AMD vs TSM vs ALAB Stock Comparison

Advanced Micro Devices, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and Astera Labs Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc
$531.28 -15.8% 1M +110.1% 1Y
Market cap
$914.36B
P/E
142.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$41.31B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
3 wins
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

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing 7, Advanced Micro Devices 3, Astera Labs 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMDTSMALABLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $914.36B $2.27T $49.46B TSM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 142.1x 28.8x 133.9x TSM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 72.0x 25.2x 69.6x TSM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +39.5% +34.4% +98.5% ALAB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.6% 55.0% 30.7% TSM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.0% 33.4% — TSM
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.0x -1.0x — AMD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +110.1% +43.9% +57.3% AMD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +34.2%/yr +30.1%/yr — AMD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 68.4% 39.2% 98.5% TSM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 74/100 61/100 TSM

Percentile Scorecard

AMDTSMALAB

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

AxisAMDTSMALAB
Valuation 28 #69 of 95 67 #32 of 95 9 #87 of 95
Growth 96 #5 of 93 87 #13 of 93 91 #9 of 93
Profitability 67 #31 of 91 92 #8 of 91 79 #20 of 91
Financial Health 68 #33 of 101 69 #32 of 101 92 #9 of 101
Shareholder Returns 41 #45 of 75 54 #35 of 75 35 #49 of 75
Overall 60 74 61
  • AMD ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • TSM ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • ALAB ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAMDTSMALABSPY
1 month -15.8%-5.8%-28.8% -0.8%
3 months +7.3%+6.3%-8.1% +3.5%
6 months +58.8%+4.8%+32.0% +7.0%
Year to date +148.1%+39.7%+56.0% +12.2%
1 year +110.1%+43.9%+57.3% +13.0%
3 years +450.9%+393.5%— +86.3%
3 years, per year +76.7%+70.3%— +23.1%
5 years +334.5%+273.1%— +68.6%
5 years, per year +34.2%+30.1%— +11.0%
10 years +7,187.8%+1,259.8%— +258.0%
10 years, per year +53.6%+29.8%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAMDTSMALABSPY
Volatility, 1Y 68.4%39.2%98.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 65.6%39.1%100.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.212.133.89 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.611.120.58 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.4%-57.1%-63.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.2%-12.7%-46.3% -1.8%
52-week high $649.42$485.91$483.02 $779.14
52-week low $190.95$275.06$100.27 $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.

MultipleAMDTSMALAB
P/E now vs peer median 134.8xmedian 42.1x 28.0xmedian 42.1x 121.1xmedian 42.1x
P/S now vs peer median 21.0xmedian 7.1x 15.4xmedian 7.1x 37.5xmedian 7.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 90.1xmedian 27.5x 20.6xmedian 27.5x 153.4xmedian 27.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 103.7xmedian 37.2x 26.0xmedian 37.2x 162.7xmedian 37.2x
P/B now vs peer median 12.9xmedian 4.2x 10.9xmedian 4.2x 26.1xmedian 4.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.25median 2.23 0.79median 2.23 —median 2.23

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 monthsAMDTSMALAB
Revenue $41.31B $142.94B $1.20B
Gross profit $21.98B $91.71B $903.00M
Operating income $6.49B $80.08B $273.45M
Net income $6.43B $74.55B $369.49M
Free cash flow $8.37B $84.59B $276.68M
R&D $9.39B $8.68B $434.25M
EPS (diluted) $3.88 $15.16 $2.02
Cash & equivalents $5.09B $98.36B $111.45M
Total debt $12.89B $22.36B –
Shares (diluted) 1.66B 5.19B 183.34M
Enterprise value $871.11B $1.89T $44.70B

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
MetricAMDTSMALAB
P/E 134.8x 28.0x 121.1x
P/FCF 103.7x 26.0x 162.7x
P/Operating cash flow 86.0x 26.0x 134.1x
P/S 21.0x 15.4x 37.5x
P/B 12.9x 10.9x 26.1x
P/Tangible book 16.8x 10.9x 26.1x
EV/EBITDA 90.1x 20.6x 153.4x
EV/EBIT 132.1x 26.3x 160.1x
EV/Revenue 20.8x 14.7x 36.4x
EV/FCF 102.5x 24.9x 158.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 85.0x 24.9x 130.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.25 0.79 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMDTSMALAB
Revenue growth (1Y) 39.5% 34.4% 98.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 23.6% 25.3% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 55.9% 47.2% 97.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 32.0% 29.2% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 186.2% 52.1% 546.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 167.6% 32.0% –
Net income growth (1Y) 127.0% 57.8% 268.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 537.7% 33.5% –
EPS growth (1Y) 123.1% 80.8% 258.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 533.6% 35.6% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 106.7% 27.1% 34.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 61.4% 21.4% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 106.9% 27.1% 31.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 64.9% 21.4% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMDTSMALAB
Gross margin 53.2% 64.2% 75.1%
EBITDA margin 23.0% 71.4% 23.7%
Operating margin 15.7% 56.0% 22.8%
Pretax margin 18.3% 60.0% 26.8%
Net margin 15.6% 55.0% 30.7%
FCF margin 20.3% 59.2% 23.0%
Operating cash flow margin 24.4% 59.2% 27.9%
Return on equity 9.8% 37.3% 23.0%
Return on assets 7.8% 7.1% 20.6%
Return on invested capital 8.0% 33.4% –
Return on capital employed 9.3% 8.4% 16.8%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.1x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.1x 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 4.6% 0.0% 16.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMDTSMALAB
Debt / assets 3.8% 2.3% –
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.0x –
Net debt / EBITDA -1.0x -1.0x –
Debt / FCF 0.4x 0.1x –
Liabilities / assets 20.4% 31.4% 10.7%
Equity / assets 79.6% 68.6% 89.3%
Interest coverage 44.1x 191.8x –
Current ratio 2.6x 2.5x 10.1x
Quick ratio 1.7x 2.0x 8.8x
Cash ratio 1.1x 1.8x 7.6x
Altman Z-score 31.29 17.43 133.45

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMDTSMALAB
Dividend yield – 0.9% –
Net buyback yield 0.0% – 0.0%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 0.9% 0.0%
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.

ConsensusAMDTSMALAB
Forward P/E 72.0xFY2026 25.2xFY2026 69.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.38FY2026 $16.82FY2026 $3.73FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +77.0%FY2026 +60.3%FY2026 +102.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +112.7% +40.1% +64.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $53.09BFY2026 $178.59BFY2026 $2.01BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +53.3%FY2026 +48.0%FY2026 +135.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +60.7% +41.0% +46.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMDTSMALAB
Held by institutions 72.5% 14.8% 73.6%
Institutions holding 3,991 3,568 986
Change in shares held, QoQ +10.7% -0.6% +5.8%
Institutions buying 2,270 1,902 660
Institutions selling 1,456 1,292 253
Buyers to sellers 1.56 1.47 2.61

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.

AMDTSMALAB
AMD 1.00 0.67 0.63
TSM 0.67 1.00 0.56
ALAB 0.63 0.56 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMD, TSM and ALAB?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) $914.36B, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) $2.27T, Astera Labs (ALAB) $49.46B.

Which stock is cheaper, AMD, TSM and ALAB?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 142.1x, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) 28.8x, Astera Labs (ALAB) 133.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) is cheapest (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 72.0x, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) 25.2x, Astera Labs (ALAB) 69.6x). 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: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) +39.5%, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) +34.4%, Astera Labs (ALAB) +98.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) has the highest net margin (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 15.6%, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) 55.0%, Astera Labs (ALAB) 30.7%). On return on invested capital, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) leads (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 8.0%, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) 33.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) returned the most: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) +110.1%, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) +43.9%, Astera Labs (ALAB) +57.3%. Over five years, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) compounded fastest (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) +34.2%/yr, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) +30.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) has been the steadiest (Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) 68.4%, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) 39.2%, Astera Labs (ALAB) 98.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMD, TSM and ALAB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) leads on 7. 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.