Short interest on ALAB sees a significant decrease on 2025-12-31

Daniel Torres

Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Astera Labs Inc shares valued at $1,784,071 were sold by Mazzara Philip on Jan 02 ’26. At $178.41 per share, Mazzara Philip sold 10,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 137,040 shares worth approximately $24.12 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, PHILIP MAZZARA purchased 30,000 shares, netting a total of over 4,990,800 in proceeds.

Before that, ALBA MANUEL had sold 33,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $5,483,981, the Director traded Astera Labs Inc shares for $166.18 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 33,000 shares, worth approximately $62.11 million.

As published in their initiating research note from RBC Capital Mkts on January 15, 2026, Astera Labs Inc [ALAB] has been an Outperform. As of November 20, 2025, BNP Paribas Exane has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for ALAB. Earlier on November 17, 2025, Northland Capital upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for ALAB stock which previously was a “a Market perform”.

Analyzing ALAB Stock Performance

On last trading session, Astera Labs Inc [NASDAQ: ALAB] plunged -4.21% to $176.01. The stock’s lowest price that day was $165.3, but it reached a high of $184.88 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -2.52%. Over the course of the year, Astera Labs Inc shares have jumped approximately 32.04%.

Is Astera Labs Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Astera Labs Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.37 million shares to 11.71 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 12.08 million shares. A decline of -3.16% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.2 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.2.

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In terms of Astera Labs Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 200 in the next 12 months, up nearly 8.84% from the previous closing price of $183.75. Analysts anticipate Astera Labs Inc stock to reach 225 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 165. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Astera Labs Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On November 05, 2025, TD Cowen assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $170.

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