AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (ASTS)Technology | Communication Equipment | Midland, United States | NasdaqGS
58.05 USD
-3.39
(-5.518%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 58.09 +0.04 (0.069%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:24 a.m. EDT
The immediate outlook is driven by a stark divergence between the company's precarious financial reality and the market's aggressive speculation on a turnaround. Fundamentally, the business is in distress: it is burning cash at a rapid rate with negative operating cash flow and a massive debt load relative to equity. The valuation metrics are extreme, trading at a forward P/E of -56 and a price-to-book of nearly 11, reflecting a complete disconnect between current earnings and share price. Despite these red flags, the price trajectory over the last five years has been spectacular, surging nearly 370% as the market priced in the potential of the BlueBird satellite network. This optimism is now crystallizing in the options chain, where traders are building substantial call walls at $80 and $100, betting on a successful launch or partnership announcement to drive the stock higher. However, the lack of dividends and the heavy reliance on future execution rather than current profitability mean this is a high-risk, high-reward speculative play rather than a stable investment. The short-term momentum is building on hope, but the long-term fundamentals remain fragile until revenue scales to cover the massive burn rate. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.365320 |
| AutoETS | 0.365326 |
| MSTL | 0.376256 |
| AutoTheta | 0.428759 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 29% |
| H-stat | 7.40 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.476 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.67 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 124.865 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.402 |
| Market Cap | 22,591,172,608 |
| Forward P/E | -47.89 |
| Beta | 2.75 |
| Previous Name | AST & Science, LLC |
| Website | https://ast-science.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:24 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for a significant upside move, evidenced by massive open interest walls at strikes 80, 85, and 100 across multiple expirations. Call volume consistently exceeds open interest at near-the-money strikes, indicating fresh bullish entries. Conversely, put activity shows heavy positioning at lower strikes (35-55) but lacks the aggressive volume spikes seen in calls, suggesting the market views downside protection as less critical than the potential for a breakout.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.26004922 |
| Address1 | Midland International Air & Space Port |
| Address2 | 2,901 Enterprise Lane |
| All Time High | 133.86 |
| All Time Low | 1.97 |
| Ask | 57.82 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 7 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 8,868,130 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 17,275,470 |
| Average Volume | 17,275,470 |
| Average Volume10Days | 8,868,130 |
| Beta | 2.745 |
| Bid | 57.97 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 10 |
| Book Value | 6.319 |
| City | Midland |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 10 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 58.05 |
| Current Ratio | 13.053 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 61.19 |
| Day Low | 57.555 |
| Debt To Equity | 124.865 |
| Display Name | AST SpaceMobile |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,392,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,392,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,392,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,254,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,254,400 |
| Ebitda | -406,319,008 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -45.806 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 161.422 |
| Enterprise Value | 18,611,808,256 |
| Eps Current Year | -1.98488 |
| Eps Forward | -1.21224 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -2.03 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 68.4546 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -10.404598 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.1519927 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 26.004923 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 133.86 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -75.81 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.56633794 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 36.08 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 21.969997 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.6089245 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 36.08 - 133.86 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,572,615,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 266,449,736 |
| Forward Eps | -1.21224 |
| Forward P E | -47.88656 |
| Free Cashflow | -1,799,572,992 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,126 |
| Fullday Change | -3.39 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -5.51758 |
| Fullday Price | 58.09 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.38914 |
| Gross Profits | 44,867,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.07966 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.54651 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 389,167,494 |
| Industry | Communication Equipment |
| Industry Disp | Communication Equipment |
| Industry Key | communication-equipment |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | AST SpaceMobile, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs and develops the constellation of BlueBird satellites in the United States. The company provides a cellular broadband network in space to be accessible directly by smartphones for commercial use and other applications, as well as for government use. 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. |
| Long Name | AST SpaceMobile, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 22,591,172,608 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_557143394 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-08-28 |
| Net Income To Common | -618,761,024 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 18,419,054,899 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 11 |
| Open | 61.04 |
| Operating Cashflow | -144,704,992 |
| Operating Margins | -5.44626 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 432 276 3966 |
| Post Market Change | 0.040000916 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.06890769 |
| Post Market Price | 58.09 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,599 |
| Prev Name | AST & Science, LLC |
| Previous Close | 61.44 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -29.246101 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 9.186581 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 195.93555 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 12.393 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -3.39 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -5.51758 |
| Regular Market Day High | 61.19 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 57.555 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 57.555 - 61.19 |
| Regular Market Open | 61.04 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 61.44 |
| Regular Market Price | 58.05 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 9,387,029 |
| Return On Assets | -0.07643 |
| Return On Equity | -0.45621 |
| Revenue Growth | 26.266 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.402 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 299,789,305 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1917 |
| Shares Short | 57,475,212 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 59,349,055 |
| Short Name | AST SpaceMobile, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.19229999 |
| Short Ratio | 3.77 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | TX |
| Symbol | ASTS |
| Target High Price | 108.0 |
| Target Low Price | 42.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 78.48182 |
| Target Median Price | 80.0 |
| Total Cash | 2,288,252,928 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 7.633 |
| Total Debt | 2,993,731,072 |
| Total Revenue | 115,299,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -2.03 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 81.50807 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -23.458073 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.2878006 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 9,387,029 |
| Website | https://ast-science.com |
| Zip | 79,706 |