AISP
Airship AI Holdings, Inc.
AISP has the edge over ASTS overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger modeled upside.
ASTS
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
ASTS trails on the overall score without a compensating advantage in the available component scores.
AISP Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Unavailable |
AISP's revenue is currently strong, and its profitability is stable, but its cash flow is under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
ASTS Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
ASTS's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are weak. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
AISP PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 1.8x | $1.67 | — |
| Cheap | 3.4x | $3.12 | +87% |
| Fair | 23x | $21.19 | +1169% |
| Expensive | 28x | $25.09 | +1402% |
| Forward | 56x | $1.67 | — |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
AISP's PE is in its cheap range at 1.8x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 56x, in its expensive range.
ASTS PE Valuation
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
AISP Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly deteriorating | |
| Returning to profit | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect AISP to return to profit, with revenue growing.
ASTS Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses growing | |
| Strong growth | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect ASTS's losses to grow, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
AISP Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.03 | -97% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.91 | +$2.59 |
| Q2 2026 | $0.81 | +$2.47 |
| Q1 2026 | $0.13 | +$0.46 |
| Q4 2025 | $0.76 | +$3.10 |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.68 | -746% |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.66 | -4250% |
| Q1 2023 | $0.39 | -7.1% |
AISP has the edge over ASTS on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
ASTS Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$2.15 | -$0.91 |
| Q2 2026 | -$2.16 | -$0.27 |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.80 | +$0.19 |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.34 | +$0.61 |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.24 | +$0.88 |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.89 | -$0.64 |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.99 | -$1.01 |
| Q4 2022 | -$0.58 | -$0.21 |
ASTS is still losing money, but far less than before: $2.15 per share over the past year, against $5.76 at its worst in mid-2021.
AISP Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $6.2M | +429% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.1M | +92% |
| Q1 2026 | $6.4M | +15% |
| Q4 2025 | $6.5M | +103% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.2M | -59% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.1M | -66% |
| Q1 2025 | $5.5M | -48% |
| Q3 2024 | $2.9M | +20% |
AISP's revenue is recovering but still below its 2024 peak: $6M last quarter, up 429% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -9% | +235 points |
| Q2 2026 | -36% | +58 points |
| Q1 2026 | -25% | +6.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | -9.4% | +37 points |
| Q3 2025 | -243% | -188 points |
| Q2 2025 | -94% | -109 points |
| Q1 2025 | -31% | -18 points |
| Q4 2024 | -47% | N/A |
AISP has the edge over ASTS on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
ASTS Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $42.3M | +187% |
| Q2 2026 | $31.5M | +2627% |
| Q1 2026 | $14.7M | +1952% |
| Q4 2025 | $54.3M | +2731% |
| Q3 2025 | $14.7M | +1240% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.2M | +28% |
| Q1 2025 | $718K | +44% |
| Q3 2022 | $4.2M | +70% |
ASTS has the edge over AISP on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -415% | +694 points |
| Q2 2026 | -948% | +10744 points |
| Q1 2026 | -1686% | +7083 points |
| Q4 2025 | -175% | +2446 points |
| Q3 2025 | -1109% | +4850 points |
| Q2 2025 | -11692% | -4693 points |
| Q1 2025 | -8769% | +2331 points |
| Q4 2024 | -2621% | N/A |
ASTS's operating margin was −415% last quarter, up 694 points from the same quarter a year ago.
AISP Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $383.9K | +$967.5K |
| Q2 2026 | -$235.2K | +$1.6M |
| Q1 2026 | $814.5K | +$2.9M |
| Q4 2025 | -$3.5M | -$1.4M |
| Q3 2025 | -$583.6K | -$332.2K |
| Q2 2025 | -$1.8M | +$630.8K |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.1M | -$402.8K |
| Q4 2024 | -$2.1M | +$141.3K |
AISP has the edge over ASTS on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
ASTS Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$464.2M | -$161.4M |
| Q2 2026 | -$694.8M | -$341.1M |
| Q1 2026 | -$309.7M | -$160.7M |
| Q4 2025 | -$330.7M | -$220.3M |
| Q3 2025 | -$302.9M | -$239.1M |
| Q2 2025 | -$353.6M | -$315.3M |
| Q1 2025 | -$149M | -$61.3M |
| Q4 2024 | -$110.5M | -$63.2M |
ASTS has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$1.8B over the past year, against −$916M the year before.
AISP Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +13% | +4.5M shares |
| 1 year | -7.3% | -3.1M shares |
| 3 years | +239% | +27.4M shares |
AISP has the edge over ASTS on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | — |
| Q4 2022 | — |
| Q3 2022 | — |
| Q2 2022 | — |
ASTS Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.4% | +1.1M shares |
| 1 year | +10% | +27.3M shares |
| 3 years | +235% | +211M shares |
| 5 years | +480% | +248M shares |
| Available history | +944% | +271M shares |
ASTS has 300M diluted shares, up 10% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | — |
| Q3 2023 | — |
| Q2 2023 | — |
AISP Net Leverage
ASTS Net Leverage
ASTS's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
AISP Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 39.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 15.6 | Oversold |
AISP's weekly RSI is 39 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 16 (oversold).
ASTS Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 34.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 11.9 | Oversold |
ASTS's weekly RSI is 34 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 12 (oversold).
AISP PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | AISP | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 1.8x | 28x | 93% below |
| PE % | 0 | 42 | 42 pts below |
AISP is trading at 1.8x earnings, a 93% discount to the Technology sector's median of 28x.
ASTS PE vs Technology Sector
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
AISP Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $2.01 | 17% below |
| 20 week MA | $2.02 | 17% below |
| 50 week MA | $2.47 | 32% below |
| 100 week MA | $3.61 | 54% below |
| 200 week MA | $5.31 | 69% below |
AISP is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 69% below its 200-week average.
ASTS Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $44.9 | 23% below |
| 20 week MA | $57.1 | 40% below |
| 50 week MA | $75.5 | 54% below |
| 100 week MA | $57.8 | 40% below |
| 200 week MA | $33.6 | 2.8% above |
ASTS has the edge over AISP on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
AISP Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $9.75 | $9.78 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | $9.78 | $10.1 | +3% |
| 2023 | $10.1 | $1.70 | -83% |
| 2024 | $1.70 | $5.61 | +230% |
| 2025 | $5.61 | $2.83 | -50% |
| 2026 YTD | $2.83 | $1.67 | -41% |
AISP has the edge over ASTS on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
ASTS Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $9.87 | $13.4 | +36% |
| 2021 | $13.4 | $8.71 | -35% |
| 2022 | $8.71 | $3.97 | -54% |
| 2023 | $3.97 | $6.03 | +52% |
| 2024 | $6.03 | $22.9 | +280% |
| 2025 | $22.9 | $72.0 | +214% |
| 2026 YTD | $72.0 | $34.5 | -52% |
ASTS's yearly returns have swung widely, from +280% in 2024 to −54% in 2022. It's down 52% so far in 2026.