Q2 EPS Estimates for AST SpaceMobile Cut by Roth Capital

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital reduced their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for AST SpaceMobile in a research report issued on Wednesday, May 14th. Roth Capital analyst S. Searle now expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.14) per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of ($0.13). Roth Capital currently has a “Buy” rating and a $42.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for AST SpaceMobile’s current full-year earnings is ($0.40) per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for AST SpaceMobile’s Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.16) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.23) EPS, FY2026 earnings at ($0.88) EPS and FY2027 earnings at ($0.27) EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on ASTS. Oppenheimer started coverage on shares of AST SpaceMobile in a report on Monday, May 5th. They set a “market perform” rating for the company. Scotiabank decreased their price objective on shares of AST SpaceMobile from $47.90 to $45.40 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of AST SpaceMobile from $31.00 to $38.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and set a $30.00 price objective on shares of AST SpaceMobile in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $42.40.

AST SpaceMobile Trading Up 1.6%

ASTS opened at $26.66 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a current ratio of 5.80 and a quick ratio of 5.80. The company has a market cap of $8.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -12.58 and a beta of 2.05. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $24.39 and a 200 day simple moving average of $24.51. AST SpaceMobile has a fifty-two week low of $4.00 and a fifty-two week high of $39.08.

AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 12th. The company reported ($0.20) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.17) by ($0.03). The company had revenue of $0.72 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.85 million.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Rakuten Group Inc. acquired a new position in AST SpaceMobile during the first quarter worth $705,398,000. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in AST SpaceMobile by 49.4% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 14,987,351 shares of the company’s stock worth $316,233,000 after purchasing an additional 4,955,941 shares during the last quarter. Alphabet Inc. acquired a new position in AST SpaceMobile during the first quarter worth $203,375,000. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in AST SpaceMobile by 7.0% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,496,825 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,801,000 after purchasing an additional 229,759 shares during the last quarter. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in AST SpaceMobile during the fourth quarter worth $59,523,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 60.95% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Julio A. Torres sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $30.73, for a total transaction of $614,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 52,628 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,617,258.44. This represents a 27.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 34.15% of the company’s stock.

AST SpaceMobile Company Profile

AST SpaceMobile, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, develops and provides access to a space-based cellular broadband network for smartphones in the United States. Its SpaceMobile service provides cellular broadband services to end-users who are out of terrestrial cellular coverage. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.