ALAB vs. LHX, VRT, NOK, ERIC, GFS, ASX, STM, UI, HUBB, and UMC
Should you be buying Astera Labs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astera Labs include L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Vertiv (VRT), Nokia Oyj (NOK), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), GlobalFoundries (GFS), ASE Technology (ASX), STMicroelectronics (STM), Ubiquiti (UI), Hubbell (HUBB), and United Microelectronics (UMC). These companies are all part of the "electronic equipment" industry.
Astera Labs vs.
Astera Labs (NASDAQ:ALAB) and L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Astera Labs presently has a consensus price target of $112.77, suggesting a potential upside of 55.33%. L3Harris Technologies has a consensus price target of $261.40, suggesting a potential upside of 24.03%. Given Astera Labs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Astera Labs is more favorable than L3Harris Technologies.
L3Harris Technologies received 135 more outperform votes than Astera Labs when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.36% of users gave Astera Labs an outperform vote while only 63.84% of users gave L3Harris Technologies an outperform vote.
L3Harris Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Astera Labs. Astera Labs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than L3Harris Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, L3Harris Technologies had 7 more articles in the media than Astera Labs. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for L3Harris Technologies and 23 mentions for Astera Labs. L3Harris Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Astera Labs' score of 0.95 indicating that L3Harris Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
60.5% of Astera Labs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of L3Harris Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of L3Harris Technologies shares 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.
L3Harris Technologies has a net margin of 7.04% compared to Astera Labs' net margin of -21.05%. L3Harris Technologies' return on equity of 13.11% beat Astera Labs' return on equity.
Summary
L3Harris Technologies beats Astera Labs on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ALAB) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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