ASTS
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
ASTS offers stronger valuation, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
CCSI
Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.
CCSI has a slight edge over ASTS overall, supported by lower modeled downside.
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.
CCSI Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Unavailable | |
| Strong | |
| Unavailable | |
| Stable |
CCSI's profitability is currently strong, and its balance sheet is stable. There isn't enough data to rate its revenue and cash flow.
ASTS PE Valuation
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
CCSI PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 4.8x | $23.52 | -46% |
| Fair | 6.2x | $30.79 | -29% |
| Forward | 7x | $43.31 | — |
| Current | 8.8x | $43.31 | — |
| Expensive | 9.7x | $47.77 | +10% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
CCSI's PE is in its expensive range at 8.8x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 7.0x next year's earnings, in its fair range.
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.
CCSI Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect CCSI's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady.
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.
CCSI Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $6.22 | +26% |
| Q3 2026 | $4.94 | +17% |
| Q2 2026 | $4.94 | +19% |
| Q1 2026 | $4.58 | +6% |
| Q4 2025 | $4.35 | -5.8% |
| Q3 2025 | $4.21 | -7.9% |
| Q2 2025 | $4.15 | -12% |
| Q1 2025 | $4.32 | -4.6% |
| Q4 2024 | $4.62 | +17% |
CCSI has the edge over ASTS on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
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 CCSI in the latest year-over-year revenue comparison.
| 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.
CCSI Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $91.8M | -50% |
| Q2 2022 | $93.2M | +6.1% |
| Q3 2021 | $182.1M | +7% |
CCSI's revenue is down over the past year, though its latest quarter was up: $91M last quarter, up 4.1% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 37% | N/A |
| Q3 2022 | 36% | +4 points |
| Q2 2022 | 44% | -15 points |
| Q3 2021 | 32% | -5.2 points |
| Q2 2021 | 59% | N/A |
| Q1 2021 | 60% | N/A |
| Q4 2020 | 33% | N/A |
| Q3 2020 | 37% | N/A |
CCSI's operating margin was 37% last quarter, down 22 points from the same quarter a year ago.
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.
CCSI Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $38.6M | -13% |
| Q2 2026 | $25.5M | +25% |
| Q1 2026 | $38.5M | +14% |
| Q4 2025 | $7.3M | +133% |
| Q3 2025 | $44.4M | +32% |
| Q2 2025 | $20.3M | +29% |
| Q1 2025 | $33.7M | -5.6% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.1M | +$8.8M |
CCSI has the edge over ASTS on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
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 | — |
CCSI Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.7% | -127K shares |
| 1 year | -1% | -198K shares |
| 3 years | -3% | -592K shares |
| 5 years | -4.3% | -847K shares |
| Available history | -4.3% | -847K shares |
CCSI has the edge over ASTS on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $20.9M |
| Q2 2026 | $9.7M |
| Q1 2026 | $17.2M |
| Q4 2025 | $8M |
| Q3 2025 | $2.6M |
| Q2 2025 | $12.5M |
| Q1 2025 | $34,000 |
| Q4 2024 | $300,000 |
CCSI spent $56M buying back its own shares over the past year, about four times what it spent the year before.
ASTS Net Leverage
ASTS's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
CCSI Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.7x | Moderate |
| Q2 2026 | 2.7x | Moderate |
| Q1 2026 | 2.8x | Moderate |
| Q4 2025 | 2.9x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 2.9x | Moderate |
| Q2 2025 | 3.1x | Elevated |
| Q1 2025 | 3.1x | Elevated |
| Q4 2024 | 3.3x | Elevated |
CCSI's net debt is about 2.6 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from 2.9 years a year ago.
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).
CCSI Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 68.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 76.8 | Neutral |
CCSI's weekly RSI is 68 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 77 (neutral).
ASTS PE vs Technology Sector
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
CCSI PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | CCSI | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 8.8x | 28x | 69% below |
| PE % | 78 | 45 | 33 pts above |
CCSI is trading at 8.8x earnings, a 69% discount to the Technology sector's median of 28x.
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.
CCSI Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $38.0 | 14% above |
| 20 week MA | $37.4 | 16% above |
| 50 week MA | $31.4 | 38% above |
| 100 week MA | $27.7 | 56% above |
| 200 week MA | $27.0 | 61% above |
CCSI has the edge over ASTS on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
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.
CCSI Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $45.0 | $58.5 | +30% |
| 2022 | $58.5 | $53.3 | -8.9% |
| 2023 | $53.3 | $26.2 | -51% |
| 2024 | $26.2 | $23.9 | -8.8% |
| 2025 | $23.9 | $23.4 | -2.3% |
| 2026 YTD | $23.4 | $43.3 | +85% |
CCSI has the edge over ASTS on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.