ALAB vs AVGO vs MITK Stock Comparison

Astera Labs, Broadcom and Mitek Systems Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ALAB Astera Labs, Inc.
$259.51 -28.8% 1M +57.3% 1Y
Market cap
$49.46B
P/E
133.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.20B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
1 win
AVGO Broadcom Inc.
$329.17 -6.7% 1M -7.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.63T
P/E
42.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$89.10B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
5 wins
MITK Mitek Systems Inc
$18.72 +6.0% 1M +93.4% 1Y
Market cap
$828.51M
P/E
36.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$197.90M
Div. yield
–
Identity and Access Management Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Broadcom leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Broadcom 5, Mitek Systems 5, Astera Labs 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionALABAVGOMITKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $49.46B $1.63T $828.51M AVGO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 133.9x 42.7x 36.8x MITK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 69.6x 29.9x 17.3x MITK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +98.5% +48.7% +11.1% ALAB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 30.7% 42.9% 11.4% AVGO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 26.0% 8.5% AVGO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.7x -1.0x MITK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +57.3% -7.0% +93.4% MITK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +44.5%/yr -0.7%/yr AVGO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 98.5% 46.3% 55.0% AVGO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 64/100 73/100 MITK

Percentile Scorecard

ALABAVGOMITK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisALABAVGOMITK
Valuation 9 #87 of 95 44 #54 of 95 85 #19 of 124
Growth 91 #9 of 93 92 #8 of 93 39 #69 of 113
Profitability 79 #20 of 91 93 #7 of 91 92 #10 of 110
Financial Health 92 #9 of 101 35 #66 of 101 73 #36 of 129
Shareholder Returns 35 #49 of 75 57 #33 of 75 77 #16 of 67
Overall 61 64 73
  • ALAB ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • AVGO ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • MITK ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodALABAVGOMITKSPY
1 month -28.8%-6.7%+6.0% -0.8%
3 months -8.1%-14.1%+10.1% +3.5%
6 months +32.0%-21.3%+33.0% +7.0%
Year to date +56.0%-4.9%+77.4% +12.2%
1 year +57.3%-7.0%+93.4% +13.0%
3 years —+292.6%+80.2% +86.3%
3 years, per year —+57.8%+21.7% +23.1%
5 years —+529.3%-3.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year —+44.5%-0.7% +11.0%
10 years —+1,802.7%+168.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year —+34.3%+10.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureALABAVGOMITKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 98.5%46.3%55.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 100.9%48.6%47.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.892.161.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.58-0.151.70 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -63.7%-41.5%-63.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -46.3%-31.6%-7.1% -1.8%
52-week high $483.02$481.57$20.14 $779.14
52-week low $100.27$293.41$8.65 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleALABAVGOMITK
P/E now vs peer median 121.1xmedian 42.1x 41.0xmedian 42.1x 37.5xmedian 38.1x
P/S now vs peer median 37.5xmedian 7.1x 17.6xmedian 7.1x 4.3xmedian 4.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 153.4xmedian 27.5x 31.0xmedian 27.5x 15.1xmedian 35.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 162.7xmedian 37.2x 39.9xmedian 37.2x 17.4xmedian 27.1x
P/B now vs peer median 26.1xmedian 4.2x 15.8xmedian 4.2x 3.4xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.23 1.20median 2.23 1.26median 1.27

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsALABAVGOMITK
Revenue $1.20B $89.10B $197.90M
Gross profit $903.00M $61.28B $165.47M
Operating income $273.45M $42.81B $35.22M
Net income $369.49M $38.27B $22.54M
Free cash flow $276.68M $39.40B $48.61M
R&D $434.25M $11.84B $31.23M
EPS (diluted) $2.02 $7.83 $0.46
Cash & equivalents $111.45M $23.98B $90.05M
Total debt – $59.42B $49.38M
Shares (diluted) 183.34M 4.89B 48.71M
Enterprise value $44.70B $1.56T $268.13M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricALABAVGOMITK
P/E 121.1x 41.0x 37.5x
P/FCF 162.7x 39.9x 17.4x
P/Operating cash flow 134.1x 38.7x 15.7x
P/S 37.5x 17.6x 4.3x
P/B 26.1x 15.8x 3.4x
P/Tangible book 26.1x 21.4x 3.8x
EV/EBITDA 153.4x 31.0x 15.1x
EV/EBIT 160.1x 37.5x 22.5x
EV/Revenue 36.4x 18.0x 4.0x
EV/FCF 158.2x 40.8x 16.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 130.4x 39.5x 14.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.20 1.26

Growth

14 metrics
MetricALABAVGOMITK
Revenue growth (1Y) 98.5% 48.7% 11.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 36.0% 4.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 97.5% 53.0% 8.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 36.3% 2.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 546.3% 89.4% 77.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 39.0% 15.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 268.9% 102.1% 45.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 40.1% 31.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 258.4% 101.0% 39.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 34.1% 29.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 34.8% 59.8% -5.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 31.6% 17.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 31.5% 58.1% -12.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 31.4% 14.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricALABAVGOMITK
Gross margin 75.1% 68.8% 83.6%
EBITDA margin 23.7% 58.2% 26.6%
Operating margin 22.8% 48.0% 17.8%
Pretax margin 26.8% 45.4% 16.0%
Net margin 30.7% 42.9% 11.4%
FCF margin 23.0% 44.2% 24.6%
Operating cash flow margin 27.9% 45.6% 27.1%
Return on equity 23.0% 40.8% 9.2%
Return on assets 20.6% 20.8% 6.2%
Return on invested capital – 26.0% 8.5%
Return on capital employed 16.8% 26.3% 11.7%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.9x 1.1x 2.4x
Stock comp / revenue 16.2% 9.5% 8.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricALABAVGOMITK
Debt / assets – 31.6% 13.4%
Debt / equity – 0.6x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.7x -1.0x
Debt / FCF – 1.5x 1.0x
Liabilities / assets 10.7% 47.0% 31.9%
Equity / assets 89.3% 53.0% 68.1%
Interest coverage – 13.7x 4.9x
Current ratio 10.1x 2.5x 2.7x
Quick ratio 8.8x 2.2x 2.6x
Cash ratio 7.6x 1.2x 1.6x
Altman Z-score 133.45 12.25 5.42

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricALABAVGOMITK
Dividend yield – 0.8% –
Net buyback yield 0.0% 0.5% 2.1%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 1.3% 2.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusALABAVGOMITK
Forward P/E 69.6xFY2026 29.9xFY2026 17.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.73FY2026 $11.01FY2026 $1.08FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +102.7%FY2026 +61.4%FY2026 +13.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +64.9% +68.8% +6.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.01BFY2026 $102.00BFY2026 $185.93MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +135.3%FY2026 +59.7%FY2026 +3.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +46.5% +61.2% +21.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersALABAVGOMITK
Held by institutions 73.6% 78.1% 84.7%
Institutions holding 986 4,796 188
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.8% +3.7% +3.9%
Institutions buying 660 2,635 107
Institutions selling 253 1,842 53
Buyers to sellers 2.61 1.43 2.02

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ALABAVGOMITK
ALAB 1.00 0.54 0.16
AVGO 0.54 1.00 0.11
MITK 0.16 0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ALAB, AVGO and MITK?

Broadcom (AVGO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Astera Labs (ALAB) $49.46B, Broadcom (AVGO) $1.63T, Mitek Systems (MITK) $828.51M.

Which stock is cheaper, ALAB, AVGO and MITK?

Mitek Systems (MITK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Astera Labs (ALAB) 133.9x, Broadcom (AVGO) 42.7x, Mitek Systems (MITK) 36.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Mitek Systems (MITK) is cheapest (Astera Labs (ALAB) 69.6x, Broadcom (AVGO) 29.9x, Mitek Systems (MITK) 17.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Astera Labs (ALAB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Astera Labs (ALAB) +98.5%, Broadcom (AVGO) +48.7%, Mitek Systems (MITK) +11.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Broadcom (AVGO) has the highest net margin (Astera Labs (ALAB) 30.7%, Broadcom (AVGO) 42.9%, Mitek Systems (MITK) 11.4%). On return on invested capital, Broadcom (AVGO) leads (Broadcom (AVGO) 26.0%, Mitek Systems (MITK) 8.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Mitek Systems (MITK) returned the most: Astera Labs (ALAB) +57.3%, Broadcom (AVGO) -7.0%, Mitek Systems (MITK) +93.4%. Over five years, Broadcom (AVGO) compounded fastest (Broadcom (AVGO) +44.5%/yr, Mitek Systems (MITK) -0.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Broadcom (AVGO) has been the steadiest (Astera Labs (ALAB) 98.5%, Broadcom (AVGO) 46.3%, Mitek Systems (MITK) 55.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ALAB, AVGO and MITK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Broadcom (AVGO) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.