ASTS Technology

AST SpaceMobile, Inc.

$37.15+2.26%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 6, 2026

Basics

Sector: Technology
Industry: Communication Equipment
Country: United States
Market cap: 14.5B USD
Enterprise value: 14.2B USD
Full-time employees: 1,126

Overall health

Strength: growing faster than most peersgrowing faster than peers
Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings
Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 2.71 vs a peer median of 0.87)bigger price swings (beta 2.71 vs peers 0.87)
Drawback: more debt relative to equity (1.24× vs a peer median of 0.25×)more debt vs equity (1.24× vs peers 0.25×)
About average: risk (debt, liquidity and share-price swings)risk

Ranks #1,141 of 1,612 technology companies (bottom 30%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Stock-based pay is a large cost. Stock pay was 67% of revenue in 2025.
AST SpaceMobile paid employees $47M in stock in 2025, 67% of its $71M revenue. It doesn't use cash, so it flatters cash flow, but it is a real cost to shareholders through dilution.
Investment surge. Capital spending 1501% of revenue, up from 414% in 2022.
AST SpaceMobile is spending 1501% of revenue on facilities and equipment, up from 414% in 2022. That weighs on free cash flow today; whether it pays off depends on the returns those investments earn.
Growing fast, still losing money. Revenue grew faster than 95% of peers, at an operating loss.
Revenue grew faster than 95% of peers, but the business runs at an operating loss (margin -406%).
More volatile share price. Beta 2.71: tends to move more than the market.
AST SpaceMobile's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 2.71, above the market's 1.0).

StockQuotient Score

40/ 100

Oct 5 40 → Nov 4 40

Valuation

Is the price right?

10/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Earnings yield
▼ EBITDA yield
▼ FCF yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield-4.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.00Sector median: 0.0225 · MAD: 0.0225

EBITDA yield-3.9%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC enterprise value unavailable (debt or EBITDA not reported in standard form) · trailing 12 monthsNegative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price50% base weight · Z-score -1.17Sector median: 0.0423 · MAD: 0.0361

Free cash flow yield-11.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingNegative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price20% base weight · Z-score -1.00Sector median: 0.0274 · MAD: 0.0274

Other data (not scored)

Book yield16.6%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3292 · MAD: 0.1754

Growth

Is it growing?

89/100

Strong

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

12-month revenue up 35.7%

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ 3-yr revenue
▲ Revenue growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

The loss per share widened33% base weight · Z-score -1.13Sector median: 0.1108 · MAD: 0.3050

3-year revenue growth202.5%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score 3.42Sector median: 0.0483 · MAD: 0.0793

Revenue growth706.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score 4.89Sector median: 0.0853 · MAD: 0.1017

Profitability

Does it earn well?

3/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Operating margin
▼ ROA
▼ ROIC

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin-405.7%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC operating income not reported in standard form · fiscal year to Dec 2025Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -7.12Sector median: 0.0631 · MAD: 0.0710

Return on assets-10.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -3.73Sector median: 0.0293 · MAD: 0.0362

Return on invested capital-19.1%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC operating income or invested capital unavailable · trailing 12 monthsReported value33% base weight · Z-score -3.01Sector median: 0.0676 · MAD: 0.0857

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin38.9%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of date · trailing 12 monthsReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3343 · MAD: 0.1632

Return on equity-25.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0753 · MAD: 0.0889

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Moderate

Moderate relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Mixed versus peers:

▲ Current ratio
▼ Beta
▼ Debt / equity

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta2.71

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.51Sector median: 0.8710 · MAD: 0.3700

Current ratio13.05×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score 8.42Sector median: 1.8295 · MAD: 0.6848

Debt / equity1.24×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -4.36Sector median: 0.2495 · MAD: 0.2270

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about AST SpaceMobile

Is AST SpaceMobile getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 10, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 40/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is AST SpaceMobile valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 10/100 against 1,711 technology peers. Earnings yield -4.3% vs a peer median of 2.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -4.3% vs peers 2.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is AST SpaceMobile growing?: Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 89/100 against 1,711 technology peers. 3-year revenue growth 202.5% vs a peer median of 4.8% (stronger than 95% of peers).3-year revenue growth 202.5% vs peers 4.8% (stronger than 95% of peers).
How profitable is AST SpaceMobile?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 3/100 against 1,711 technology peers. Operating margin -405.7% vs a peer median of 6.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).Operating margin -405.7% vs peers 6.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How risky is AST SpaceMobile?: Moderate risk relative to 1,711 technology peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 13.05× vs a peer median of 1.83× (stronger than 95% of peers).Current ratio 13.05× vs peers 1.83× (stronger than 95% of peers). Beta 2.71 vs a peer median of 0.87 (weaker than 100% of peers).Beta 2.71 vs peers 0.87 (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Aug 10, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026

No major changes

Worth watching: AST SpaceMobile is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	84.9M USD	115.3M USD	+35.7%
Net income (12 months)	−487.2M USD	−618.8M USD	+27.0%
Free cash flow (12 months)	−1.3B USD	−1.6B USD	+26.3%
Debt	3.0B USD	3.0B USD	+0.0%
Cash	3.0B USD	2.3B USD	−24.5%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Technology · 320 companies

Valuations in Technology are above their usual range since 2016.

70% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
37% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +5% and earnings +25% (medians): earnings grew faster than prices.
Median price-to-sales is +68% vs the whole market, against a usual +58%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Technology: too few Communication Equipment companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Gross margin	39.0%	51.4%	—	—	—	—
Operating margin	-699.3%	-1054.4%	—	-1756.0%	-405.7%	▲ >999 pts
Net margin	-246.3%	-228.9%	—	-2170.6%	-482.2%	▲ >999 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	-6.9%	-7.2%	-24.3%	-31.4%	-6.8%	▲ 25 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	-8.7%	-8.8%	-41.0%	-44.8%	-14.3%	▲ 31 pts
Free cash flow margin	-767.2%	-1546.1%	—	-2171.9%	-1602.2%	▲ 570 pts
Current ratio	15.71×	9.65×	2.31×	7.90×	16.35×	▲ 107%
Quick ratio	15.64×	9.65×	—	7.89×	16.27×	▲ 106%
Debt to equity	0.01×	0.01×	0.28×	0.24×	0.93×	▲ 292%
Interest coverage	—	-728.82×	-49.41×	-12.98×	-9.05×	▲ 30%

ASTS price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Strength: growing faster than most peersgrowing faster than peers

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 2.71 vs a peer median of 0.87)bigger price swings (beta 2.71 vs peers 0.87)

Drawback: more debt relative to equity (1.24× vs a peer median of 0.25×)more debt vs equity (1.24× vs peers 0.25×)

About average: risk (debt, liquidity and share-price swings)risk

Ranks #1,141 of 1,612 technology companies (bottom 30%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Stock-based pay is a large cost. Stock pay was 67% of revenue in 2025.

AST SpaceMobile paid employees $47M in stock in 2025, 67% of its $71M revenue. It doesn't use cash, so it flatters cash flow, but it is a real cost to shareholders through dilution.

Investment surge. Capital spending 1501% of revenue, up from 414% in 2022.

AST SpaceMobile is spending 1501% of revenue on facilities and equipment, up from 414% in 2022. That weighs on free cash flow today; whether it pays off depends on the returns those investments earn.

Growing fast, still losing money. Revenue grew faster than 95% of peers, at an operating loss.

Revenue grew faster than 95% of peers, but the business runs at an operating loss (margin -406%).

More volatile share price. Beta 2.71: tends to move more than the market.

AST SpaceMobile's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 2.71, above the market's 1.0).

Questions investors ask about AST SpaceMobile

Is AST SpaceMobile getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 10, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 40/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is AST SpaceMobile valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 10/100 against 1,711 technology peers. Earnings yield -4.3% vs a peer median of 2.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -4.3% vs peers 2.2% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is AST SpaceMobile growing?

Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 89/100 against 1,711 technology peers. 3-year revenue growth 202.5% vs a peer median of 4.8% (stronger than 95% of peers).3-year revenue growth 202.5% vs peers 4.8% (stronger than 95% of peers).

How profitable is AST SpaceMobile?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 3/100 against 1,711 technology peers. Operating margin -405.7% vs a peer median of 6.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).Operating margin -405.7% vs peers 6.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How risky is AST SpaceMobile?

Moderate risk relative to 1,711 technology peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 13.05× vs a peer median of 1.83× (stronger than 95% of peers).Current ratio 13.05× vs peers 1.83× (stronger than 95% of peers). Beta 2.71 vs a peer median of 0.87 (weaker than 100% of peers).Beta 2.71 vs peers 0.87 (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

84.9M USD

115.3M USD

+35.7%

Net income (12 months)

−487.2M USD

−618.8M USD

+27.0%

Free cash flow (12 months)

−1.3B USD

−1.6B USD

+26.3%

Debt

3.0B USD

3.0B USD

+0.0%

Cash

3.0B USD

2.3B USD

−24.5%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Gross margin

39.0%

51.4%

—

Operating margin

-699.3%

-1054.4%

—

-1756.0%

-405.7%

▲ >999 pts

Net margin

-246.3%

-228.9%

—

-2170.6%

-482.2%

▲ >999 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

-6.9%

-7.2%

-24.3%

-31.4%

-6.8%

▲ 25 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

-8.7%

-8.8%

-41.0%

-44.8%

-14.3%

▲ 31 pts

Free cash flow margin

-767.2%

-1546.1%

—

-2171.9%

-1602.2%

▲ 570 pts

Current ratio

15.71×

9.65×

2.31×

7.90×

16.35×

▲ 107%

Quick ratio

15.64×

9.65×

—

7.89×

16.27×

▲ 106%

Debt to equity

0.01×

0.28×

0.24×

0.93×

▲ 292%

Interest coverage

—

-728.82×

-49.41×

-12.98×

-9.05×

▲ 30%