Astera Labs (NASDAQ:ALAB – Get Free Report) and SCWorx (NASDAQ:WORX – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
60.5% of Astera Labs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of SCWorx shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of Astera Labs shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of SCWorx shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Astera Labs has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SCWorx has a beta of 2.26, indicating that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Astera Labs | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 2.64 |
| SCWorx | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Astera Labs currently has a consensus price target of $199.44, indicating a potential upside of 70.26%. Given Astera Labs’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Astera Labs is more favorable than SCWorx.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Astera Labs and SCWorx”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Astera Labs | $852.53 million | 23.53 | $219.13 million | $1.22 | 96.02 |
| SCWorx | $2.88 million | 0.66 | -$1.14 million | ($0.95) | -0.13 |
Astera Labs has higher revenue and earnings than SCWorx. SCWorx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astera Labs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Astera Labs and SCWorx’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Astera Labs | 25.70% | 16.12% | 14.56% |
| SCWorx | -139.68% | -70.82% | -55.80% |
Summary
Astera Labs beats SCWorx on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About SCWorx
SCWorx Corp. develops and markets health care information technology solutions and related services to improve healthcare processes and information flow within hospitals and other healthcare facilities in the United States. The company provides data content and services related to repair, normalization, and interoperability of information for healthcare providers, as well as big data analytics for the healthcare industry. It also offers virtualized item master file repair, expansion, and automation; electronic medical record management; charge description master management; contract management; request for proposal automation; rebate management; integration of acquired management; big data analytics modeling; data integration and warehousing; and ScanWorx. In addition, the company focuses on selling personal protective equipment and COVID-19 rapid test kits. It sells its solutions and services to hospitals and health systems through its direct sales force, and distribution and reseller partnerships. SCWorx Corp. is based in New York, New York.
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