Financial Analysis: Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) versus Astera Labs (NASDAQ:ALAB)

Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) and Astera Labs (NASDAQ:ALAB) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Beam Global and Astera Labs’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beam Global	-25.27%	-29.07%	-19.18%
Astera Labs	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Beam Global and Astera Labs, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beam Global	0	1	3	0	2.75
Astera Labs	0	0	11	0	3.00

Beam Global presently has a consensus price target of $16.33, indicating a potential upside of 241.70%. Astera Labs has a consensus price target of $71.36, indicating a potential upside of 40.81%. Given Beam Global’s higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Beam Global is more favorable than Astera Labs.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Beam Global and Astera Labs”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beam Global	$65.89 million	1.05	-$16.06 million	($1.30)	-3.68
Astera Labs	$229.55 million	34.38	-$26.26 million	N/A	N/A

Beam Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Astera Labs.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

26.6% of Beam Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Beam Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Astera Labs beats Beam Global on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Beam Global

Beam Global, a clean-technology innovation company, engages in the design, development, engineering, manufacture, and sale of renewably energized infrastructure products and battery solutions. Its product portfolio includes EV ARC (electric vehicle autonomous renewable charger), an infrastructure product that uses integrated solar power and battery storage to provide a mounting asset and a source of power for factory installed electric vehicle charging stations; Solar Tree DCFC, an off-grid, renewably energized, and single-column mounted smart generation and energy storage system to provide a 150kW DC fast charge to one or more electric vehicles, such as electric buses, heavy-duty vehicles, agricultural equipment, public transportation, and electric vehicles used in the construction industry; and EV ARC DCFC, a DC fast charging system for charging EVs. The company is also involved in the development of EV-Standard, a lamp standard, EV charging, and emergency power product that uses an existing streetlamp's foundation and a combination of solar, wind, grid connection, and onboard energy storage to provide curbside charging; and UAV ARC, an off-grid and renewably energized product and network used to charge aerial drone (UAV) fleets. It offers its solutions for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, energy storage, energy security, disaster preparedness, street lighting, telecommunications, energy infrastructure, and outdoor media and branding industries. The company was formerly known as Envision Solar International, Inc. and changed its name to Beam Global in September 2020. Beam Global was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

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.