AST SpaceMobile Inc (NASDAQ: ASTS) Stock: Instant Disaster Or Awesome Opportunity?

In the last trading session, 9.5 million shares of the AST SpaceMobile Inc (NASDAQ:ASTS) were traded, and its beta was 1.59. Most recently the company’s share price was $27.11, and it changed around $1.03 or 3.95% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $7.85B. ASTS currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $39.08, offering almost -44.15% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $1.97, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 92.73% since then.

AST SpaceMobile Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.00. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 6 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 2 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 0 recommended ASTS as a Hold, whereas 4 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. AST SpaceMobile Inc is expected to report earnings per share of -0.18 for the current quarter.

AST SpaceMobile Inc (NASDAQ:ASTS) trade information

Instantly ASTS has showed a green trend with a performance of 3.95% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 30.99 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 12.52%. The company’s shares are currently up 28.48% year-to-date, but still down -5.34% over the last five days. On the other hand, AST SpaceMobile Inc (NASDAQ:ASTS) is 52.99% up in the 30-day period.

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $63, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 56.97% from its current value. Analyst projections state that ASTS is forecast to be at a low of $63 and a high of $63.

Consensus estimates provided by 3 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 2.38M in revenue for the current quarter. 2 analysts expect AST SpaceMobile Inc to make 80M in revenue for the current ending quarter. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 15,900.00%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -80.78%. AST SpaceMobile Inc earnings are expected to increase by -64.78% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 38.28% per year for the next five years.

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AST SpaceMobile Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in April.

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Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and iShares Russell 2000 ETF were the top two Mutual Funds as of Sep 30, 2024 . The former held 4.09 shares worth $110.96 million, making up 2.04% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, iShares Russell 2000 ETF held roughly 3.61 shares worth around $97.9 million, which represents about 1.80% of the total shares outstanding.