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Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB) is one of the 10 Stocks Powering Portfolios by Double Digits.

Astera Labs saw its share prices surge by 27.2 percent week-on-week, as investors loaded portfolios amid expectations of a robust earnings performance for the first quarter of the year.

In a notice to investors, Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB) said that it would report its financial and operating highlights after market close on May 5, 2026, to be accompanied by a conference call to elaborate on the results.

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In its last earnings call, the company issued a highly optimistic outlook for the first quarter of the year, with revenues targeted to grow by 78 percent to 86 percent year-on-year to a range of $286 million to $297 million, versus $159.4 million in the same period a year earlier.

GAAP diluted earnings per share are also expected to at least double to a range of $0.36 to $0.38, as compared with the $0.18 in the same comparable quarter.

Likewise, optimistic sentiment was buoyed by renewed confidence for AI players and the easing tensions in the Middle East.

In other news, Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB) earlier this year announced plans to expand its global engineering operations in Israel with the establishment of an advanced research and development center.

Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB) said that the new design center would accelerate the development of its next-generation scale-up fabrics for high-bandwidth connectivity protocols, while also advancing technical research and development to address memory bottlenecks in AI training and inference applications.

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