With 7.56 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 10.52 million shares. During the session, the Communication Equipment company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $25.155 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $24.34. The 52-week range on ASTS shows that it touched its highest point at $39.08 and its lowest point at $4.65 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $41.77. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.04.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of ASTS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.00%, but this was up by 2.19% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -9.03% while six-month performance rose 2.65%. The stock gained 498.55% in the past year, while it has gained 17.44% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ASTS yields -2.00 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.57. For the next quarter, that number is -0.23. This implies an EPS growth rate of 51.80% for this year and 38.54% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 236.92 million ASTS shares are outstanding with a float of 161.91 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-04-30, short shares totaled 42.5 million, which was 1781.9999 higher than short shares on 1743379200. In addition to Mr. Abel Avellan as the firm’s Founder, Chairman & CEO, Mr. Scott Wisniewski serves as its President & Chief Strategy Officer.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-31, ASTS reported revenue of $718000.0 and operating income of $-62963000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $-44560000.0 and diluted EPS was $-0.2.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ASTS since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With ASTS analysts setting a high price target of 64.0 and a low target of 30.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 41.77143. Based on these targets, ASTS could surge 158.27% to reach the target high and rise by 21.07% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 68.57% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $-0.55995 being high and $-2.97133 being low. For ASTS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $-1.76313. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $-0.07 and the low estimate is $-0.28. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $-0.17.
