Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. ALAB scored 70.7, AVGO scored 71.0 — AVGO leads.
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ALAB
Astera Labs, Inc.
Semiconductors · Quality-Growth
70.7
$342.21 · $59.4B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
0.3
AVGO leads
AVGO
Broadcom Inc.
Semiconductors · Quality-Growth
71
$361.54 · $1.7T
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestAVGO46.2x
Fastest growthALAB+98.5%
Strongest balance sheetALAB0.03
Highest qualityAVGO82 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
ALAB
stronger →← stronger
AVGO
70
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
82
100
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
94
50
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
46
ALAB is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
ALAB
AVGO
$277mC
FCF
$39.4bA
+98.5%A
Rev
+23.9%A-
0.03A-
D/E
0.60C+
168.6xD
P/E
46.2xC+
2.88C
PEG
0.36A
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
ALAB
AVGO
1406% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
167% above
>60%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~42%/yr
-95%
1-yr DCF upside
-71%
-93%
5-yr DCF upside
-63%
-91%
10-yr DCF upside
-48%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
ALAB
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
Short track record
AVGO
Why this score
Raising its dividend
The companies
ALABAstera Labs, Inc.
Semiconductors · $342.21 · beta 3.69
Why now
Semiconductors · market cap $59.4b. Down 31% from 52-week high of $499.48 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +98% — in hypergrowth territory. 22 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $391.77 (implying +14% upside).
Moat
Net margin 31% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 21% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. $59.4b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Trailing P/E 168.6x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Down 31% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Beta 3.69 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
AVGOBroadcom Inc.
Semiconductors · $361.54 · beta 1.48
Why now
Semiconductors · market cap $1.7T. Down 27% from 52-week high of $495.00 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +24%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.36 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 47 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $531.31 (implying +47% upside).
Moat
Net margin 43% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 44% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 103% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Beta 1.48 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Trailing P/E 46x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. P/S 19.4x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where ALAB and AVGO diverge
The two are effectively level on the headline score. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityALAB 70.3 · AVGO 82.5AVGO +12.2
GrowthALAB 100.0 · AVGO 94.3ALAB +5.7
ValueALAB 50.3 · AVGO 46.0ALAB +4.3
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is AVGO or ALAB the better stock?
AVGO scores higher: AVGO 71.0, ALAB 70.7 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do AVGO and ALAB differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where AVGO leads by 12 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are AVGO and ALAB scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.