billion	$592.21 million	16.76

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Astera Labs	0	1	11	1	3.00
Astera Labs Competitors	2509	10055	19692	702	2.56

Astera Labs currently has a consensus target price of $115.33, indicating a potential upside of 34.55%. As a group, “Semiconductors & related devices” companies have a potential upside of 554.97%. Given Astera Labs’ competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Astera Labs has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Astera Labs and its competitors’ 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	-484.18%	-93.76%	-12.50%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

60.5% of Astera Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of shares of all “Semiconductors & related devices” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of shares of all “Semiconductors & related devices” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

Astera Labs Company Profile

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.