Q3 Earnings Estimate for AST SpaceMobile Issued By B. Riley

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS) – B. Riley upped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for AST SpaceMobile in a research report issued on Monday, September 29th. B. Riley analyst M. Crawford now anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($0.11) per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of ($0.12). B. Riley has a “Buy” rating and a $44.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for AST SpaceMobile’s current full-year earnings is ($0.40) per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for AST SpaceMobile’s FY2026 earnings at ($0.39) EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on ASTS. Bank of America began coverage on shares of AST SpaceMobile in a report on Wednesday, June 25th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $55.00 price objective for the company. Scotiabank decreased their price objective on shares of AST SpaceMobile from $45.40 to $42.90 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, August 7th. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of AST SpaceMobile from $37.00 to $60.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Zacks Research upgraded shares of AST SpaceMobile from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, August 18th. Finally, UBS Group cut shares of AST SpaceMobile from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price target for the company from $62.00 to $43.00 in a report on Tuesday, September 9th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $45.27.

AST SpaceMobile Stock Up 16.0%

Shares of NASDAQ ASTS opened at $56.94 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $20.41 billion, a P/E ratio of -30.13 and a beta of 2.42. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $47.82 and a 200 day moving average price of $37.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 8.23 and a current ratio of 8.23. AST SpaceMobile has a 52-week low of $17.50 and a 52-week high of $60.95.

AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 11th. The company reported ($0.41) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.19) by ($0.22). The firm had revenue of $1.16 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.37 million. AST SpaceMobile had a negative net margin of 7,213.90% and a negative return on equity of 26.81%.

Insider Buying and Selling at AST SpaceMobile

In related news, CFO Andrew Martin Johnson sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $52.48, for a total transaction of $1,049,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 397,485 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,860,012.80. This represents a 4.79% 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. Also, CTO Huiwen Yao sold 40,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $40.58, for a total transaction of $1,623,200.00. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 4,750 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $192,755. The trade was a 89.39% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 34.15% of the company’s stock.

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. Alphabet Inc. acquired a new position in AST SpaceMobile during the first quarter worth $203,375,000. Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in AST SpaceMobile by 2.7% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,266,315 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,796,000 after purchasing an additional 33,259 shares during the last quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. boosted its holdings in AST SpaceMobile by 4.1% during the first quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 888,654 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,208,000 after purchasing an additional 34,591 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Voya Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in AST SpaceMobile by 1,992.5% during the first quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 843,554 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,182,000 after purchasing an additional 803,240 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 60.95% of the company’s stock.

About AST SpaceMobile

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.