Astera Labs

ALAB · NASDAQ

$284.80−$1.78 (−0.62%)TodayMarket closed · Oct 20, 4:05 PM ET

Prev close $286.58

ALAB analyst rating

BuyConsensus of 19 analysts over the last 12 months. 68% rate it a buy.

Strong buy0
Buy13
Hold6
Underperform0
Sell0

12-month price target · 23 analysts

Average $414.68 (+45.6% upside)

Low: $257.55
Now: $284.80
High: $525.00

Upgrades and downgrades

The latest rating actions, newest first

ALAB analyst upgrades, downgrades and rating actions
Firm	Date	Action	Rating	Price target	Hit rate
TD Cowen	Oct 19, 2026	Maintains	Hold	$375.00 → $300.00	65%
Northland Capital Markets	Aug 17, 2026	Upgrade	Market Perform → Outperform	$350.00	58%
TD Cowen	Aug 5, 2026	Maintains	Hold	$425.00 → $375.00	65%
Morgan Stanley	Aug 5, 2026	Maintains	Overweight	$335.00 → $382.00	56%
RBC Capital	Aug 5, 2026	Maintains	Outperform	$425.00 → $500.00	69%
Evercore ISI Group	Aug 5, 2026	Maintains	Outperform	$297.00 → $452.00	61%
Needham	Aug 5, 2026	Maintains	Buy	$260.00 → $425.00	44%
Jefferies	Aug 5, 2026	Maintains	Buy	$270.00 → $450.00	60%
Susquehanna	Jul 31, 2026	Maintains	Neutral	$230.00 → $275.00	59%
Barclays	Jul 20, 2026	Maintains	Equal-Weight	$200.00 → $325.00	64%

The case for and against

Updated Oct 16, 2026

Bull case

Astera Labs is favored because its core connectivity chips sit in the critical path of AI and cloud infrastructure, where higher data movement requirements are expanding demand across Aries, Taurus, Scorpio, and Leo. The company’s 1Q26 results showed revenue of $308.4M, up 14% Q/Q and 93% Y/Y, with non-GAAP gross margin of 76.4% and EPS of $0.61, while 1Q26 guidance of $360M midpoint and $0.69 EPS signals continued momentum. The outlook is further strengthened by Scorpio-X beginning initial production shipments and ramping toward 2H26 volume, expanding hyperscaler adoption, and supporting a large addressable opportunity with industry-leading margins and sticky design wins.

Bear case

Astera Labs is viewed cautiously because revenue remains concentrated among a handful of hyperscalers, neo-clouds, and GPU vendors, with the AWS warrant agreement reinforcing customer concentration risk even as diversification is improving. The company also faces margin pressure, as gross margin declined quarter over quarter due to product mix and could remain uneven despite likely sequential operating margin improvement offset by higher operating expenses. Its scale-up switching and optics opportunities may not earn much investor credit near term amid elevated expectations and intensifying competition from Broadcom, Marvell, and Credo, while weaker cloud capex or slower AI spending would further pressure growth and returns.

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