Q3 Earnings Estimate for AST SpaceMobile Issued By B. Riley

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS) – Equities research analysts at B. Riley raised their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of AST SpaceMobile in a report released on Thursday, October 23rd. B. Riley analyst M. Crawford now forecasts that the company will post earnings of ($0.10) per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of ($0.11). 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 Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.10) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.34) EPS.

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 the consensus estimate of ($0.19) by ($0.22). AST SpaceMobile had a negative return on equity of 26.81% and a negative net margin of 7,213.90%.The company had revenue of $1.16 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.37 million.

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on ASTS. UBS Group cut shares of AST SpaceMobile from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price target for the stock from $62.00 to $43.00 in a report on Tuesday, September 9th. William Blair started coverage on AST SpaceMobile in a research note on Thursday, August 21st. They set a “market perform” rating for the company. Scotiabank downgraded shares of AST SpaceMobile from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector underperform” rating and set a $42.90 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Tuesday, October 7th. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of AST SpaceMobile in a report on Friday. Finally, Barclays cut shares of AST SpaceMobile from an “overweight” rating to an “underweight” rating and set a $60.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and four have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average price target of $45.27.

AST SpaceMobile Trading Up 2.8%

NASDAQ:ASTS opened at $73.70 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $57.61 and its 200-day moving average is $44.47. AST SpaceMobile has a 52 week low of $17.50 and a 52 week high of $102.79. The firm has a market cap of $26.42 billion, a P/E ratio of -38.99 and a beta of 2.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 8.23 and a current ratio of 8.23.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AST SpaceMobile

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp acquired a new position in shares of AST SpaceMobile in the second quarter worth about $28,000. Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its position in AST SpaceMobile by 61.9% during the first quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 1,321 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 505 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in shares of AST SpaceMobile by 225.0% in the third quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 650 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 450 shares during the last quarter. Binnacle Investments Inc acquired a new position in AST SpaceMobile in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AST SpaceMobile by 388.7% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,559 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 1,240 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 60.95% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other AST SpaceMobile news, CFO Andrew Martin Johnson sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $20,860,012.80. This trade represents a 4.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CTO Huiwen Yao sold 40,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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. This trade represents a 89.39% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 41.80% 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.