William Blair Forecasts AST SpaceMobile Q3 Earnings

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTS) – Stock analysts at William Blair issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of AST SpaceMobile in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, August 21st. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.15) for the quarter. William Blair has a “Market Perform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for AST SpaceMobile’s current full-year earnings is ($0.40) per share. William Blair also issued estimates for AST SpaceMobile’s Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.13) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.87) EPS and FY2026 earnings at ($0.54) EPS.

AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 11th. The company reported ($0.41) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.37 million.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on ASTS. Roth Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of AST SpaceMobile in a research note on Tuesday, August 12th. Scotiabank decreased their price objective on shares of AST SpaceMobile from $45.40 to $42.90 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Oppenheimer started coverage on AST SpaceMobile in a research note on Monday, May 5th. They issued a “market perform” rating on the stock. UBS Group lifted their price target on AST SpaceMobile from $38.00 to $62.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Finally, Bank of America began coverage on AST SpaceMobile in a research note on Wednesday, June 25th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $55.00 price target on the stock. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $48.41.

AST SpaceMobile Price Performance

ASTS stock opened at $50.01 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 8.23, a current ratio of 8.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. AST SpaceMobile has a 12 month low of $17.50 and a 12 month high of $60.95. The firm has a market cap of $17.93 billion, a P/E ratio of -26.46 and a beta of 2.33. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $49.49 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $34.62.

Institutional Trading of AST SpaceMobile

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp bought a new stake in shares of AST SpaceMobile during the second quarter worth about $28,000. Binnacle Investments Inc bought a new stake in AST SpaceMobile during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $33,000. Chapman Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in AST SpaceMobile during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $38,000. Spire Wealth Management bought a new stake in AST SpaceMobile during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $45,000. Finally, Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of AST SpaceMobile in the second quarter worth $47,000. 60.95% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other AST SpaceMobile news, President Scott Wisniewski sold 50,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.65, for a total transaction of $1,782,500.00. Following the sale, the president owned 545,595 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,450,461.75. The trade was a 8.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, COO Shanti B. Gupta sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $41.84, for a total transaction of $418,400.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 305,667 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,789,107.28. The trade was a 3.17% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 129,250 shares of company stock valued at $4,671,650. 41.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.