Astera Labs (NASDAQ:ALAB) versus Alimco Financial (OTCMKTS:ALMC) Critical Survey

Alimco Financial (OTCMKTS:ALMC) and Astera Labs (NASDAQ:ALAB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Alimco Financial and Astera Labs”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alimco Financial	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Astera Labs	$305.71 million	76.32	-$26.26 million	N/A	N/A

Alimco Financial has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Astera Labs.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Alimco Financial and Astera Labs, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alimco Financial	0	0	0	0	0.00
Astera Labs	0	0	12	0	3.00

Astera Labs has a consensus target price of $98.67, suggesting a potential downside of 32.93%. Given Astera Labs’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Astera Labs is more favorable than Alimco Financial.

Profitability

This table compares Alimco Financial and Astera Labs’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alimco Financial	N/A	N/A	N/A
Astera Labs	-30.69%	-15.57%	-12.87%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.2% of Alimco Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Astera Labs shares are held by institutional investors. 35.1% of Alimco Financial 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.

Summary

Astera Labs beats Alimco Financial on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Alimco Financial

Alimco Financial Corporation focuses on business financing solutions. The company was formerly known as Alliance Semiconductor Corporation and changed its name to Alimco Financial Corporation in 2017. Alimco Financial Corporation was founded in 1985 and is based in West Palm Beach, Florida.

About Astera Labs

Astera Labs, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductor-based connectivity solutions for cloud and AI infrastructure. Its Intelligent Connectivity Platform is comprised of a portfolio of data, network, and memory connectivity products, which are built on a unifying software-defined architecture that enables customers to deploy and operate high performance cloud and AI infrastructure at scale. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Santa Clara, California.