LG Display (LPL) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LPL or ALAB?

60.5% of Astera Labs shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of LG Display shares 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.

Does the media favor LPL or ALAB?

In the previous week, Astera Labs had 21 more articles in the media than LG Display. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Astera Labs and 4 mentions for LG Display. Astera Labs' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat LG Display's score of 0.76 indicating that Astera Labs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LG Display	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Astera Labs	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend LPL or ALAB?

Astera Labs has a consensus target price of $112.77, suggesting a potential upside of 56.21%. Given Astera Labs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Astera Labs is more favorable than LG Display.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LG Display	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Astera Labs	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is LPL or ALAB more profitable?

LG Display has a net margin of -9.42% compared to Astera Labs' net margin of -21.05%. Astera Labs' return on equity of -10.40% beat LG Display's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LG Display	-9.42%	-29.08%	-7.46%
Astera Labs	-21.05%	-10.40%	-9.56%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, LPL or ALAB?

Astera Labs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than LG Display. Astera Labs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LG Display, 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
LG Display	$26.62T	0.00	-$1.77B	-$2.41	-1.35
Astera Labs	$396.29M	29.54	-$83.42M	-$1.73	-41.73

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LPL or ALAB?

LG Display received 360 more outperform votes than Astera Labs when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.36% of users gave Astera Labs an outperform vote while only 56.06% of users gave LG Display an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LG Display	Outperform Votes 398 56.06%	Underperform Votes 312 43.94%
Astera Labs	Outperform Votes 38 86.36%	Underperform Votes 6 13.64%

Summary

Astera Labs beats LG Display on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.