Q4 Earnings Estimate for AST SpaceMobile Issued By B. Riley

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS) – Investment analysts at B. Riley reduced their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for shares of AST SpaceMobile in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, November 11th. B. Riley analyst M. Crawford now forecasts that the company will earn ($0.14) per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of ($0.10). 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 Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.14) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.13) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.10) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.08) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.45) EPS.

AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported ($0.45) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.18) by ($0.27). AST SpaceMobile had a negative net margin of 1,639.59% and a negative return on equity of 27.76%. The firm had revenue of $14.74 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.04 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($1.10) earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 1236.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other research firms also recently commented on ASTS. William Blair assumed coverage on AST SpaceMobile in a research note on Thursday, August 21st. They issued a “market perform” rating on the stock. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of AST SpaceMobile in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research lowered AST SpaceMobile from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. Scotiabank cut 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 note on Tuesday, October 7th. Finally, UBS Group lowered shares of AST SpaceMobile from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their target price for the stock from $62.00 to $43.00 in a research report on Tuesday, September 9th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $45.27.

AST SpaceMobile Trading Down 0.1%

NASDAQ ASTS opened at $61.40 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $64.81 and its 200-day moving average is $49.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 9.56 and a quick ratio of 8.23. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -49.52 and a beta of 2.46. AST SpaceMobile has a one year low of $17.50 and a one year high of $102.79.

Insider Activity at AST SpaceMobile

In other AST SpaceMobile news, CFO Andrew Martin Johnson sold 20,000 shares of AST SpaceMobile stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 397,485 shares in the company, valued at $20,860,012.80. The trade was a 4.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available 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 completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 4,750 shares in the company, valued at $192,755. The trade was a 89.39% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 30.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On AST SpaceMobile

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Rakuten Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of AST SpaceMobile during the 1st quarter valued at about $705,398,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in AST SpaceMobile by 13.4% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 19,919,888 shares of the company’s stock valued at $977,668,000 after acquiring an additional 2,351,539 shares during the last quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC grew its position 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 valued at $19,182,000 after acquiring an additional 803,240 shares during the last quarter. Jump Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of AST SpaceMobile during the first quarter worth approximately $14,750,000. Finally, Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd bought a new stake in shares of AST SpaceMobile in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $21,754,000. 60.95% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.