ASTS
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
ASTS trails on the overall score without a compensating advantage in the available component scores.
POWI
Power Integrations, Inc.
POWI has the edge over ASTS overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger modeled upside.
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.
POWI Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
POWI's profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are currently strong, and its revenue is stable.
ASTS PE Valuation
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
POWI PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 23x | $18.45 | -60% |
| Forward | 26x | $46.06 | — |
| Fair | 53x | $41.55 | -9.8% |
| Current | 58x | $46.06 | — |
| Expensive | 97x | $76.52 | +66% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
POWI's PE is in its fair range at 58x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 26x next year's earnings, in its cheap 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.
POWI Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for POWI, with profitability improving.
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.
POWI Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $1.76 | +123% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.79 | +163% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.45 | -21% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.30 | -53% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.39 | -30% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.30 | -55% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.57 | -24% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.64 | -30% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.56 | -42% |
POWI 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 POWI 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.
POWI Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $125.5M | +5.5% |
| Q2 2026 | $118.9M | +2.7% |
| Q1 2026 | $108.3M | +2.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $103.2M | -1.9% |
| Q3 2025 | $118.9M | +2.7% |
| Q2 2025 | $115.9M | +9.1% |
| Q1 2025 | $105.5M | +15% |
| Q4 2024 | $105.3M | +18% |
POWI's revenue is recovering but still below its 2022 peak: $125M last quarter, up 5.5% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 15% | +19 points |
| Q2 2026 | 7.5% | +8.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | 1.3% | -5 points |
| Q4 2025 | 8.5% | +4.8 points |
| Q3 2025 | -3.3% | -13 points |
| Q2 2025 | -1.2% | -3 points |
| Q1 2025 | 6.4% | +5.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | 3.7% | +4.9 points |
POWI 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.
POWI Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $36.5M | +51% |
| Q2 2026 | $17.7M | -24% |
| Q1 2026 | $18M | -13% |
| Q4 2025 | $19.2M | +64% |
| Q3 2025 | $24.2M | -11% |
| Q2 2025 | $23.1M | +72% |
| Q1 2025 | $20.7M | +79% |
| Q4 2024 | $11.7M | +15% |
POWI 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 | — |
POWI Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.2% | -88K shares |
| 1 year | +1.5% | +812K shares |
| 3 years | -2% | -1.1M shares |
| 5 years | -7.7% | -4.8M shares |
| Available history | -5.7% | -3.4M shares |
POWI 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 | $42.4M |
| Q2 2025 | $32.6M |
| Q1 2025 | $23.1M |
| Q4 2024 | $1.9M |
POWI hasn't bought back shares in the past year.
ASTS Net Leverage
ASTS's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
POWI Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -1.5x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -1.7x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -2.0x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -1.5x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -1.4x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -1.3x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.9x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -1.0x | Net Cash |
POWI 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).
POWI Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 41.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 14.0 | Oversold |
POWI's weekly RSI is 41 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 14 (oversold).
ASTS PE vs Technology Sector
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
POWI PE vs Technology Sector
| Metric | POWI | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 58x | 28x | 109% above |
| PE % | 54 | 35 | 19 pts above |
POWI is trading at 58x earnings, a 109% premium 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 the edge over POWI on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
POWI Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $47.2 | 2.4% below |
| 20 week MA | $55.2 | 17% below |
| 50 week MA | $55.5 | 17% below |
| 100 week MA | $53.1 | 13% below |
| 200 week MA | $64.5 | 29% below |
POWI is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 29% below its 200-week average.
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.
POWI Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $49.5 | $79.5 | +61% |
| 2021 | $79.5 | $89.4 | +12% |
| 2022 | $89.4 | $72.1 | -19% |
| 2023 | $72.1 | $82.1 | +14% |
| 2024 | $82.1 | $63.0 | -23% |
| 2025 | $63.0 | $37.3 | -41% |
| 2026 YTD | $37.3 | $46.1 | +23% |
POWI has the edge over ASTS on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.