Astera Labs Tops Targets, But Stock Drops On Margin Concerns

For the current quarter, Astera Labs expects to earn an adjusted 51 cents a share on sales of $249 million. That's based on the midpoint of its guidance. Wall Street was looking for earnings of 42 cents a share on sales of $216.8 million in the December quarter. In the fourth quarter last year, it earned an adjusted 37 cents a share on sales of $141.1 million. However, on a conference call with analysts, Chief Financial Officer Mike Tate reportedly mentioned that gross margins will contract from their curre ...