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MetricALABAstera Labs, Inc.MRVLMarvell Technology, Inc.ADIANALOG DEVICES INCQCOMQUALCOMM INC/DEMedian of the restexcluding ALAB
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$257.82▼ 32.24 (11.11%)
$223.47▼ 21.29 (8.70%)
$385.76▼ 20.20 (4.98%)
$172.83▼ 5.13 (2.88%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.10.0/108.0/1010.0/109.0/109.0/10
Market value$43.88B$189.35B$188.89B$185.62B
Revenue$852.5M$8.19B$11.02B$44.28B
Profit$219.1M$2.67B$2.27B$5.54B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.115.1%42.1%16.9%13.7%16.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.75.7%51.0%61.5%55.4%55.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.20.3%16.1%26.6%27.9%26.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.25.7%32.6%20.6%12.5%20.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.33.1%17.0%38.8%28.9%28.9%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.16.1%18.7%6.7%26.1%18.7%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.11.5%7.2%6.2%32.0%7.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.200.23x70.91x83.31x33.50x70.91x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—123.77x58.26x13.97x58.26x
Price to book32.18x13.23x5.59x8.75x8.75x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.12x0.56x0.42x1.36x0.56x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/88/98/96/98.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafesafe

How ALAB compares with the others

  • ALAB's operating margin of 20.3% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (26.6%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 115.1% against 16.9%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 200.2x against 70.9x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.1x against 0.6x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.