In the last trading session, 6.76 million shares of the AST SpaceMobile Inc (NASDAQ:ASTS) were traded, and its beta was 1.78. Most recently the company’s share price was $25.71, and it changed around $1.02 or 4.13% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $8.14B. ASTS currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $39.08, offering almost -52.0% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $1.97, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 92.34% since then. We note from AST SpaceMobile Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 9.47 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 11.68 million.
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 (NASDAQ:ASTS) trade information
Instantly ASTS has showed a green trend with a performance of 4.13% 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 28.72 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 10.48%. The company’s shares are currently up 21.85% year-to-date, but still down -8.67% over the last five days. On the other hand, AST SpaceMobile Inc (NASDAQ:ASTS) is -18.72% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 45.28 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 3.16 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $47.9, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 46.33% from its current value. Analyst projections state that ASTS is forecast to be at a low of $47.9 and a high of $47.9.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -80.92%.
ASTS Dividends
AST SpaceMobile Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Mar-02.
AST SpaceMobile Inc (NASDAQ:ASTS)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 23.89% of AST SpaceMobile Inc shares, and 33.65% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 44.21%. AST SpaceMobile Inc stock is held by 344.0 institutions, with BLACKROCK INC. being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 7.0583% of the shares, which is about 8.57 million shares worth $99.52 million.
VANGUARD GROUP INC, with 5.5045% or 6.69 million shares worth $77.61 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
