ALIT
Alight, Inc.
ALIT offers stronger modeled upside, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
ASTS
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
ASTS has the edge over ALIT overall, supported by lower modeled downside.
ALIT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Stable | |
| Weak |
ALIT's revenue and cash flow are currently stable, but its profitability and balance sheet are under pressure.
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.
ALIT PE Valuation
ALIT has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
ASTS PE Valuation
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
ALIT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong decline | |
| Decline | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect ALIT's earnings and revenue to decline, with profitability weakening. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
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.
ALIT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $3.79 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$38.51 | +$43.09 |
| Q2 2026 | -$76.98 | -$32.98 |
| Q1 2026 | -$117.20 | -$114.60 |
| Q4 2025 | -$117.40 | -$111.60 |
| Q3 2025 | -$81.60 | -$69.00 |
| Q2 2025 | -$44.00 | -$32.20 |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.60 | +$12.80 |
| Q4 2024 | -$5.80 | +$8.20 |
ALIT lost $38.51 per share over the past year, a smaller loss than the year before.
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.
ALIT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $500M | -6.2% |
| Q2 2026 | $511M | -3.2% |
| Q1 2026 | $534M | -2.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $653M | -4% |
| Q3 2025 | $533M | -4% |
| Q2 2025 | $528M | -1.9% |
| Q1 2025 | $548M | -2% |
| Q4 2024 | $680M | -29% |
ALIT's revenue fell from its 2023 peak and has held roughly level since: $500M last quarter, down 6.2% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -12% | +236 points |
| Q2 2026 | -7.8% | +184 points |
| Q1 2026 | -4.1% | -2.7 points |
| Q4 2025 | -115% | -121 points |
| Q3 2025 | -248% | -241 points |
| Q2 2025 | -191% | -182 points |
| Q1 2025 | -1.5% | +5.7 points |
| Q4 2024 | 6.5% | +13 points |
ALIT 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 ALIT 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.
ALIT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $7M | -86% |
| Q2 2026 | $48M | -17% |
| Q1 2026 | $53M | +20% |
| Q4 2025 | $99M | +7.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $49M | +$101M |
| Q2 2025 | $58M | +115% |
| Q1 2025 | $44M | -31% |
| Q4 2024 | $92M | -9.8% |
ALIT has the edge over ASTS on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
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.
ALIT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.3% | +70.7K shares |
| 1 year | +0.4% | +92.9K shares |
| 3 years | +7.1% | +1.8M shares |
| 5 years | +20% | +4.5M shares |
| Available history | +323% | +20.2M shares |
ALIT has the edge over ASTS on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | $25M |
| Q2 2025 | $20M |
| Q1 2025 | $20M |
| Q4 2024 | $12M |
ALIT hasn't bought back shares in the past year.
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 | — |
ALIT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | 7.5x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 8.1x | High |
| Q3 2024 | 15.6x | High |
| Q2 2024 | 16.3x | High |
| Q1 2024 | 12.5x | High |
| Q4 2023 | 10.2x | High |
| Q3 2023 | 7.0x | High |
| Q2 2023 | 8.0x | High |
ALIT's net debt is about 7.5 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 13 years a year ago.
ASTS Net Leverage
ASTS's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
ALIT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 44.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 33.2 | Neutral |
ALIT's weekly RSI is 44 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 33 (neutral).
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).
ALIT PE vs Technology Sector
ALIT has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
ASTS PE vs Technology Sector
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
ALIT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $10.3 | 22% above |
| 20 week MA | $13.5 | 7.1% below |
| 50 week MA | $18.7 | 33% below |
| 100 week MA | $59.3 | 79% below |
| 200 week MA | $111.9 | 89% below |
ALIT has bounced recently, but its long-term trend is still down: it's above its 8-week average, but 89% 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 fallen below most of its moving averages, though it's still 2.8% above its 200-week average.
ALIT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $184.4 | $215.0 | +17% |
| 2022 | $215.0 | $164.2 | -24% |
| 2023 | $164.2 | $170.6 | +3.9% |
| 2024 | $170.6 | $138.2 | -19% |
| 2025 | $138.2 | $39.4 | -71% |
| 2026 YTD | $39.4 | $12.5 | -68% |
ALIT has finished lower in three of the last five years. It's down 68% so far in 2026.
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 has the edge over ALIT on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.