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Astera Labs, Inc. (ALAB) · Q2 2026 results and valuation

Share price: $230.91 · 2026-11-11

Results Q2 2026 vs Q1 2026 · previous quarter · published 4 Aug 2026 and 5 May 2026

Net income up 90.6% on the previous quarter. Management sounded upbeat, in its script and in answers to analysts.

Only a basic analysis is available for this company at the moment.

1 · Numbers

+90.6%

Net income vs Q1 2026

Outlook given

Net income 153.1M vs 80.3M

Revenue +27.3%

Against the same quarter last year (Q2 2025) it is +198.9%, so it is not just seasonal.

2 · How management spoke

Upbeat

More upbeat than 85% of company calls

Answers to analysts: upbeat, in line with the script.

Similar to last call.

3 · What stood out

Key theme

Demand for Scorpio X smart fabric switches is increasing to address a $20 billion merchant scale-up market by optimizing token economics for training…

Valuation

Is Astera Labs, Inc. undervalued?

Reverse DCF. Free cash flow from the last full fiscal year (2025-12-31), grown for 10 years, discounted back, plus a terminal value. “Implied growth” is the rate the current price assumes.

At 20.0% growth a year (3-year revenue growth), the model's fair value is $87.24 a share — the stock trades 165% above it. Today's price assumes 34.5% growth a year.

Current price

$230.91

close of 2026-11-11

Market implies growth of iThe yearly free-cash-flow growth, for the next 10 years, that today’s share price already assumes. If you believe the company grows faster than this, the stock is cheap under this model; slower, and it is expensive.

+34.5% for 10 yrs

Fair value / share

$87.24

Buy below

$65.43

Price vs fair value

Overvalued 165%

Price vs buy-below price

Overvalued >200%

Official channels

The company's own website and social media accounts.

Read between the lines

  1. Figure

    Astera Labs posted record revenue of $392.4 million in Q2, rising 27% from the previous quarter and 104% year-over-year.

    Source quote
    “Astera Labs delivered outstanding results in Q2, with record revenue of $392.4 million, up 27% sequentially and up 104% year-over-year.”
  2. Guidance

    The company expects to ship both standard and custom Leo CXL memory controllers in volume across general-purpose compute and AI inferencing applications to two U.S. customers in 2027.

    Source quote
    “Looking into 2027, we expect to ship both standard and custom Leo CXL memory controllers in volume across general-purpose compute and AI inferencing applications to two U.S.”
  3. Guidance

    Astera Labs expects revenue to be in the range of $540 million-$560 million.

Tone

How upbeat the language was, compared with other companiesiTone counts positive minus negative finance words, adjusted for length. Executives mostly speak positively, so the labels compare each call with every company's latest call: “typical” is the middle third, “very upbeat” the top tenth, “cautious” the bottom tenth.. Dot: Q2 2026. Ring: Q1 2026.

Prepared remarks Upbeat (was upbeat)
Answers to analysts Upbeat (was upbeat)

Script and answers carried a similar tone, so the script's message held up under questioning.

Sentences that drove the tone
“These secular trends are increasing the need for intelligent connectivity and expanding our long-term growth opportunity.”
“With leading hyperscalers planning large-scale training and inference deployments with ever-growing accelerator cluster sizes, our Scorpio X-series high-radix fabric switch family provides intelligent AI fabric with industry-leading features to maximize...”
“Aries growth is being fueled by increased AI system deployments, expanding AI accelerator cluster sizes, greater unit attach rates, and higher ASPs associated with the transition to PCIe 6.”

Full figures

USD · SEC EDGAR XBRL (10-Q, period end 2026-06-30)

Metric Q2 2026period end 2026-06-30 Q1 2026period end 2026-03-31 Change Q2 2025 YoY
Revenue 392.4M 308.4M +27.3% 191.9M +104.5%
Gross profit 287.6M 235.1M +22.3% 145.6M +97.6%
Operating income 89.2M 61.8M +44.3% 39.8M +124.4%
Net income 153.1M 80.3M +90.6% 51.2M +198.9%
EPS 0.83 0.44 +88.6% 0.29 +186.2%
P/E today 178.5 237.9 74.1 +163.8 113.0 +124.9

Topics

Most discussed now

  • This architectural flexibility is critical as AI systems evolve rapidly and designers need to address increasing signal integrity…
  • On the AI fabric front, Scorpio delivered significant growth in Q2.
  • Multiple industry forecasts now point to hyperscaler AI and cloud infrastructure spending in 2027 reaching into the trillion-dollar range…
  • Astera Labs' laser focus on execution and innovation has delivered a purpose-built, intelligent connectivity platform to its hyperscaler…
  • Aries growth is being fueled by increased AI system deployments, expanding AI accelerator cluster sizes, greater unit attach rates, and...

Faded since Q1 2026

  • Dropped I also want to add to that, that as the [Technical Difficulty] sizes increase, not only is it important to...
  • Dropped Astera Labs will also be ramping its pluggable connector technologies for CPO, mostly for scale-out next year, 2027, with more of...
  • Fading Astera Labs expects these strong secular trends to be a tailwind for Astera Labs' growth over the long term.
  • Fading As AI deployments advance to production at scale and operational efficiency, infrastructure teams face a new set of constraints…

Latest announcements

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