ASTS
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
ASTS offers stronger fundamentals, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
LGL
The LGL Group, Inc.
LGL 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.
LGL Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Weak | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy |
LGL's revenue and balance sheet are currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are under pressure.
ASTS PE Valuation
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
LGL PE Valuation
LGL has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
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.
LGL Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Strong growth | |
| Decline | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect LGL's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, but its revenue to decline.
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.
LGL Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.30 | — |
| Q3 2026 | -$0.16 | -194% |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.02 | -150% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.03 | -57% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.13 | +86% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.17 | +240% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.04 | -33% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.07 | +250% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.07 | +40% |
LGL has the edge over ASTS on earnings, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
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 LGL 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.
LGL Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.5M | +32% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.2M | +25% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.1M | +18% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.2M | +5.4% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.1M | -6% |
| Q2 2025 | $924K | -13% |
| Q1 2025 | $918K | +3.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.2M | +16% |
LGL's revenue is recovering but still below its 2019 peak: $1M last quarter, up 32% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.7% | -9.1 points |
| Q2 2026 | -39% | -35 points |
| Q1 2026 | -72% | -77 points |
| Q4 2025 | 9.8% | -11 points |
| Q3 2025 | 11% | -0.9 points |
| Q2 2025 | -3.4% | -26 points |
| Q1 2025 | 4.5% | -4.4 points |
| Q4 2024 | 21% | -12 points |
LGL has the edge over ASTS on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
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.
LGL Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1K | -100% |
| Q2 2026 | -$393K | -$203K |
| Q1 2026 | $501K | +47% |
| Q4 2025 | -$355K | -$338K |
| Q3 2025 | $275K | -48% |
| Q2 2025 | -$190K | -194% |
| Q1 2025 | $340K | +113% |
| Q4 2024 | -$17K | +$52K |
LGL has the edge over ASTS on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
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 the edge over LGL on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | — |
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q2 2024 | — |
| Q1 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | — |
| Q3 2023 | — |
| Q2 2023 | — |
LGL Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +71% | +4.5M shares |
| 1 year | +94% | +5.3M shares |
| 3 years | +105% | +5.6M shares |
| 5 years | +106% | +5.6M shares |
| Available history | +120% | +6M shares |
LGL has 11M diluted shares, up 94% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | — |
ASTS Net Leverage
ASTS's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
LGL Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | -152.5x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2022 | -25.9x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2022 | -39.0x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2022 | -204.5x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2021 | -68.3x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2021 | -9.0x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2021 | -15.1x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2020 | -9.3x | Net Cash |
LGL has more cash than debt.
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).
LGL Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 51.0 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 23.2 | Neutral |
LGL's weekly RSI is 51 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 23 (neutral).
ASTS PE vs Technology Sector
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
LGL PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | LGL | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 28x | — |
LGL has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
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.
LGL Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $6.82 | 2.5% above |
| 20 week MA | $6.99 | 0% above |
| 50 week MA | $6.88 | 1.6% above |
| 100 week MA | $6.76 | 3.4% above |
| 200 week MA | $6.02 | 16% above |
LGL 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.
LGL Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $5.84 | $3.76 | -36% |
| 2021 | $3.76 | $4.34 | +15% |
| 2022 | $4.34 | $4.08 | -6% |
| 2023 | $4.08 | $6.14 | +50% |
| 2024 | $6.14 | $5.76 | -6.2% |
| 2025 | $5.76 | $5.77 | +0.2% |
| 2026 YTD | $5.77 | $6.99 | +21% |
LGL has the edge over ASTS on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.