Astera Labs (ALAB) & Its Competitors Critical Contrast

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Astera Labs and its peers, as provided 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	10095	19794	706	2.56

Astera Labs currently has a consensus target price of $112.77, suggesting a potential upside of 63.69%. As a group, “Semiconductors & related devices” companies have a potential upside of 635.68%. Given Astera Labs’ peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Astera Labs has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Astera Labs	$396.29 million	-$83.42 million	-39.82
Astera Labs Competitors	$29.54 billion	$592.42 million	52.09

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

60.5% of Astera Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of shares of all “Semiconductors & related devices” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.0% of shares of all “Semiconductors & related devices” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Astera Labs and its peers’ 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%

Summary

Astera Labs beats its peers 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.