AST SpaceMobile (ASTS)
Communication Services · Satellite Communications · NASDAQ
AST SpaceMobile is developing a space-based cellular broadband network to provide direct-to-smartphone connectivity globally.
What AST SpaceMobile does
AST SpaceMobile is building a global space-based cellular broadband network designed to provide direct-to-smartphone connectivity. The company aims to partner with mobile network operators to extend their coverage areas and eliminate dead zones, using a fleet of low-earth-orbit satellites capable of communicating with standard, unmodified mobile devices.
Themes: space broadband, satellite communications, direct-to-device connectivity
Fundamentals
- Price$56.93 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$22.2B as of 2026-08-06 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return-29.9% 2025-10-08 close $81.20 → 2026-10-08 close $56.93
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-2170.6% FY2024, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+51.4% FY2022, SEC XBRL
- ROE-14.3% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity1.43 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+23.4% SEC XBRL
- Beta2.49 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-08-10 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How ASTS compares in its sector
- net profit marginbottom 10% 127 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating marginbottom 25% 123 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-09-03
- gross marginmiddle range 25 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitymiddle range 113 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 25% 123 covered Communication Services peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 10% 115 covered Communication Services peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Communication Services companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
How AST SpaceMobile looks technically
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) is trading 29.3% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 52 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 9, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 43, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 3 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It just made a new 20-day low, its first since 2026-09-01, breaking below its recent trading range. It is 57.5% below its highest point of the past year. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 2% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 29.3% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -29.3% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $63.00 | $63.00 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $80.53 | $80.53 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 9 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 9 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part upward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes above 65.47. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave upward correction, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 52 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 52 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 9, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 9.2 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 43, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 43.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($55.42 to $65.47) — its "stochastic" reading is 15 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 15.0 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 3 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 3 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $133.86 | $133.86 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 57.5% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -57.5% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 15.5% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +15.4% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 57.5% below its highest point of the past year | 57.5% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day low, its first since 2026-09-01, breaking below its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 51 trading days ago | 51 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $133.86 (set on 2026-05-28) | $133.86 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($50.70 to $133.09), and it has given back almost all of its rise from last year’s low — 92% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $79.54 to $82.17. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 92.4% |
| From the all-time high | it is 57.5% below its all-time high | -57.5% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.3% above a support level at $55.60 — a price it turned at twice since 2025-08-12, most recently on 2026-09-01. Since 2024-10-08 it has 6 such levels below the current price and 7 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -2.3% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $1.97 (set on 2024-04-02) | $1.97 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 2789.8% above its all-time low | +2,790% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 2% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 2nd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $4.17 between its high and its low — about 7.3% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $4.17 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $56.36 and $63.79 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $56.36 – $60.07 – $63.79 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 7.3% in a typical session — more volatile than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 7.3% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 5.7 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (29.3% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 5.7 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.72× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 2.1% since the prior reading | -2.1% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | 8 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 8 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 2.3% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | -2.3% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.3% below the previous close today and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 60.65 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -2.3% |
| Gap filled | a 2.7% gap up opened on 2026-10-06 has been "filled" today — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 2 sessions to close | today |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -9.81% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 14.9 percentage points (the stock lost 13.9% while the market gained 1.0%) | -14.9% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 27.9 percentage points (the stock lost 24.0% while the market gained 3.8%) | -27.9% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 57.4 percentage points (the stock lost 40.0% while the market gained 17.5%) | -57.4% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 44.9 percentage points (the stock lost 29.9% while the market gained 15.0%) | -44.9% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: MACD momentum is positive, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day low, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 10% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thick, spanning 15.6% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | -10.2% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 32% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $83.77 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -32.0% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 8% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-15 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $61.83 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 61 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -7.9% |
Symmetrical triangle, either side — broke out · the lower entry $57.42 · 70 sessions in
Price levels it has turned at before
ASTS last closed at $56.93 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 6 prices below its last close and 7 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $55.60 | Support | 2.3% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-08-12 to 2026-09-01 |
| $53.11 | Support | 6.7% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-08-26 to 2026-07-29 |
| $61.17 | Resistance | 7.5% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-07-21 to 2025-12-17 |
| $63.58 | Resistance | 11.7% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-05-05 to 2026-06-25 |
| $66.94 | Resistance | 17.6% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-10-22 to 2026-09-08 |
| $42.22 | Support | 25.8% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-07-09 to 2025-08-20 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part upward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $65.47.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
This reading has stood for 5 trading days, since 2026-10-02.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke down to a new 20-day low · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · trendless / choppy (low ADX) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (2.69 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 12 analysts
- Mean price target$77.94 range $42.50 – $108.00; median $79.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-05. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for ASTS
- Consensus EPS estimate-$0.4425 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-05
- Estimate change, 30 days-$0.09127 from -$0.3512, on 2026-09-01, 34-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 7 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["substantial operating losses and history of unprofitability","significant capital requirements for satellite deployment and network operations","technological and regulatory risks associated with satellite space-based communications systems"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of ASTS's 10-Q filed 2026-08-10 against the prior one filed 2026-05-11.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing adds 'and governmental entities' to the bullet about negotiating definitive agreements with Mobile Network Operators (newer filed 2026-08-10).
- Newer filing refers to 'Sound Point Credit Agreement' where older filing referred to 'Sound Point Credit Facility' (newer filed 2026-08-10).
- Removed:
- Older filing includes the term '("Block 2 BB satellites")' in the bullet about timing of assembly, integration and testing of next generation commercial BB satellites, which is absent in the newer filing (older filed 2026-05-11).
- Reworded:
- The newer filing changes 'Sound Point Credit Facility' to 'Sound Point Credit Agreement' (newer filed 2026-08-10 vs. older filed 2026-05-11).
- Notes:
- The provided excerpts end mid-sentence in both filings; only changes within the provided text portions are reported.
- The page number at the bottom of each excerpt differs (26 vs. 24), which is a formatting change but not a textual MD&A change.
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-08-10) adds 'Loss on Involuntary Conversion' as a separate component of results of operations, stating it consists of the loss recognized for the asset write-off of the BB7 satellite, net of related insurance recoveries.
- Newer filing (2026-08-10) adds 'losses on disposal of property and equipment' as an item included in Other (Expense) Income, Net.
- Newer filing (2026-08-10) Noncontrolling Interest disclosure is updated to as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, stating the noncontrolling interest was approximately 23.0% and 23.9%, respectively, and describing the decrease during the six months ended June 30, 2026 as a result of the issuance of Class A Common Stock (text appears truncated).
- Removed:
- Older filing (2026-05-11) did not include a 'Loss on Involuntary Conversion' component of results of operations.
- Older filing (2026-05-11) did not list 'losses on disposal of property and equipment' within Other (Expense) Income, Net.
- Older filing (2026-05-11) Noncontrolling Interest disclosure was as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, stating the noncontrolling interest was approximately 23.1% and 23.9%, respectively, and describing the decrease during the three months ended March 31, 2026 as a result of the issuance of Class A Common Stock in connection with the repurchase of a portion of the 2032 4.25% Convertible Notes and 2032 2.375% Convertible Notes.
- Reworded:
- Israel operating expenses percentage changed from approximately 7% in the older filing (2026-05-11) to approximately 5% in the newer filing (2026-08-10).
- Factors Affecting Comparability: older filing (2026-05-11) stated 'initiate the limited, noncontinuous SpaceMobile Service in certain targeted geographical markets', while newer filing (2026-08-10) states 'initiate the SpaceMobile Service'.
- Factors Affecting Comparability: older filing (2026-05-11) stated 'complete the development and introduction of the next generation of satellites', while newer filing (2026-08-10) states 'complete the development of the next generation of satellites'.
- Factors Affecting Comparability: newer filing (2026-08-10) removes 'and recognize the asset write-off of the Block 2 BB7 satellite' that was present in the older filing (2026-05-11).
- Services Revenues heading and text: older filing (2026-05-11) used singular 'Service revenues' while newer filing (2026-08-10) uses plural 'Services revenues'.
- Engineering Services Costs: older filing (2026-05-11) stated 'Engineering services costs consist primarily of...' while newer filing (2026-08-10) states 'Engineering services costs primarily consist of...'.
- Research and Development Costs: older filing (2026-05-11) stated 'R&D costs consist principally of development activities...' while newer filing (2026-08-10) states 'R&D costs primarily consist of development activities...'.
- Notes:
- The newer filing text appears truncated in the Noncontrolling Interest section.
- The older filing text appears truncated in the Noncontrolling Interest section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
3 open-market purchases and 2 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 2 sells ($3M) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-043 buys ($619200) · 2 sells ($3M) — 1 buying, 2 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-043 buys ($619200) · 8 sells ($284M) — 1 buying, 5 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net buying (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-16. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about ASTS's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding ASTS as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 50,504,701
- Reported value $4,487,847,788
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 1 new, 3 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
ASTS had 65,261,118 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for ASTS because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 65,261,118
- Prior settlement (shares) 64,140,398
- Reported change 1.75%
- Days to cover (reported) 6.93
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Frequently asked questions
What does AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) do?
AST SpaceMobile is building a global space-based cellular broadband network designed to provide direct-to-smartphone connectivity. The company aims to partner with mobile network operators to extend their coverage areas and eliminate dead zones, using a fleet of low-earth-orbit satellites capable of communicating with standard, unmodified mobile devices.
What sector is AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) in?
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) is classified in the Communication Services sector. Its industry is Satellite Communications. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are AST SpaceMobile's (ASTS) competitors?
Notable peers of AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) include Iridium Communications, Globalstar, SpaceX (Starlink), OneWeb and Amazon (Project Kuiper). This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) overbought or oversold right now?
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 43, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on ASTS come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.