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Astera Labsvs.Ciena

ALAB vs CIEN · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.

Astera Labs and Ciena are similar in size by market cap; year to date, Astera Labs leads (+66.8% vs +59.0%).

Side by side

ALABCIEN
Market cap$56B$62.7B
Price$282.65$387.66
Today+1.8%+4.2%
Return YTD+66.8%+59.0%
Return 1Y+55.0%+314.2%
P/E151.6143.0
P/S46.611.3
P/B32.421.7

Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

Astera LabsALAB

NASDAQ · USA

Signal integrity becomes a real constraint at AI-server speeds. Astera Labs sells the fix: Aries PCIe retimers, Taurus and Leo connectivity, Scorpio fabric switches.

ConnectivityAI hardware
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CienaCIEN

NYSE · USA

Long-haul optical transmission, mostly between data centres.

Optical networking
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