Roth Capital Forecasts AST SpaceMobile Q1 Earnings

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of AST SpaceMobile in a report released on Thursday, April 10th. Roth Capital analyst S. Searle expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.15) per share for the quarter. Roth Capital has a “Buy” rating and a $42.00 price objective 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 Q2 2025 earnings at ($0.13) EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.15) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.15) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.58) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.23) EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at ($0.22) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at ($0.22) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.20) EPS, FY2026 earnings at ($0.87) EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at ($0.16) EPS, FY2027 earnings at ($0.26) EPS, FY2028 earnings at $0.75 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $1.85 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on ASTS. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $30.00 price target on shares of AST SpaceMobile in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. Scotiabank reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of AST SpaceMobile in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price target on AST SpaceMobile from $31.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $42.82.

AST SpaceMobile Stock Down 1.6 %

Shares of ASTS opened at $22.91 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 5.80, a quick ratio of 5.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. AST SpaceMobile has a 12 month low of $1.99 and a 12 month high of $39.08. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $26.78 and its 200-day moving average is $24.70. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.25 billion, a PE ratio of -10.81 and a beta of 1.81.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On AST SpaceMobile

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in ASTS. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in AST SpaceMobile by 49.4% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 14,987,351 shares of the company’s stock valued at $316,233,000 after buying an additional 4,955,941 shares in the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of AST SpaceMobile in the 4th quarter valued at $59,523,000. Key Colony Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of AST SpaceMobile by 204.1% during the 1st quarter. Key Colony Management LLC now owns 596,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,553,000 after acquiring an additional 400,000 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its position in AST SpaceMobile by 14.8% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,091,577 shares of the company’s stock worth $80,845,000 after acquiring an additional 399,713 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in AST SpaceMobile by 9.4% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,267,066 shares of the company’s stock worth $85,450,000 after acquiring an additional 281,749 shares during the last quarter. 60.95% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other AST SpaceMobile news, Director Julio A. Torres sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The stock was 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,617,258.44. The trade was a 27.54 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 41.80% 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.