AMKR
Amkor Technology, Inc.
AMKR has the edge over ASTS overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger modeled upside.
ASTS
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
ASTS trails on the overall score without a compensating advantage in the available component scores.
AMKR Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Strong | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy |
AMKR's profitability and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable, but its cash flow is 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.
AMKR PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 8.9x | $21.90 | -41% |
| Fair | 14x | $35.76 | -3.7% |
| Forward | 14x | $37.12 | — |
| Current | 15x | $37.12 | — |
| Expensive | 25x | $61.05 | +64% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
AMKR's PE is in its fair range at 15x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 14x next year's earnings.
ASTS PE Valuation
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
AMKR Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for AMKR, with profitability improving. 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.
AMKR Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $2.71 | +9.9% |
| Q3 2026 | $2.47 | +98% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.22 | +80% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.74 | +36% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.50 | +4.9% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.25 | -16% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.23 | -20% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.28 | -16% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.43 | -2.1% |
AMKR 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.
AMKR Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2B | +0.2% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.9B | +26% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.7B | +27% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.9B | +16% |
| Q3 2025 | $2B | +6.7% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.5B | +3.4% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.3B | -3.2% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.6B | -7% |
AMKR's revenue has grown year over year for six quarters in a row: $2B last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 11% | +3.3 points |
| Q2 2026 | 11% | +4.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | 6% | +3.6 points |
| Q4 2025 | 9.8% | +1.6 points |
| Q3 2025 | 8% | 0 points |
| Q2 2025 | 6.1% | +0.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | 2.4% | -3 points |
| Q4 2024 | 8.3% | -0.8 points |
AMKR 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 AMKR 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.
AMKR Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$61.6M | +$16.3M |
| Q2 2026 | -$227.3M | -302% |
| Q1 2026 | -$79.5M | -$23.8M |
| Q4 2025 | $212.4M | -16% |
| Q3 2025 | -$77.9M | -$46.6M |
| Q2 2025 | $112.3M | +92% |
| Q1 2025 | -$55.7M | -184% |
| Q4 2024 | $251.9M | -25% |
AMKR 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.
AMKR Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.2% | -452K shares |
| 1 year | +0.5% | +1.2M shares |
| 3 years | +1% | +2.4M shares |
| 5 years | +1.5% | +3.6M shares |
| Available history | +3.9% | +9.4M shares |
AMKR has the edge over ASTS on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
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 | — |
AMKR Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | 0.7x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q4 2025 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q2 2025 | 0.0x | Very low |
| Q1 2025 | 0.1x | Very low |
| Q4 2024 | 0.0x | Very low |
AMKR's net debt is less than a year of its operating earnings (EBITDA).
ASTS Net Leverage
ASTS's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
AMKR Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 39.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 13.3 | Oversold |
AMKR's weekly RSI is 39 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 13 (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).
AMKR PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | AMKR | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 15x | 28x | 46% below |
| PE % | 52 | 35 | 17 pts above |
AMKR is trading at 15x earnings, a 46% 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.
AMKR Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $43.7 | 15% below |
| 20 week MA | $51.5 | 28% below |
| 50 week MA | $54.5 | 32% below |
| 100 week MA | $39.1 | 5.1% below |
| 200 week MA | $34.0 | 9.1% above |
AMKR has fallen below most of its moving averages, though it's still 9.1% above 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.
AMKR Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $13.3 | $15.0 | +13% |
| 2021 | $15.0 | $23.1 | +54% |
| 2022 | $23.1 | $24.5 | +5.9% |
| 2023 | $24.5 | $33.3 | +36% |
| 2024 | $33.3 | $26.1 | -22% |
| 2025 | $26.1 | $40.6 | +56% |
| 2026 YTD | $40.6 | $37.1 | -8.5% |
AMKR 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.