AI server interconnect · Retimers
Astera Labs
A fabless maker of AI server and rack connectivity (PCIe/CXL retimers, CXL memory, fabric switches). Its Aries and Scorpio parts were adopted into NVIDIA's next-gen 'Blackwell' GPU platform, driving rapid growth. Hyperscalers are its main customers; TSMC is its sole manufacturer.
ALAB Updated Jul 12, 2026 4 AI consumers· 3 recurring
Per the valuechain.wiki graph, Astera Labs is directly linked to 7 companies (3 supply, 4 revenue relationships) and reaches 106 companies within two hops; the links are backed by 9 dated sources, 4 of them primary filings (as of 2026-07-12).
Annual return · 2026-09-04'25+25.6%YTD+86.6%
Astera LabsFY2025 revenue $852.5M
Financials & Segments
- Total revenue · FY2025 revenue $852.5M (+115%, record), Q4 $270.6M (+92% YoY), non-GAAP op margin 39.2%. Customers concentrated among a few hyperscalers
- Customer concentration · Concentrated among a few hyperscalers and system OEMs. Adoption into NVIDIA's Blackwell platform is the growth driver.
- Segments · Aries · Scorpio · Leo & Taurus
Revenue from
- NVIDIA High confidence· Revenue $853M · 2025 · FY2025 total revenue $852.5M (+115%, record), driven by Aries/Scorpio Blackwell adoption
Aries and Scorpio adopted into NVIDIA's Blackwell platform, the main growth driver; first to demo Blackwell interoperability.Confirms KO Korea Economic Daily Published Jun 9, 2026: Jensen Huang singled it out: a stock up 223% this yearConfirms EN Futurum Group Published Feb 11, 2026: Astera Labs Q4 2025 Earnings: Diversified AI Connectivity MomentumConfirms EN Astera Labs (GlobeNewswire) Published Feb 10, 2026: Astera Labs Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial ResultsConfirms KO Seoul Economic Daily Published Sep 15, 2025: Astera Labs, essential AI infrastructure courted by NVIDIA - Amazon Medium confidence
Supplies retimers and fabric directly to Amazon (AWS) — a key hyperscaler tied to AWS data-center AI-rack build-out. - Microsoft Medium confidence
Supplies retimers and fabric directly to Microsoft — a key hyperscaler tied to Azure AI build-out and one leg of its concentrated customer base. - Meta Platforms Medium confidence
Supplies retimers and fabric directly to Meta — a key hyperscaler tied to its in-house AI-training infrastructure.
Pays to
- TSMC High confidence
TSMC is the sole manufacturer of all its ICs (fabless). - Synopsys Medium confidence
Pays for synopsys EDA tools and IP licenses. - Cadence Design Systems Medium confidence
Pays for cadence EDA tools and IP licenses. - outsourced package, substrate & test (undisclosed) Low confidence
Outsourced advanced packaging, substrate and final test (undisclosed).
Value-chain ripple (2 tiers)
Following node-to-node links up to 2 tiers; each firm is shown once, at its nearest tier.
| Company | Chain | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Technologies | lead2 | +51.2 | -26.6 | +95.9 | +53 | +11.2 | +320.2 |
| Lenovo | lead2 | -4.6 | -20.9 | +36.2 | +18.2 | -0.6 | +269.8 |
| Wiwynn | lead2 | +24.7 | -22.3 | +206.4 | +3.5 | +64.4 | +120.2 |
| ASUSTeK Computer | lead2 | +35.5 | -12.9 | +72 | +41.1 | -14.1 | +119.8 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise | lead2 | +37.4 | +4.5 | +9.7 | +29.1 | +15.5 | +118.5 |
| CrowdStrike | lead2 | -3.3 | -48.6 | +142.5 | +34 | +37 | +81.8 |
| Palo Alto Networks | lead2 | +56.7 | -24.8 | +111.3 | +23.4 | +1.2 | +80.9 |
| Illumina | lead2 | +2.8 | -46.9 | -31.1 | -1.3 | -1.8 | +66.4 |
| Aurora Innovation | lead2 | · | -89.3 | +261.2 | +44.2 | -39 | +65.1 |
| Gigabyte Technology | lead2 | +82.3 | -3.4 | +173.2 | -15.9 | -4.7 | +60.7 |
| Wistron | lead2 | +7.9 | +9.7 | +272.7 | -1.6 | +22.7 | +57.3 |
| Datadog | lead2 | +80.9 | -58.7 | +65.1 | +17.7 | -4.8 | +56.6 |
| Snowflake | lead2 | +20.4 | -57.6 | +38.6 | -22.4 | +42.1 | +53.7 |
| Schlumberger | lead2 | +39.6 | +81.2 | -0.8 | -24.5 | +3.3 | +52.3 |
| TeraWulf | lead2 | +77.1 | -95.5 | +258.2 | +135.8 | +103 | +43.7 |
| Cloudflare | lead2 | +73 | -65.6 | +84.2 | +29.3 | +83.1 | +41.5 |
| Super Micro | lead2 | +38.8 | +86.8 | +246.2 | +7.2 | -4 | +35.3 |
| Airbnb Inc | lead2 | · | -48.6 | +59.2 | -3.5 | +3.3 | +34.1 |
| Corteva, Inc. | lead2 | +23.6 | +25.6 | -17.5 | +20.2 | +18.9 | +32 |
| SK Telecom | lead2 | +7.9 | -12 | +15.8 | +15.5 | +37.5 | +29.7 |
| Quanta Computer | lead2 | +22.2 | -12.8 | +254.5 | +12.7 | +8.9 | +28.5 |
| Becton, Dickinson and Company | lead2 | +1.9 | +5.1 | -2.7 | -5.4 | -12.6 | +22.7 |
| Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. | lead2 | +62.9 | -41.7 | +34.2 | +38.4 | +10 | +21.8 |
| Foxconn (Hon Hai) | lead2 | -5.1 | +2.8 | +7.8 | +80.1 | +26.9 | +19.6 |
| IREN | lead2 | · | -92.3 | +472 | +37.3 | +284.6 | +18.3 |
| Carrier Global Corporation | lead2 | +45.3 | -22.7 | +41.5 | +20.3 | -21.8 | +14.3 |
| Mercury Systems | lead2 | -37.5 | -18.7 | -18.3 | +14.8 | +73.8 | +12.9 |
| Rockwell Automation, Inc. | lead2 | +41.2 | -24.8 | +22.6 | -6.2 | +38.4 | +12.6 |
| Schrodinger | lead2 | -56 | -46.3 | +91.5 | -46.1 | -7.3 | +12.4 |
| Agilent Technologies, Inc. | lead2 | +35.5 | -5.5 | -6.4 | -2.7 | +1.9 | +11.5 |
| Geely Auto | lead2 | -40.8 | -22.9 | -40.3 | +98.5 | +14.5 | +10.2 |
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | lead2 | +42.6 | -1.3 | -0.2 | +28.4 | -10.2 | +9.6 |
| Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. | lead2 | +40.2 | -18.7 | +44.7 | +36.1 | +16.5 | +8.5 |
| General Motors | lead2 | +40.8 | -42.4 | +7.9 | +49.8 | +54.2 | +8.4 |
| Waters Corporation | lead2 | +50.6 | -8.1 | -3.9 | +12.7 | +2.4 | +7.8 |
| 3M Company | lead2 | +4.9 | -29.6 | -3.3 | +46.1 | +26.4 | +6.8 |
| Celestica | lead2 | +37.9 | +1.3 | +159.8 | +215.2 | +220.3 | +5.7 |
| Procter & Gamble | lead2 | +20.5 | -5 | -0.9 | +17.3 | -12.3 | +4.5 |
| Salesforce, Inc. | lead2 | +14.2 | -47.8 | +98.5 | +27.8 | -20.2 | -1.6 |
| MercadoLibre, Inc. | lead2 | -19.5 | -37.2 | +85.7 | +8.2 | +18.5 | -1.8 |
| Comcast Corporation | lead2 | -2.2 | -28.7 | +29.1 | -11.8 | -17.3 | -1.9 |
| DoorDash, Inc. | lead2 | · | -67.2 | +102.6 | +69.6 | +35 | -6.5 |
| The Walt Disney Company | lead2 | -14.5 | -43.9 | +4.3 | +24.4 | +3.3 | -6.7 |
| Uber | lead2 | -17.8 | -41 | +149 | -2 | +35.5 | -7.3 |
| ServiceNow | lead2 | +17.9 | -40.2 | +82 | +50.1 | -27.7 | -7.8 |
| Workday, Inc. | lead2 | +14 | -38.7 | +65 | -6.5 | -16.8 | -8.8 |
| Toyota Motor Corporation | lead2 | +58.1 | -13.4 | +63 | +1.8 | +21.8 | -10.8 |
| Recursion Pharmaceuticals | lead2 | · | -55 | +27.9 | -31.4 | -39.5 | -11.2 |
| IonQ | lead2 | · | -79.3 | +259.1 | +237.1 | +7.4 | -11.9 |
| Stryker Corporation | lead2 | +10.2 | -7.4 | +23.8 | +21.3 | -1.5 | -13.3 |
| Netflix | lead2 | +11.4 | -51.1 | +65.1 | +83.1 | +5.2 | -16.5 |
| Oracle | lead2 | +36.9 | -4.6 | +30.9 | +60 | +18.1 | -17.8 |
| IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | lead2 | +31.7 | -38 | +36.1 | -25.5 | +63.6 | -20.9 |
| Tesla | lead2 | +49.8 | -65 | +101.7 | +62.5 | +11.4 | -21.3 |
| Alibaba Group | lead2 | -49 | -25.8 | -10.8 | +11.8 | +75.8 | -22 |
| Hyundai Motor Company | lead2 | -16.7 | -4.7 | +16.2 | +12.3 | +158.8 | -22.2 |
| Adobe Inc. | lead2 | +13.4 | -40.7 | +77.3 | -25.5 | -21.3 | -23.9 |
| Tencent Holdings Limited | lead2 | -28.6 | -14.2 | -28.7 | +49.8 | +52.1 | -26.1 |
| Autodesk, Inc. | lead2 | -7.9 | -33.5 | +30.3 | +21.4 | +0.1 | -26.4 |
| Rigetti Computing | lead2 | · | -92.9 | +35.1 | +1449.2 | +45.2 | -31.4 |
| Coupang | lead2 | · | -49.9 | +10.1 | +35.8 | +7.3 | -35.2 |
| Kratos Defense | lead2 | -29.3 | -46.8 | +96.6 | +30 | +187.8 | -37 |
| Baidu | lead2 | · | -8.2 | -23.4 | -13.5 | +74.2 | -37.2 |
| Intuit Inc. | lead2 | +70.3 | -39.1 | +61.8 | +1.2 | +6.1 | -49.3 |
| Pony.ai | lead2 | · | · | · | · | +1 | -49.3 |
| NVIDIA | lead1 | +125.5 | -50.3 | +239 | +171.2 | +38.9 | +23.7 |
| Amazon | lead1 | +2.4 | -49.6 | +80.9 | +44.4 | +5.2 | +12 |
| Meta Platforms | lead1 | +23.1 | -64.2 | +194.1 | +66 | +13.1 | -6.4 |
| Astera Labs | node | · | · | · | · | +25.6 | +86.6 |
| TSMC | benef1 | +12.1 | -36.7 | +42.3 | +92.6 | +55.9 | +41.9 |
| Global Unichip | benef2 | +21.4 | +67.6 | +99.4 | -13.7 | +101.4 | +122.8 |
| SUMCO Corporation | benef2 | -4.3 | -3.9 | +21.3 | -48.1 | +41.7 | +100.6 |
| GlobalWafers | benef2 | +26.9 | -29.9 | +14.3 | -39 | +48.9 | +98.1 |
| Teradyne | benef2 | +36.8 | -46.3 | +24.8 | +16.5 | +54.4 | +84.6 |
| Lam Research | benef2 | +53.7 | -40.7 | +88.6 | -6.8 | +139.2 | +80.1 |
| Applied Materials | benef2 | +83.6 | -37.5 | +68 | +1.1 | +59.6 | +77.6 |
| Resonac | benef2 | -2.6 | -4 | +37.5 | +30.3 | +137.9 | +73.5 |
| Onto Innovation | benef2 | +112.9 | -32.7 | +124.6 | +9 | -5.3 | +69.8 |
| Entegris | benef2 | +44.6 | -52.5 | +83.5 | -17.1 | -14.6 | +65.1 |
| ASML | benef2 | +64.1 | -30.5 | +39.9 | -7.7 | +55.8 | +61.1 |
| KLA | benef2 | +68 | -11.2 | +56 | +9.4 | +94.5 | +53.3 |
| Qnity Electronics | benef2 | · | · | · | · | · | +47.8 |
| SCREEN Holdings | benef2 | +40.7 | -13.2 | +220.1 | -24.1 | +84.9 | +33.7 |
| Tokyo Electron (TEL) | benef2 | +40.4 | -14.5 | +89.8 | -4.4 | +61.6 | +30.3 |
| Advantest | benef2 | +17 | -2.3 | +155.7 | +49.5 | +196 | +29.9 |
| Fujimi Incorporated | benef2 | +64.7 | -1.6 | +40.4 | -24.2 | +28.4 | +23.4 |
| Air Liquide | benef2 | +14.3 | +8.1 | +21.1 | +8.7 | -4.6 | +21.3 |
| BESI | benef2 | +33.7 | -6.1 | +121.8 | -9.3 | +35 | +20.3 |
| EO Technics | benef2 | +7.6 | -28.2 | +130.5 | -16.2 | +163.2 | +17.8 |
| ASM International | benef2 | +44.2 | +2.9 | +68.7 | +10.3 | +25.9 | +16.7 |
| Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK) | benef2 | -2.7 | -3 | +63.8 | +4.3 | +111.5 | +14.1 |
| Shin-Etsu Chemical | benef2 | +6.3 | +3.1 | +57.8 | -15.6 | +7.6 | +13.8 |
| Linde | benef2 | +33.4 | -4.4 | +27.7 | +3.2 | +3.2 | +13.1 |
| HPSP | benef2 | · | · | +216.5 | -30.4 | +54.7 | +9.2 |
| Ebara | benef2 | +58.1 | +2.3 | +76.1 | +41 | +84 | -4.2 |
| Cadence Design Systems | benef2 | +36.6 | -13.8 | +69.6 | +10.3 | +4 | -6.4 |
| Lasertec | benef2 | +78.9 | +2.4 | +57 | -60.6 | +138.9 | -8.5 |
| Photronics | benef2 | +68.9 | -10.7 | +86.4 | -24.9 | +35.8 | -9 |
| Synopsys | benef2 | +42.1 | -13.4 | +61.3 | -5.7 | -3.2 | -16.2 |
| Disco Corporation | benef2 | -6.6 | +27.7 | +218.5 | +11.6 | +49.6 | -17.3 |
| Leeno Industrial | benef2 | +21 | -5.3 | +18.3 | +9.5 | +150.1 | -37.1 |
YTD as of 2026-09-04 · source: Yahoo Finance
Astera Labs operates across AI server interconnect, Retimers. Momentum stayed firm and it is +86.6% in 2026. The stock (+86.6%) is ahead of both its demand side (avg +8.3%) and supply side (avg +6.4%). Having run ahead of its chain, it is the first spot to give back if customer numbers fail to follow. Among connected nodes the furthest ahead is TSMC (+41.9%) and the furthest behind is Synopsys (-16.2%). If chain logic explains the gap, the laggard is the next propagation candidate; if not, the link itself deserves a second look. Hyperscalers are its main customers; TSMC is its sole manufacturer.
Analysis generated from returns as of 2026-09-04Analyst ratings
Consensus: Buy 2 · Hold 2 · Sell 0 · Avg. target $434 · Price $303.567 (09-05) · Upside +43%
| Broker | Rating | Target | Published | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UBS · Natalia Winkler | Neutral | $400 | Jun 29, 2026 | Report ↗ |
| Stifel · Tore Svanberg | Buy | $460 | Jun 24, 2026 | Report ↗ |
| Bank of America · Vivek Arya | Neutral | $450 | Jun 23, 2026 | Report ↗ |
| RBC Capital · Srini Pajjuri | Buy | $425 | Jun 3, 2026 | Report ↗ |
Neutral kept, target $205→$400; a credible AI-networking supplier on retimer execution and expansion beyond AWS, pointing to the CXL opportunity.