ASTS
AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
ASTS offers stronger fundamentals, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
RPAY
Repay Holdings Corporation
RPAY has the 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.
RPAY Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Under pressure |
RPAY's revenue and cash flow are currently healthy, and its profitability is stable, but its balance sheet is under pressure.
ASTS PE Valuation
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
RPAY PE Valuation
RPAY 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.
RPAY Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Growth | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for RPAY, but weaker profitability.
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 |
RPAY has the stronger earnings trend. Trailing diluted EPS is down 273% for ASTS versus RPAY down 80%.
RPAY Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.93 | +673% |
| Q4 2022 | $0.12 | +$0.72 |
| Q3 2022 | $0.00 | +$0.56 |
| Q2 2022 | -$0.12 | +$0.53 |
| Q1 2022 | -$0.27 | +$0.53 |
| Q4 2021 | -$0.60 | +$0.08 |
| Q3 2021 | -$0.56 | +$0.20 |
| Q2 2021 | -$0.65 | +$0.20 |
| Q1 2021 | -$0.80 | -$0.12 |
RPAY has returned to profit: it earned $0.12 per share over the past year, after losing money the year before.
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 RPAY 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.
RPAY Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $153.4M | +97% |
| Q2 2026 | $100.7M | +33% |
| Q1 2026 | $80.8M | +4.5% |
| Q4 2025 | $78.6M | +0.4% |
| Q3 2025 | $77.7M | -1.8% |
| Q2 2025 | $75.6M | +1% |
| Q1 2025 | $77.3M | -4.2% |
| Q4 2024 | $78.3M | +3% |
RPAY's revenue has grown year over year for four quarters in a row: $153M last quarter, up 97% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.1% | +3.9 points |
| Q2 2026 | -3.2% | +136 points |
| Q1 2026 | 0% | +4.7 points |
| Q4 2025 | -182% | -181 points |
| Q3 2025 | -3.9% | -3 points |
| Q2 2025 | -139% | -134 points |
| Q1 2025 | -4.7% | -1.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | -1.5% | +102 points |
RPAY 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.
RPAY Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $9.2M | -71% |
| Q2 2026 | $38.1M | +15% |
| Q1 2026 | $16.7M | +609% |
| Q4 2025 | $23.2M | -32% |
| Q3 2025 | $32.1M | -46% |
| Q2 2025 | $33.1M | +8.7% |
| Q1 2025 | $2.4M | -90% |
| Q4 2024 | $34M | -3.3% |
RPAY 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 the edge over RPAY 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 | — |
RPAY Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -2.8% | -3.1M shares |
| 1 year | +25% | +21.8M shares |
RPAY has 110M diluted shares, up 25% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | $381,000 |
| Q3 2023 | $134,000 |
| Q2 2023 | $171,000 |
| Q1 2023 | $1.2M |
| Q4 2022 | $675,739 |
| Q3 2022 | $141,414 |
| Q2 2022 | $141,414 |
| Q1 2022 | $1.7M |
ASTS Net Leverage
ASTS's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
RPAY Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | 3.6x | Elevated |
| Q4 2024 | 3.2x | Elevated |
| Q3 2024 | 17.3x | High |
| Q2 2024 | 18.6x | High |
| Q1 2024 | 34.9x | High |
| Q3 2023 | 5.9x | High |
| Q2 2023 | 6.5x | High |
| Q1 2023 | 7.2x | High |
RPAY's net debt is about 3.6 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from more than 20 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).
RPAY Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 52.8 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 71.5 | Neutral |
RPAY's weekly RSI is 53 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 71 (neutral).
ASTS PE vs Technology Sector
ASTS has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
RPAY PE vs Technology Sector
RPAY 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.
RPAY Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $4.12 | 0.5% below |
| 20 week MA | $3.99 | 2.8% above |
| 50 week MA | $3.63 | 13% above |
| 100 week MA | $4.52 | 9.3% below |
| 200 week MA | $6.41 | 36% below |
RPAY 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.
RPAY Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $14.6 | $27.7 | +90% |
| 2021 | $27.7 | $18.4 | -34% |
| 2022 | $18.4 | $7.62 | -59% |
| 2023 | $7.62 | $8.54 | +12% |
| 2024 | $8.54 | $7.74 | -9.4% |
| 2025 | $7.74 | $3.71 | -52% |
| 2026 YTD | $3.71 | $4.10 | +11% |
RPAY has the edge over ASTS on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.