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ALAB-4.21%

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Positive Market Performance: The semiconductor sector showed strong performance on Wednesday, with Intel's shares rising 9%, reflecting investor optimism ahead of its upcoming earnings report, which could drive future stock performance.
Competitor Gains: Micron Technology (MU) and AMD saw increases of 5% and 5.5% respectively, while Marvell Technology (MRVL) rose by 2%, indicating a robust rebound across the semiconductor industry that may attract more investor interest.
Market Index Recovery: The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) increased by nearly 2%, reflecting growing confidence in the semiconductor sector, which could promote investment and growth for related companies.
Analyst Optimism: J.P. Morgan noted that many semiconductor firms have “considerable upside” in the AI accelerator market, potentially attracting more capital into the sector and further driving stock price increases.

ALAB

$176.005+Infinity%1D

Analyst Views on ALAB

Wall Street analysts forecast ALAB stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for ALAB is 191.54 USD with a low forecast of 80.00 USD and a high forecast of 225.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.

16 Analyst Rating

12 Buy

4 Hold

0 Sell

Strong Buy

Current: 183.750

Low

80.00

Averages

191.54

High

225.00

Current: 183.750

Low

80.00

Averages

191.54

High

225.00

Jefferies

Buy

maintain

$225

Al Analysis

2025-12-02

Reason

Jefferies

Price Target

$225

Al Analysis

2025-12-02

maintain

Buy

Reason

Jefferies keeps a Buy rating and $225 price target on Astera Labs (ALAB) while calling today's 13% decline in the stock an "over-reaction". The roadmap by unveiled by Amazon.com (AMZN) at ReInvent confirming chip specs for Trainium3/Trainium4 and debuting a new Trainium3 UltraServer highlights improved performance, but overall performance still trails other solutions, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The earlier Trainium3 timing is a negative for Marvell (MRVL) as the revenue is shared with Alchip and Trainium4 will likely be a chiplet sale, also limiting revenue, while on the Networking front, key notables include Astera Labs' Scorpio X switch connecting the XPUs in the Trainium3 racks and NVLink Fusion integration into some Trainium4 configurations, which is actually positive for Astera Labs, Jefferies added.

Morgan Stanley

Joseph Moore

Overweight

maintain

$210

2025-12-02

Reason

Morgan Stanley

Joseph Moore

Price Target

$210

2025-12-02

maintain

Overweight

Reason

Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore keeps an Overweight rating and $210 price target on Astera Labs (ALAB), saying that while Trainium 3 opportunity has been clear, Amazon's (AMZN) ReInvent highlights that Trainium 4 will use both UALink and NV Link Fusion, and both of these are opportunities for Astera. Amazon's use of NVLink Fusion caused a tailspin in Astera Labs stock, but it is actually incremental, and the company is likely to have significant potential content for both UALink and NVLink Fusion, the analyst tells investors in a research note.

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BNP Paribas Exane

Outperform

initiated

$225

2025-11-20

Reason

BNP Paribas Exane

Price Target

$225

2025-11-20

initiated

Outperform

Reason

BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage of Astera Labs with an Outperform rating and $225 price target, which represents over 50% upside. The stock has declined 40% from the peak on investor concerns over the market acceptance of UALink, which creates an attractive entry point, the analyst tells investors in a research note. BNP thinks Amazon's next generations of Trainium server systems could drive significant revenue growth opportunities for Astera over the next three years.

Raymond James

Simon Leopold

Market Perform

resume

2025-11-20

Reason

Raymond James

Simon Leopold

Price Target

2025-11-20

resume

Market Perform

Reason

Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold resumed coverage of Astera Labs with a Market Perform rating and no price target. The company is well positioned to benefit from generative artificial intelligence trends but the shares are fairly valued, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm sees long-term structural challenges for Astera.

About ALAB

Astera Labs, Inc. is a global semiconductor company. The Company provides semiconductor-based connectivity solutions for cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. It has developed and deployed its Intelligent Connectivity Platform built from the ground up for cloud and AI infrastructure. Its Intelligent Connectivity Platform provides its customers with the ability to deploy and operate high-performance cloud and AI infrastructure at scale, addressing an increasingly diverse set of requirements. It provides its connectivity products in various form factors, including Integrated Circuits (ICs), boards, and modules. Its PCIe, CXL and Ethernet semiconductor-based connectivity solutions are purpose-built to unleash the potential of accelerated computing at cloud-scale. The Company’s products include Aries products, which include its COSMOS software suite; Taurus products, which are hardware modules based on its Taurus ICs; Leo products; and Scorpio products.

About the author

Emily J. Thompson

Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.