Astera Labs (ALAB) Competitors

Nokia Oyj (NYSE:NOK) and Astera Labs (NASDAQ:ALAB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NOK or ALAB?

Nokia Oyj received 962 more outperform votes than Astera Labs when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.67% of users gave Astera Labs an outperform vote while only 61.22% of users gave Nokia Oyj an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nokia Oyj	Outperform Votes 1001 61.22%	Underperform Votes 634 38.78%
Astera Labs	Outperform Votes 39 86.67%	Underperform Votes 6 13.33%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in NOK or ALAB?

5.3% of Nokia Oyj shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Astera Labs shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NOK or ALAB more profitable?

Nokia Oyj has a net margin of 6.54% compared to Astera Labs' net margin of -21.05%. Nokia Oyj's return on equity of 10.30% beat Astera Labs' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nokia Oyj	6.54%	10.30%	5.52%
Astera Labs	-21.05%	-10.40%	-9.56%

Do analysts recommend NOK or ALAB?

Nokia Oyj presently has a consensus target price of $5.85, indicating a potential upside of 17.23%. Astera Labs has a consensus target price of $113.42, indicating a potential upside of 90.91%. Given Astera Labs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Astera Labs is more favorable than Nokia Oyj.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nokia Oyj	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Astera Labs	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer NOK or ALAB?

In the previous week, Nokia Oyj had 3 more articles in the media than Astera Labs. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Nokia Oyj and 22 mentions for Astera Labs. Astera Labs' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Nokia Oyj's score of 0.67 indicating that Astera Labs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nokia Oyj	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Astera Labs	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, NOK or ALAB?

Nokia Oyj has higher revenue and earnings than Astera Labs. Astera Labs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nokia Oyj, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nokia Oyj	$19.22B	1.42	$1.38B	$0.25	19.96
Astera Labs	$396.29M	24.31	-$83.42M	-$1.73	-34.34

Summary

Nokia Oyj beats Astera Labs on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.