Astera Labsvs.HPE
ALAB vs HPE · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.
HPE is about 1.4× larger than Astera Labs by market cap; HPE trades at the lower P/E (51.3 vs 151.6); year to date, HPE leads (+118.3% vs +66.8%).
Side by side
| ALAB | HPE | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $56B | $79.8B |
| Price | $282.65 | $53.44 |
| Today | +1.8% | +1.9% |
| Return YTD | +66.8% | +118.3% |
| Return 1Y | +55.0% | +133.5% |
| P/E | 151.6 | 51.3 |
| P/S | 46.6 | 2.1 |
| P/B | 32.4 | 3.2 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
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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.
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Cray supercomputers and ProLiant AI servers on one side; on the other, a networking business that grew considerably with the Juniper acquisition.
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